Nicaragua - Isle de Ometepe to Costa Rica, Puntarena

We started of early morning, catching the ferry back to San Jorge as the plan was to move through the last part of Nicaragua with a flash...entering Costa Rica! We wished for a quick stop at the border between the two countries....but that wasn't what was planned for us......

Ons ry reeds teen 9h30vm die grens binne, vol verwagting....vier en half ure later stoomroller ons daar uit. Gelukkig het ons n vriend met die naam van Sarel Sam....sy vraag is altyd, net so voor jy de &%@$#*$&%&

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Hi Tony. Sitting on Ometepe Island thanks to your excellent recommendation. We are planning our route from Panama to Columbia (South America). our plan was to go from COlon in Panama to Cartagena in Columbia by ship. This means going through Venezuela and Brazil / Amazon basin into Peru from Eastern border. We are wondering what route you took on this section including shipping etc. Would appreciate your inputs. Regards Amigos

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Honduras (Nacoane) to Nicaragua - Isle de Cometete

We had an early start out of Nacoane to cross the Honduras/Nicaragua border. Border went quite fast...2 hours. As we're entering Nicaragua, things change a lot agricultural wise. Lots of 'real' farms with tractors etc. We were immediately surrounded with volcanos, active one! The plan was to stick to the Panamerican Highway.....it started of as an big open freeway, but soon changed to the worst ever road we encountered....check the photo's!

Ons het weer kilo's gedoen en op aanbeveling van ons vriend Tony Heath het ons laatmiddag die ferry gehaal na Isle de Cometete, dit is n vulkaniese eiland binne die reuse Lake Nicaragua.








Op die ferry...1 uur se vaar van Canona @ +/- R150 vir die 3 van ons!

Next stop....Costa Rica!

Honduras,Entrada Copan to Nacaone

It was a hard day at the office, but very lekker....grondpad al die pad! We manage to do a hefty 400km's today. It may not sound much, but we did 220km's of dirt....real dirt road. The KTMpies got an exsta mark for suspention again....Navigation was tough with roads that shows its ending in the middle of nowhere, roads suppose to be there, but ain't, but this is what we came for.

Putting raincoats on....

Vroeg oggend reeds tref ons 'n lekker paadjie van so 50km+...dit neem ons 'n vinnige 1,5uur....lekke. Later besluit ons om 'kortpad' teen die El Salvador, Honduras grens te neem...eish. Nie gevaarlik soos aankomende verkeer ens nie, maar die klein klippies, hy is! Ongelooflik om deur die klein 'villages' te gaan aangesien ons doodseker is daar was of geen of baie min westerse mense al daar deur. Almal hardloop uit die huise en groet, skree iets! Absoluut afgesonder....

Leaving Guatamala for Honduras - Entrada Copan

After leaving our best country so far, Gautamala, we struggled 3hrs+ to get the bikes through custom clearing on the Honduras side....not the sharpest tools in the shed those officials...Vrind Nic not the happiest chappie....

Ons het besluit om bietjie kilo's op te sit so veel as moontlik in Honduras, so dit was basies net 'oor draai en laat waai'

Antigua to Mataquescuintla...still in Gautamala

We started of out of Antigua and on the way to the Honduras border, but first the road and hotel to Mataquescuintla....

Ons eerste ware grondpad....en was dit nie 'n grondpad! Duisende draaie met honderde berge op en af. Daar is nie woorde om die pragtige uitsigte maar ook die aankomende busse en trokke te beskryf nie....

En toe het ons die blikkie Doom nodig...daai hotel na Antigua....