War and Farming
Semilla Nueva Good things come to those who wait: as I was getting ready to leave, Curt from Semilla Nueva finally got in touch with me to give me the opportunity to meet the farmers his NGO works with. I was in Guatemala City battling with the pain of the inflammation in ...
El Salvador
Travel Safety The rainy season in the tropics is no joke… even less so when on two wheels. There is so much of Guatemala and El Salvador that I did not see because the towering, and sometimes smoking, volcanoes were constantly covered in clouds. There were brief moments of clarity ...
Honduras – Love or Death
The little strip of Honduras that separates El Salvador from Nicaragua is only 132km. That’s no more than a couple of hours riding. I thought I would stop in Choluteca for a couple of days just to meet a fellow biker and get a little taste of Honduras, and then ...
Scent of a Woman
Gliding through valleys, around fields, up and down hills covered with wild flowers, I am engulfed in the scent of nature. When coffee trees bloom, their tangy smell overpowers me; when through strawberry fields I ride, the sweetness of the fruit penetrates to my very first memory of eating it. ...
Nicaragua/Costa Rica
Circumference of the World Nicaragua was only the 8th country on my journey, but it had taken 2 years and 40,015km (the circumference of the earth) to get there. Cloudy Smoke of Ometepe As El Salvador and Honduras before, Nicaragua proved to have little to offer which could not ...
Life on the High Seas
Panama City A month in the states went a long way to my ultimate recovery from dengue. I was a few pounds heavier from my mom’s cooking, and my soul was satisfied with nights of jazz bars and the New York Philharmonic. I flew back to my Costa Rican family, ...