The Americas
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Part Thirty Eight – Central Ecuador
6th June Quito – San Miguel Salsedo (104km) 1,144m 7th June San Miguel Salsedo – Riobamba (86km) 1,389m 8th June Riobamba -Alausi (92km) 1,282m Today was everything good in a bike ride. The beautiful highland meadows of the Ecuadorian Andes. The roadside villagers reaping away merrily as they have done for generations. A helpful following…
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Part Thirty Seven – Northern Ecuador
It appears that since I threatened to appear nude on buff3ysbicyclingblog that the click figures have taken another huge spike. There can be no other possible explanation. We now have hundreds of people each day enriching their lives through following the adventures of Buff3y the hardcore solo adventure cyclist. The town of Bolivar (about 70km…
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Part Thirty Six – Leaving Colombia
It is with a heavy heart that I now bid a fond adios to Colombia. I’ve tarried here far longer than originally planned, but somehow even before arriving suspected that this place would be as beguiling as it has turned out. Oh, there are of course the lovely ladies, and the women folk are also…
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Part Thirty Five – Southern Colombia
15th May (Medellin – La Pintada (75km) 16th May (La Pintada – Truck Stop) (98km) 17th May (Truck Stop – Zarzal) (111km) 18th May (Zarzal – Cali) (131km) Finally managed to extricate myself from the comforts of Medellin after two weeks of redefining what it is to dance the salsa. Am now back on the…
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Part Thirty Four – Medellin Salsamatic
I have received a number of notes expressing concern over the lack of postings in the last couple of weeks so this posting is to put your collective minds at rest. Please be assured that I am still alive and in Colombia having spent some time in Medellin. Far from spending all of his time…
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Part Thirty Three – Northern Colombia
20th April (Cartagena – Maria de Baja) (75km) 21st April (Maria de Baja – San Onofre) (43km) 22nd April (San Orofre – Sincelejo) (60km) 23rd April (Sincelejo – Planeta Rica) (118km) 24th April (Planeta Rica – Caucasia) (67km) The road south of Cartagena is the beginning of the ride through South America. Its quite a…
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Part Thirty Two – Cartagena Colombia
Have now arrived in Colombia by sea from Panama and have decided to spend a week in Cartagena to rest and prepare for the coming road south. This city gets a post in its own right not only because it is a pit stop prior to taking on the rest of South America but it…
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Part Thirty One – Sailing from Panama to Colombia
The good ship ‘Fritz The Cat’ (a 15 metre sailing catamaran) provided the transport between the Panamanian port of Portobelo and Cartagena in Colombia. The trip was five days of sailing, the three of which were cruising through the idyllic San Blas Islands. After that it was a case of setting the course at 78…
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Part Thirty – Costa Rica & Panama
22nd March (St Jorge – Border – Liberia) (117km) 23rd March (Liberia – Caldera) (80km) 24th March (Caldera – Jaco) (58km) 25th March (Jaco) 26th March (Jaco – Dominical) (105km) 27th March (Dominical – Charcarita) (100km) 28th March (Charcarita – Border – David) (108km) As you can see from the above, I zipped through Costa…
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Part Twenty Nine – Nicaragua
16th March (Ocotal – Esteli) (90km) The vibe has changed in Nicaragua and things are a lot more relaxed than in southern Honduras where the interactions with the road-side lads [under-employed, under-educated, under-mannered and under-IQed] were starting to get a tad tedious. The roadside stalls now seem to focus on rocking chairs and hammocks which…