Author: Ride the Road

1st trip: May 1990 – from Warsaw, Poland to Frankfurt, Germany
2nd trip March 1991 – from Munich, Germany to Warsaw, Poland
Polish Border to Kezmarok 40K
Compared to our earlier attempted visits to Czechoslovakia, the border formalities had recently become a snap. Reported to be beautiful views of the Tatra mountains but we were fogged in. Up… Continue reading Czech Republic Route Descriptions & Maps

Road Stories
Vienna to Istanbul – September, 1985
The Idea
“Someday, let’s ride from Shannon, Ireland to Istanbul,” I said to Sally on some previous bike trip through Europe. She liked the idea. “Wouldn’t it be great to experience the subtle day-to-day changes as we go? What countries would we pass through?” “Well, Ireland, England, France,… Continue reading Bulgaria Route Descriptions & Maps

Nicaragua 2009 – November
Esteli to Junction 35Ks
(see from Esteli to Matagulpa)
Junction to Leon 108Ks Hwy 26. Good 2-lane new road. No shoulder. Light traffic. OK scenery. In November strong NE (tail) winds make for easy riding. Some minor hills, at 45Ks out of foot hills and onto the flat coastal plain.… Continue reading Nicaragua Route Descriptions & Maps

Honduras 2007
El Salvador Border at El Amatillo to San Lorenzo 52Ks
Hwy #1 (Pan American), 2 good wide lanes with a 1 meter shoulder. Light traffic. Good riding. OK scenery, road winds thru low mountains. Occasional moderate climbing. Traffic builds, trucks come through the border in late morning. NE winds (head).… Continue reading Honduras Rout Descriptions & Maps

Costa Rica 2010
Penas Blancas (Nicaraguan border) to LaCruz 19Ks
Good 2-lane road with no shoulder. Light traffic but fast buses and trucks. Lush scenery. NE (tail) wind. Gradually rolling up to 11Ks then down for 2Ks then climb moderately then gradually to 18Ks, veer left into La Cruz at 19Ks.
La Cruz to Liberia… Continue reading Costa Rica Route Descriptions & Maps

In Novemver 2007 San Salvador Airport south to the Honduras border
San Salvador airport to Usulutan 74Ks
From the airport to the junction CA2, 5 Ks. Then south on CA2, 2- lanes, some traffic, some trucks with a 3 meter shoulder. Very good. Gradual rolling. OK scenery with views of Volcanos to the north. 25Ks to Zacatecoluca.… Continue reading El Salvador Route Descriptions & Maps

Day-by-Day Itinerary Belize
Guatemala Border to Belize City 132Ks
Rough and slow to El Cayo (San Ignacio) for 16Ks. In Belize, distances worked in miles. Rain. After Cayo, it’s a beautiful road with hardly any traffic. A few small hills. Pretty rich farms, then scrubby vegetation. 37Ks to Belmopan and 54Ks to Hattieville and finally a busier… Continue reading Belize Route Descriptions & Maps

Kuah Pier to Cenang 25Ks, Langkawi Island (Sea view route)
Bukit Malut Road 8Ks along coast. 2Ks easy climb then moderate rolling hills and sea views. 2-lanes, no shoulder, moderate traffic, flattens out. After 20Ks, left on Jalan Pantai Tengah into Cenang at 25Ks.

Cenang to Kuah Pier (interior route)
Toward the airport 3Ks then right (follow signs… Continue reading Malasia Route Descriptions & Maps

We were on the road and occasionally on the water for the next three weeks. From Mc Donald’s, we pedaled another damp 25 miles to Wakayama; then took a two hour ferry to Tokushima on the Island of Shikoku. We spent 10 days circling the near empty east, the bucolic south and occasionally busy… Continue reading Japan 2007 Route Descriptions & Maps