We had ridden close to 400km that day when our guide Juan asked us: “There is a place I’d like to take you to tomorrow, it’s a long ride but we’ll get to ride a 4000 meters pass, are you…
Captivating Colombia
Cartagena, Colombia to Medellin, Colombia June 20 to July 14, 2014 A colourful cast of characters We did not bump into many other riders throughout Central America, except for the friendly couple from Motopasaran and some rude chap on a…
The Good, the Farc & the Cocuy
Barichara, Colombia to El Cocuy, Colombia July 6 to July 9, 2014 Debating the detour El Cocuy was on our radar thanks to our friends at Moto Pasaran but this tiny town, perched high up in the mountains of Eastern…
Guatemala
Deeper in Central America
Antigua, Guatemala to Somoto, Nicaragua May 21 – May 26, 2014 Salvatruchas for a week It was with a bit of sadness that we left Antigua and our host family. To cheer us up Zebra’s friend from University, Rodrigo, was…
Melting from Nicaragua to Costa Rica
Somoto Canyon, Nicaragua to Lake Arenal, Costa Rica June 1 – June 11, 2014 Kings of Leon After a very pleasant introduction to Nicaragua, our GPS once again led us unknowingly to the dirty route down to Leon via El…
Guatever!
Tenosique, Mexico to Antigua, Guatemala April 30, 2014 – May 20, 2014 Thundershowers in Tikal Our first destination in Guatemala was the famed site of the Tikal ruins, where some of the highest mayan temples can be found poking their…
Through Honduras in a day
Perquin, El Salvador to Somoto, Nicaragua May 26, 2014 Honduras has been cancelled Honduras North coast is well worth a detour. Way back in 2009 I had a chance to visit that region thanks to my good friend Santiago who…
Mud bath & bent sprocket
To keep you entertained while we work on our next post covering the Guatemala-Nicaragua leg of our adventure, here is a short story of a recent Costa Rican escapade. I was particularly excited to finally reach Costa Rica for an…
Entering El Salvador at Las Chinamas
Gateway to the “Flower Route” [map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:right; margin:10px 0px 10px 10px; border: 1px solid black;” marker=”yes” markerimage=”http://www.wolfandzebra.com/files/map_pin.png” lat=”14.017620″ lon=”-89.906870″ maptype=”OSM” z=”6″]La Ruta de Las Flores in El Salvador came highly recommended by other travellers. The road goes…