Am starting trip from Yuma, Arizona where Tom has taken my bike in his trailer. We will leave on 30 September 2014 at first light and cross into Mexico at San Luis Rio Coloradowhich is only 45 minutes away. Plan to get to Hermasillo by sunset and see if we can camp there. After Tom has had his coffee we will stay on Highway 16 to Maycoba and then …

Well we were waved through the Mexican border at San Luis and off we went, what a mistake. Nothing but desert, stopped at Puerto Pensacola for lunch which is on the ocean. Then headed N back to US border then S on 2 and only made Sant Anafranil the night where we found a lovely motel......... Left a little late on Wednesday which bit us in the …

Tom rose at sparrow fart to go hunt down a cup of coffee , which is his morning ritual. I packed up my stuff and loaded up for the trip to the border for our paper work and found Tom having breakfast, cause he loves to eat as well. Left Creel at 9 am headed for Ojibwa / Presidio border crossing with Texas and arrived at 4 pm . Had some amazing …

Left Zacatecas at 11 am after a great breakfast, Tom walked downtown and found a Starbucks and was really chuffed. Quinto Real was outstanding, so much so we booked into the one in Puebla for tonight if we make it there. Got going and lost Ban Ban only to find him on the road broken down. By the time we turned around to where he was, he was gone, …

Left Tuxtla Gutierrez at 8 am so we could get to Guatemala City by days end. Climbed high over a pass and was some spectacular scenery and 280 km later we were at the border at La Massilla and an hour later we were through the border . Another 290 km to go, and the road carves through huge mountains on either side of you for miles on end with …

Our first day in San Salvador was most enjoyable, we went and had lunch with Nelson's parents at their home. Had chicken and rice and then desert and great conversation, they advised us on all the safety issues and then his Mum said that she is going to pray for us, that scared me more than anything else. We then went to the coffee plantation …

Our teeth are now all glued in and the bike parts came from Guatemala last night and is being repaired, so we are ready to get going at 6 am tomorrow. Have been here for a week and feel like we have over stayed, we know we have but they are such a fantastic family and make you feel at home. We have been spoiled with the exquisite cooking of …

October 20, 2014

GRENADA TO OMETEPE

Was still dark and Tom was up and gone in pursuit of the finest coffee in the world. I chased him down and went for breakfast where we met an expat living in Panama, quite a character and he was just ripped off by a hooker at San Juan Del Sur where we are heading, so he gave us heads up so to speak and Tom …

Big statue of Jesus overlooking the town and beautiful beach, and then Madeira Playa is 9 km out of town where I spent most of the day surfing, not exactly Cape St. Francis or Outer Komm. but was great to be in sea water again and it's hotter than our shower,which had no water when I tried to take one this morning.