10.17.2017 The next day was the border crossing from Nicaragua into Costa Rica, one we'd heard would be a bit easier than previous experiences. Leaving the air-conditioned room and stepping outside meant an instant drenching in sweat. Charlie, Jules and Christine Bas accompanied us and the Peñas Blancas crossing ended up being one of the worst. Getting out of Nicaragua was ridiculously difficult, as there was no real signage, many buses, an insanely ridiculous amount of peopl

10.19.2017 From La Fortuna, Maryna and Paul left early for Dominical on the southern coast, Adrian and Andrea headed out a different direction shortly after, then we took off for a hotel a little north of Dominical. We chose a longer route around the lake both to see what we'd missed coming in a couple days before and to skip the traffic near San Jose. As we dropped towards the coast it was brutally hot and humid, and though our ride wasn't difficult the heat really took its

10.22.2017 With the news of the Stahlratte delay, we discussed the options and decided to try and find a beach place in Costa Rica to kill a couple more days before crossing into Panama. Puerto Jimenez looked interesting and a side detour seemed appropriate since we were only a couple of hours from the Panama border. Singalong style The ride down was easy after our final French breakfast, but something didn't settle well and my stomach gave me fits on the way. It was probably