Overview | How We Rate This Trip | Route Descriptions & Maps Overview In January 2010, we rode from Granada to Costa Rica, visiting Isla De Ometepe. In November 2009, we rode from Estille to Granada. In November 2007 (Blue Line), Nicaragua seems to have become the most intriguing biking country in Central America. The roads are […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]