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Panama City At Last!
/1 Comment/in Central America, Panama, Travelogue /by allanRiding over the Puente Centenario (Centennial Bridge) over the Panama Canal sent chills down my spine. It was a weird feeling because for the first few moments, I thought I was riding over a river. But remembering the image of the tall towers of this suspension bridge as graphical icons on Panama license plates, it […]
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/1 Comment/in Travelogue /by allanComment Spam: Damn. v I hate to have to do this. But the Comment Spam machine has targeted the WorldRider site. And while I don’t want to deter comments, I’m going to have to require registering in order to comment on this site. It’s not a big deal. And nobody will get your email address […]
Panamanian Transito Cops
/0 Comments/in Central America, Panama, Travelogue /by allanI’d already been stopped at two or three police or military check points when the policemen standing next to an orange cone and wearing a reflecting vest bear the words “transito” waved me to the side of the road. He went through the usual array of questions and asked to see my documents. He then […]
Goodbye Costa Rica – Hello Panama
/0 Comments/in Central America, Costa Rica, Panama, Travelogue /by allanBefore leaving Golfito and Costa Rica behind for new experiences in Panama I took a ride downtown to check email and post a few stories. By the time I pulled up in front of the Hotel Golfito which on its ground floor is a nice air-conditioned internet cafe complete with wireless and a station to […]
Rainforests. Cloudforests. This is Costa Rica.
/7 Comments/in Central America, Costa Rica, Travelogue /by allanDespite my issues with Costa Rica over the last couple days, today I had the most glorious ride of perhaps all of Central America. That’s a big statement that perhaps I’ll withdraw someday, but the sheer magnitude of riding from see level to over 10,000 feet from Cartago to San Isidro and onward toward Golfito […]
Why Costa Rica Roads Have The Most Potholes.
/3 Comments/in Central America, Costa Rica, Travelogue /by allanAn early start out of San Ramon has me wandering the streets of San Jose in no time. Another pothole ridden adventure I finally figured out what must be going on with Costa Rica potholes. I don’t think they have any intention of repairing them. You should see the cryptic moves cars and trucks make […]
Burned Out On Costa Rica!
/0 Comments/in Central America, Costa Rica, Travelogue /by allanI didn’t really know where I wanted to go today. With no plan but just to cruise daringly close to the Monteverde Rainforest, Vulcan Arenal and several other national parks I figure I’d be inspired by something when I saw it. But enduring more than a couple hours of pothole avoiding and loaded bike agility […]