En la ciudad de los ángeles……luego de pasar la mitad del mes de agosto y casi tres semanas de septiembre en México terminando un proyecto y conociendo lugares que nunca antes había estado, así como lo son Querétaro y San Miguel de Allende. Donde estuve un día compartiendo con mis amigas Estefania y Carmen, tenía [...]
300 Km to Leon in Nicaragua, our next destination. We made it to the El Salvador / Nicaragua boarder pretty quickly on the good paved roads. The boarder crossing was another easy process: check our passports, log the information and pay a couple bucks. We had heard from other travelers that the main roads in [...]
Only 60 km to the Honduras-El Salvador boarder then another 60 km to San Miguel, El Salvador today’s destination. We headed out early again this morning leaving La Esperanza at like 8:00 AM. We were warned by the lady whom owned the hostel that the road out of town is worse than the road in.
Excellent [...]
One day was enough in Copan; our next stop is Gracias; supposedly the capital of Central America back when the Spanish came to conquer, then on through El Salvador to Nicaragua. We got on the road mid-morning and had a smooth drive to Gracias besides the occasional cattle herding blocking our way. Here’s some pictures…..
Cow [...]
Copan Ruinas is the name of the town and the name of the famous Mayan ruins. The small town of Copan Ruinas is set on a steep hill with cobble Stone streets and old colonial buildings (cobble Stone roads look cool but aren‘t the most fun thing to drive or walk on). There is not [...]
There had been whispers from all departments about the Leggett hill. It’s an ass kicker, they say. A real doozy. I had become weak sitting around Arcata for the past month, out of shape and soft around the edges. I feared the great mount would humble me.
But no. It was [...]
The ride from Burlington campground back to the 101 was mellow route down the Avenue of the Giants through the rural towns of Miranda and Redcrest. A short while on the 101 brought me to Garberville, where I stopped at a deli which makes an awesome reuben Sandwich. A fellow out front struck [...]
I got a late start in Arcata and decided to take the Redwood Transit bus as far as $2.50 allowed. I must have looked like a jerk, first throwing my bike up on the rack on the front end of the bus, then plowing into the disabled and elderly seats with arms full of [...]
Standing before misty Machu Picchu
Clearing over Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu revealed!
We wake up at an early 3:30 in the morning basically to save our place in line. A quick breakfast and packing with our headlamps then we head down the trail about a kilometer before we reach the checkpoint. By the time the gate [...]
Flowering from Wiñay Huayna
Above Wiñay Huayna
A lot of down!
The final pass is a mere 80m higher than the morning´s camp site, and then it´s down another 1000m for the rest of the day. A lot of sore knees creek down the steep staircase and I´m very glad I was talked into renting walking sticks, [...]