Category Archives: Costa Rica

About 15km from Cahuita, the paved road became a dirt one. It sur­prised me momen­tar­ily but bor­der areas are often over­looked by gov­ern­ments. I had a bit of climb­ing to do as the road moved inland, but the scenery more than made up for that as I made my way through banana coun­try. There were […]

At one of these stops, I noticed a place called Liv­er­pool on my map & got quite excited when I saw a sign for it, even though it reg­is­tered as noth­ing more than a black dot, namely lit­tle more than a vil­lage. It was pour­ing so heav­ily with rain as I entered Liv­er­pool that I […]

It never ceases to amaze me how the body fights back against some­thing which has laid it flat like that for a week. Cycling wasn’t as smooth as it had been & I quit for the day after 55km, but, apart from the usual evening feel of tired, I felt pretty good. This was, no […]

After a brief walk around town to stretch my legs, I felt tired so I went back to my room. For the first time on the whole trip I had lit­tle appetite but man­aged to eat some­thing & then slept for about 11 hours. Maybe it was just the heat. I also hadn’t cycled much […]

My Route View Cycling Costa Rica in a larger map Key By bike By plane By ferry By train By bus I paid my rip-off $11 for the 1-hour boat trip to the Costa Rican bor­der town of Los Chiles, more than twice as much as the local rate. Being charged more for such a […]