There’s something odd about checking into a hotel at 8:30 in the morning. “You want a room all the way until tomorrow morning?” Yeah – something like that.
By 5:30 this morning we were on the road – it’s the only way to even kinda, sorta beat the heat. Although it’s hot at 5:30, it’s blazing hot by 7.
So at 8:30 we arrived at the border with Panama – the border! We could have passed the border and made it another 22 km to a small town, then a very easy day to David tomorrow. Or we could have stayed here today, and have a slightly harder day to David tomorrow. We opted to take the day off.
This actually may end up being Costa Rica’s saving grace – we found a wonderful hotel here with beds for us all and air conditioning! And it is actually considerably cheaper than many of the other places we’ve stayed in this country. All four of us are enjoying a day of relaxing in the cool, watching TV, reading books, and drinking Pepsi. I’ve taken advantage of the time to wander around – love all the hecticness in the duty-free markets! I guess border towns are not all that bad after all.
Kilometers today: 33
Kilometers to date: 14169
Hey u 4!
Seems like you had a great time at the coast! Saw your surfing video, that’ s great! I’ m a few days ahead of you, in Penonemé. About 2 more days to Panama City from where I’ ll fly back on monday (via Florida to Germany).
Keep pedaling,
Anja
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Oh, just daw that your entry is from the 4th already … where are you now?
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Hey Anja!! I figured you had reached Panama a long time ago!! We are now in David and will be heading south tomorrow. You’ll be gone by the time I get there though… Have a good flight home!
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Yeah, I stayed for 5 weeks in Puerto Viejo at the Caribbean, visiting a friend of a friend.
I cycled from David to Las Lajas, the town is 4km off the panamerican HWY. The room I stayed at, at Restaurant and Bar Meira, was pretty bad, but I didn t see anything else around. Going south from Las Lajas I found the first 50 km pretty tough with 1000meters of climbing.
The ride from Santiago to Penenome was pretty easy today, though, and there was a hotel in Aguadulce, too.
Enjoy your ride
Anja
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