Crossing Back Over the Divide – Volcán Baru

After finally stamping out of Costa Rica for the third time it was time to cross back over the Divide. A back route alternative was hard to find. I was told of a hiking route but no biking route; that’s not to say there isn’t one. Huge areas of wilderness in Panama seem to be…

Ruta de los Conquistadores – Volcán Irazú and Turrialba

Searching out decent back road routes can be exciting and adventurous but often the quality of the route can be unknown. While that can be part of the fun, when a route has been carefully mapped out and used for a race that proclaims itself as ‘one of the toughest mountain bike races in the…

Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica´s highest

It´s not possible to cycle up to the top of Chirripó but it´s a magnificent hike. After leaving Montezuma and the Nicoya, I left my bicycle with couchsurfing.com friends in Puntarenas (thanks to Alex and Mel and their families). Although a long hike, one of the hardest parts of Chirripó was probably getting the passes to…

Meeting my match in Ometepe

This post covers my experience on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua (mid-November 2013) where I climbed and cycled around Concepción and Maderas volcanoes with Eric (written in Tres Rios, Costa Rica). After León, I stopped off at Miramar beach at Josh´s surf resort (awesome place over looking a world class surf break). It was flat…

Volcano Telica

This was an exellent hike which I did with some friends I met in Leon, Nicaragua (this written in Costa Rica). We did it without a guide and requires some navigation but you can find the GPX here. There are some arrows painted onto trees for half the hike but don´t follow them forever since…