Day 38 - San Miguel to Granada
Quick post because I’m exhausted! We started at 7am, got caught in traffic, took 3 hours to cross the border into Honduras while being harassed by the locals, crossed Honduras and got to Nicaragua a...
Posts from November 2008
Phrase of the Day
“Yes - candy - just candy!” Marc explaining the contents of the package we were expecting - I guess it was considered food so a special approval from the Ministry of Health delayed the delivery of...
Day 37 - San Salvador to San Miguel
This post is dedicated to Mario who has been an incredible host to us here in El Salvador. Yesterday he met us down by the coast and drove us into to town, took us to the motorcycle dealer, dinner, ho...
BMW San Salvador
From Marc: In addition to Mario’s gracious hospitality, I wanted to give a big thanks to the guys at BMW San Salvador. Specifically Walter, the service manager, and Rafael, the head tech. They went ...
Day 36 - Guatemala City to San Salvador
Last night we had a great dinner with Henrique, his wife, and a German couple friends of his. I went to RPI with Henrique and hadn’t seen him in 11 years! Was great to see him. He took us a restaura...
Video will be fixed tonight :)
Video below fixed I hope :) ...
Day 35 - Antigua to Guatemala City
Motorcycle “problem” day - nothing serious. First incident was a total lack of attention on my part - last night I topped off my oil and didn’t screw the top back on tight enough, obviously… o...
Day 34 - Panjachel to Antigua
Short day of riding but none less beautiful. We hung around the hotel this morning to upload videos and do some internet related things we needed to do and then hit the road. Played a lot with differe...
Phrase of the day
“Fantastic!” The only word that I could find to describe the road today. I’ll say it again. It was a fantastic day! ...
Day 33 - Coban to Panajachel
WOW - Marc and I agreed that today was one of the best riding we have ever had in our lives! After our morning meeting with Trickle Up we hit the road towards Lake Atitlan (apparently being considered...