Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview In November, 2007, (Gray line) we entered Honduras from El Salvador at El Amatillo on our way to Nicaragua. We avoided Tegucigalpa and made a good choice to cross the border at La Fratemidad. This route was pretty with long climbs. In November 2006,(Blue […]
Costa Rica
Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview Costa Rica (limited travel so cursory opinions) In January 2010 we returned to Costa Rica for a few days and plan on returning in 2011 and riding to Panama. At that time we will fill in the new routes. So far the roads are […]
El Salvador
Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps | Road Stories Overview In November 2007, (Gray line) we rode from the San Salvador Airport to the Honduras border crossing at El Amatillo. It’s the smallest country in Central America with the best roads. You could ride through it in a few days. We […]
Belize
Overview | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview More expensive in Belize. Guatemala map shows Belize as part of Guatemala. Route Descriptions and 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 […]
Malasia
Overview | How We Rate This Trip Overview The west coast of Malaysia is too urban and developed. The roads are overcrowded and full of trucks. They drive aggressively and the roads are often without a shoulder. We planned to ride up the East Coast but we ran out of time. Mr. Pumpy recommends this […]
Japan 2007
Overview We finally road our bikes in Japan in 2013. This description is from before we rode there. It is more history of the area. Don Rhatigan has and shared with us his route and descriptions comparing two trips 44 years apart. Don passed away on September 20, 2008 during a California Bike Trip, We […]
Japan
Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview We rode in a very small part of Japan, near Osaka and on Shikoku Island.The great infrastructure includes many separate bike lanes an paths (usually along rivers). Quality is the hallmark. But there’s just too much urban slogging. Slow and monotonous. Highlights are the river […]
China
Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview Can you believe it? The first bicycle tourists showed up in Beijing in 1891. Two globe trotting Americans called Allen and Sachtleben crossed to here taking three years from Istanbul. This was a novelty. Today there are over 250 million bikes in China, most of […]
Namibia
Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview November 2002 A hotel owner in Namibia told us about an international cyclist who stated that after biking around the world he declared, “Namibia is the toughest part of my trip.” It’s the heat, the strong winds and the “whole lot of nothing” between highlights […]
Kenya
Overview | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview In January of 1996 we rode from Nairobi to the Uganda border. Uganda was our biking destination. This is not enough riding to make an informed rating. We had a book about biking in Kenya which we can’t recommend since we encountered way too much misinformation. Cycling Kenya […]