after a good finish in Tonsai- i hit my toe on a rock (it was a big rock) when walking along the beach and got a painful bruise so couldnt put it in a climbing shoe for the last couple of days! its a silly injury that stops you doing quite a lot! anyway we [...]
Whew! My trip changed about a thousand times today. From Dulles, VA to Las Vegas, and finally get a cab from DEN to APA (Centennial airport) to recover a trip to Milwaukee. 8 people had to drive from Eagle down to Denver to get home. Bummer cause the Mountain weather was [...]
We had been scheduled to arrive in Lagunas about 10pm, but the boat leaving four hours late, as well as a not totally unexpected extra two hours in transit, meant that we arrived at 4:15am making the hostel stay we had arranged redundant, since we would have to get up again about 6am to set [...]
In the morning our overnight bus arrived in Yurimaguas. When I collected my bag from the boot of the bus I noticed that one strap was wet, then Daniel discovered the whole bottom half of his bag was soaking. By the time we found the cheap hostel another traveller had recommended Daniel, we had both [...]
I got an extra day off from last week. They were unable to get me home on Monday, my last day. Very relaxed before the start of the New Year. We have A LOT of flights scheduled on Sunday. Looks like another record could be set.
Looks like an Airline to reposition [...]
WAHKATANE (56km, 859km total) - It started raining last night and didn’t really stop until we reached toady’s destination - Whakatane. It was our first day of riding in the rain this entire tirip. Aside form making me extremely sweaty, my rain gear seem to work pretty well. Good.
It was an easy day’s ride in [...]
Opotiki (46km, 803km total) - Each day I bike I get more and more excited to lay around in California and do nothing. The countryside here is more than beautiful. It’s magical. But it is also unforgiving. There are hills everywhere we go, and when there are no hills there’s a hard wind, always sure [...]
WAIOEKA GORGE (76km, 757km total) - We woke up to another lazy morning of picking fruit and feeding pigs. It’s such a wonderful feeling to eat fruit you pick yourself, and Shad and I both swear to have yards with fruit trees if we ever own houses. Carol spoiled us by packing us both huge [...]
BOXING DAY / GISBORNE DAY II - I woke up well rested this morning and dug out some leftovers from last night’s feast for my breakfast. Shad and I have decided to hang out for a day in Gisborne and Carol has agreed to put us up for another night. This will mean changes in [...]
Nigel, Daniel, and I met up for breakfast and agreed that we didn’t want to shell out so much money for another tour, so we decided to make our own way to the waterfall, Catarata Gocta. First we had to catch a collectivo to the nearby town of Pedro Ruiz, which is on the main [...]