The All-Star Motorcycle Circus & Expedition

Around Panama City: Motorsports Suzuki dealer, Panama Canal (taxi), Girag Air Freight

Mileage: 20 miles

Lodging: Hotel Riande Aeropuerto, Via Tocumen | PO Box 6-999, Panama City, Panama ~$94 USD

The Panama Fish Market

Dean: Today at 7AM we rode over to the fish market to see all the action and … there was no action.  [...]

Lisa: Thanks everyone for being so diligent to follow along on our journey. We haven’t had time to post the last few days and several emails have indicated disappointment. When we started all this, Mike said that doing this blog was not a great idea and of course we pooh poohed him. And of course [...]

Border Crossing #6, Eight hours at the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border!

Thursday, Jan 13 (Flash Back)

The line for immigration.

A bus load of europeans who are riding bicycles around Nicaragua.

Our motorcycle permit had expired by 2 days. Lisa had to walk back and forth between 4 offices in a 1/4 mile radius to pay fines [...]

Where is this Cerro de la Muerte?  We crossed over one of the most dangerous sections of the PanAmerican Highway and did not know it.  We couldn’t see it because of the thick fog and heavy rain.

Start & Stop:  Liberia, CR to Palmar Norte, CR

Mileage: 328 miles (528 km)

Weather:  Cold, fog, rain, mud

Lodging:

Fuel:

Money [...]

Border crossing #6 Nicaragua/Costa Rica

We’ve got this border crossing down-pat!  Easy peasy!  There is no problem that money can’t solve …

Start & Stop:  Managua, Nicaragua to Liberia, Costa Rica

Mileage: 150 miles (241 km)

Route:  PanAmerican Highway

Weather:  Hot and warm

Lodging:  Hotel Camino Real, Km. 9.5 Carretera Norte. Managua, Nicaragua. Tel: (505) 2255-5888 – Fax: (505) 2263-1380

Money Exchange:  $1 [...]

Getting back into the saddle!  Our journey continues.

Start & Stop:  LAX to Managua, Nicaragua

Mileage: 0 moto miles, mucho flight miles

Lodging:  Hotel Camino Real, Km 9.5 Carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua

Money Exchange:  $1 USD = 21.80 Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro NIO

Dean: Our plane out of LAX – IAH was on-time and with the help of Sue’s magic pills, we [...]

Dean: It’s real life when a family situation interrupts a life’s adventure.  We left you on Day12-Day12-If it’s Tuesday, we must be in Nicaragua!, Fri, Dec 10, 2010, Honduras/Nicaragua Border Crossing #5.  Day 14 was our return flight back to SoCal.

The very best of the New Year to all of you.  Thanks for all your kind words [...]

Real life changes our priorities!

Honduras/Nicaragua Border Crossing #5

Start & Stop: Choluteca, Honduras to Managua, Nicaragua

Mileage: 384 (618 km)

Weather:  Hot, warm

Lodging:  Hotel Camino Real, Colonia Brisas del Sur, Salida a Guasaule, Choluteca, Honduras, Phone: (504) 7822860 – (504) 7804920; $35 USD Single

Fuel:  $

Money Exchange:  $1 USD = 21.79 Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro NIO

Lisa: After our unfortunate deal entering [...]

How many ways are there to take foreigners money at a border?  Jumping through the hoops at a Central American border crossing.

El Salvador/Honduras Border Crossing #4

Start & Stop: Acajutla, San Salvador to Choluteca, Honduras.

Day’s mileage: 272 miles (437 km)

Ride time:  5:55AM, Acajutla, San Salvador, CA2 along the coast through La Libertad, El Carmen, Santa Maria, [...]

Hop scotching through Central America – one day, one contry!  Border crossing #3 – Guatamala into El Salvador,

Start & Stop: Antigua, GT to Acajutla, El Salvador.

Day’s mileage: 145 miles (233 km)

Ride time:  9:33 AM Antigua, GT, 14 south to Escuintla, CA2 southeast to the El Salvador border “La Hachadura,”  ended the day at 5:47PM, Acajutla, El Salvador.

Weather:  Warm, [...]