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Cycling In Nicaragua

22/06/202222/06/2022 by Kilian

I did not write much lately about my cycling while travelling in Central America. Cycling here is harder in a lot of aspects: the climate: high temperatures and very high humidity the infra structure, (or lack of secondary tracks) no accurate maps and not so much GPS tracks motivation (let’s … Read more

Nicaragua

07/06/202229/05/2022 by Kilian

One thing that we immediately noticed, already at the Nicaraguan side of the border, was the prominent use of red-black flags and the letters FSLN. It was used even more than the national flag. It turned out that it stands for Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, the socialist party that … Read more

Lake Atitlan

02/05/2022 by Kilian

It has been a long time that I had a really nice mountain bike ride. The last months circumstances were not favourable to do so. Of course I did ride a bit, but that had mainly to do with shopping or a simple back-and-forth trip. One of the circumstances was … Read more

Guatemala

23/05/202214/04/2022 by Kilian

From Mexicó we crossed the border at Talismán. This border crossing (and possibly any crossing in Central America) is quite different from the ones in Europe (as far as they still exist). At the Mexican side there was no clear process or steps to follow. For example: I asked a … Read more

Finally

03/03/2022 by Kilian

Finally on Monday the 21st of February I got the van back. Quite quickly too, compared to how the process was going until this day. Already at 9:00 I was expected at the office, after which we drove to the port again. We had to wait for some papers to … Read more

Shipping with RoRo

20/02/202219/02/2022 by Kilian

As can be read in a previous post, we decided to ship our camper van to Mexico using a RoRo ship, mainly because sea containers are in more demand because of increased trade during Covid, and because handling / clearing would be more swift compared to containers. Well, it did … Read more

Mexico

15/04/202224/01/2022 by Kilian

We were staying in Cancún until our van arrived by boat in Veracruz. More about the shipping can be read in this blog. You can see the long awaited arrival of the van in Cancun, and all other things that happened in our January, February and March blog. Cancún is … Read more

Lake Salda

09/02/202205/11/2021 by Kilian

Emre from Overland Anatolia pointed us in the direction of Salda Gölü (Lake Salda). If you look at the satellite image (or map), you can see that the lake is not quite round, but then again it is round enough for me to ride around it. A trip with a … Read more

Biking in Cappadocia

09/02/202230/10/2021 by Kilian

Yep, that’s right: Cappadocia. It was on my wish list for a long time already. Despite this area being a Unesco heritage site, it is still possible to explore this region off road on a bike. Perhaps not many mountain bikers are prepared to ride here because of the (in … Read more

Quooker?

09/02/202207/09/2021 by Kilian

The heat was on (hey, that is also the title of a song by Glenn Frey!) while we were busy conquering the Abano pass with our camper. Engine temperature rose more than ever while were climbing to an altitude of 2800m along a 4×4 track, in low gearing. While we … Read more