Pedaling South

We’re in Costa Rica. Yeah, life’s tough.
Many of you have heard of or have been to Costa Rica. The name evokes tropical rainforests full of monkeys and parrots, gorgeous beaches and amazing coffee. Yes, it’s all true. Costa Rica is a very nice country.
Costa Rica hasn’t had an army since the 40’s. We haven’t seen [...]

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Nous prenons pour acquis que très peu d’entre vous sont de millionnaires philanthropes. (Si vous lisez ces lignes et que vous en êtes un, s’il vous plaît, allez directement au dernier paragraphe.) Nous savons par contre que vous êtes assez nombreux à nous lire – les statistiques le prouvent!
Si chacun de vous donnez, [...]

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Jinotepe, Nicaragua

EcoSouth, an environmental group and recently-signed Cyclo Nord-Sud partner, has roots dating back to the early days of the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution, when the Sandinista uprising successfully overthrew the Somoza dictatorship.
The multi-faceted organization focuses primarily on the staggering problem of inadequate and insufficient housing in the developing world. What began as an initiative to [...]

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Après plus de 200 jours à vélo, quand on trouve un endroit  où l’on se sent chez soi, on aime bien y rester une journée ou deux. Parfois même trois.

Nous avons décidé de nous ‘arrêter à León et de jouer les touristes. Torrey profite de chaque moment libre pour postuler dans les cégeps et collèges [...]

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Nicaragua! Already! Past the halfway-mark of Central America!

Honduras was dry and friendly and mostly closed for la Semana Santa (Holy Week), a 10-day vacation leading up to Easter observed by most of Latin America. We blew through the country like a fell wind and crossed into Nicaragua just the day after yesterday.
The border was uncomplicated. [...]

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De San Blas à Playa Azul

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At last!
The last few days in El Salvador were challenging for us, and apparently for a lot of Salvadorans who didn’t seem too happy that we were riding our bikes through their country (and didn’t seem to mind letting us know it).
After 24 hours in Honduras, all the scowls and insults seem in the distant [...]

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