Miles Biked: Total bike miles about 710.07 miles (includes walking bike)
Miles Walked: Total walking miles about 84 miles (not including walking the bike)
Days of biking: 17 days
Location: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua
Flight information
Total Expenses: ~= $2411.84
Day 0, October 29, to November 21, 2013
$734.90 US - Airplane reservations
$71.08 US - Hotel reservation - Barcelo Guatemala City
$267.96 - Travelers clinic
$20.00 – Fred Meyers pharmacy
$204.90 – Central America GPS maps
Expenses: $1298.84 – Pre-trip expenses - Airfare, motel in Guatemala City
Day 1, Friday, November 22, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles (did bike back and forth to work, but not part of this trip)
Approximate daily walking Miles: 3 miles
Location: Home to PDX – Left Portland, OR at 11:39 PM
Points of interest:
1.Took Max to Airport
Expenses: $42.50 – Max to PDX airport and Excess luggage fee
Accommodations: Slept on plane
Day 2, Saturday, November 23, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 13 miles
Location: Flights from Portland, OR to Houston, TX to Guatemala City/ shuttle to Barcelo Guatemala City
Points of interest:
1. About 10 hours and 29 minutes of travel time – (PDX to IAH = 3 hrs 51 min) + (Layover = 3 hrs 48 min) + (IAH to GUA = 2 hrs 50 min)
2. Money exchange Houston, TX airport - $150 US = TBD GTQ/ $75 US = TBD HNL/ $150 US = TBD NIO
3. Had trouble figuring out how to get shuttle to motel from airport. A man let me use his cell phone, but I think he knew the shuttle showed up periodically. I could not figure out the cell phone, I think he was after money. When the shuttle showed up I gave him back his cell phone and a $1.00.
4. Walked around Guatemala City
Expenses: $2.00US + 149.20 GTQ – Tips and food
Accommodations: Slept on plane and at Barcelo Hotel in Guatemala City
Day 3, Sunday, November 24, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 24.52 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 10 mile
Daily elevation gain: Volcano climb 2547 ft; Biked 2466 ft
Location: Guatemala City, GT to Antigua, GT
Points of interest:
1. Steep bike ride hill out of Guatemala City
2. Climb up Volcano Pacaya
3. Loosing motel, but fining it with GPS. Did not look the same at night.
Expenses: $26.00 US + 205 GTQ – Motel, souvenirs and volcano Pacaya
Accommodations: Slept at Hotel Posada San Vicente in Antigua, Guatemala
Day 4, Monday, November 25, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 64.31 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 1 miles
Daily cycled elevation gain: 4194 ft
Location: Antigua, GT to San Carlos, GT
Points of interest:
1. Lots of hills
2. Small village of San Carlos – seemed a little scary
Expenses: 307 GTQ – Motel and food
Accommodations: Slept at motel in San Carlos, Guatemala
Day 5, Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 56.98 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 0.25 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 3849 feet
Location: San Carlos, GT to Apaneca, El Salvador
Points of interest:
1. Scammed at border crossing into El Salvador
2. Expensive motels in El Salvador
3. Almost got hit by a motor scooter crossing a road
Expenses: $111.00 US + 84.70 GTQ – Motel, Crossing El Salvador border and food
Accommodations: Slept at motel in Apaneca, El Salvador
Day 6, Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 75.07 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 5 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 2326 feet
Location: Apaneca, El Salvador to near El Zunzai, El Salvador
Points of interest:
1. Tough to navigate through Sonsonate.
2. Stayed at a nice beach town with surfers.
Expenses: $49.10 US – Motel and food
Accommodations: Slept at motel near El Zunzai, El Salvador
Day 7, Thursday, November 28, 2013 (USA Thanksgiving day)
Daily Bike Miles: 75.04 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 4 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 1358 feet
Location: Near El Zunzai, El Salvador to Usulutan, El Salvador
Points of interest:
1. First full grocery store since arriving in central America
2. Lost a screw on my trailer and a man in a 3 wheeled vehicle helped me fix it.
3. Man from Nebraska had driven to Central America.
4. Had smashed tuna sandwiches for Thanksgiving dinner.
Expenses: 59.68 US – Motel and food
Accommodations: Slept at Hotel Campo Real in Usulutan, El Salvador
Day 8, Friday, November 29, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 54.78 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 0.25 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 2698 feet
Location: Usulutan, El Salvador to Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador
Points of interest:
1. Trapped in room at motel.
2. Big uphill with scary towns
3. Nice view of Volcano San Miguel from back road.
Expenses: $29.55 US – Motel and food
Accommodations: Slept at Royal Palace Auto Hotel in Santa Rosa De Lima
Day 9, Saturday, November 30, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 63.67 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 3 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 1542 feet
Location: Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador to Choluteca, Honduras
Points of interest:
1. Crossing the border into Honduras was a lot easier than going into El Salvador
2. The bus traffic on the Pan American highway seemed intense for cycling.
3. Several holes you could fall in on side of road and on sidewalks
4. First Model with Wi-Fi and hot water since Guatemala
Expenses: $6.00 US + 701 HNL – Hotel, border crossing and food
Accommodations: Slept at the Paradise Hotel in Choluteca, Honduras
Day 10, Sunday, December 1, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 77.64 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 4 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 919 feet
Location: Choluteca, Honduras to Chinandega, Nicaragua
Points of interest:
1. Kids with large tied up iguanas
2. Iguana running across a field
3. Big live snake next to foot as I cycled along the road.
4. Photos with friendly local people.
5. Easy border crossing into Nicaragua from Honduras
6. Lots of 3 wheeled bicycles used as taxis.
7. Nice motel with Wi-Fi to reserve motel for following nights
Expenses: $215.97 US + 65 HNL – Motel, border crossing and food
Accommodations: Slept at Los volcanos Hotel in Chinandega, Nicaragua
Day 11, Monday, December 2, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 25.08 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 10 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 96 feet
Location: Chinandega, Nicaragua to Leon, Nicaragua
Points of interest:
1. Light day of cycling.
2. Hit by a taxi in Leon.
3. Neat churches and buildings in Leon
4. I had my only flat tire of trip – it was on the trailer tire
Expenses: $443.40 NIO – Food
Accommodations: Slept at Best Western Hotel in Lean, Nicaragua
Day 12, Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 63.63 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 0.1 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 2974 feet
Location: Leon, Nicaragua to Diriamba, Nicaragua
Points of interest:
1. 14 miles of road construction – mostly dirt road with 1600 feet of vertical gain.
2. Wild blue Morpho butterflies.
3. Low quality, expensive motel in small town – only thing for miles.
4. Forgot to turn on GPS tracking.
Expenses: 646.25 NIO – Motel and food
Accommodations: Slept at Hotel Y Restaurante Capri in Diriamba, Nicaragua
Day 13, Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 69.36 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 3 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 502 feet
Location: Diriamba, Nicaragua to Moyogalua (Ometepe island)
Points of interest:
1. I was locked in motel with my bike.
2. Nice boat ride from an Jorge to Moyogalpa on Ometepe Island
3. Nice views of Volcano Concepcion from the boat as well as the island.
4. Hired a guide to take me up Volcano Concepcion for the next morning.
5. Group of people marching with a doll figure and singing.
Expenses: $72 US + 377 NIO – Motel, Boat to Ometepe Island, Tax for bike to Opetepe Island, guide for Volcano Concepcion hike and food
Accommodations: Slept at Yogis Hostel in Moyogalua, Nicaragua
Day 14, Thursday, December 5, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles;
Approximate daily walking Miles: 11 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 5159 feet gain from Volcano Concepcion climb
Location: Ometepe island, climber Volcano Concepcion
Points of interest:
1. Climbed volcano Concepcion
2. Bad hiking shoes for hike and guide seemed nervous going down volcano Concepcion.
3. Rented motorcycle and drove around Ometepe island
Expenses: $57.00 US + 298 NIO – Motel, Motorcycle, Volcano hike expenses and food
Accommodations: Slept at Yogis Hostel in Moyogalua, Nicaragua
Day 15, Friday, December 6, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 15.35 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 7 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 69 feet on bike; 941 feet on bus
Location: Moyogalua (Ometepe island) to Granada
Points of interest:
1. Met a lady that had biked there from northern Alaska and was headed to Tierra Del Fuego
2. I took big ferry back to mainland.
3. Took a bus in which they loaded my bike on roof rack.
4. Met a man from Germany biking to Grenada, saw him in Granada several times after that.
5. Checked out large cemetery in Granada, Nicaragua with large fancy burial buildings and stones.
6. Granada has neat churches and buildings.
7. Overpaid for water from street vendor in Granada.
8. It was to hard to exchange traveler checks, used ATM.
9. Firecracker blew up at my feet and my good ear was ringing for about an hour.
10. Had beers with a man from Virginia.
Expenses: $34.50 US + 1028 NIO – Motel, boat, bus and food
Accommodations: Slept at Hotel Jerico S.A. in Granada, Nicaragua
Day 16, Saturday, December 7, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 44.64 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 3 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 538 feet
Location: Granada to motel near Managua international airport (MGA)
Points of interest:
1. Old train in Granada
2. Boat trip of Las Isletas near Granada
3. Only real rain of trip, 15 minutes of medium hard rain and on/off drizzle for part of the day.
4. No bike in hotel, had to put it into suitcase outside the hotel to get it into my room.
5. Best hotel of trip and 2 nd best dinner of trip
Expenses: $15 US + 463.35 NIO – Hotel, boat ride and food
Accommodations: Slept at Camino Real motel near the MGA airport
Day 17, Sunday, December 8, 2013
Daily Bike Miles: 0 miles
Approximate daily walking Miles: 7 miles
Daily accumulative elevation gain: 0 feet
Location: Motel near Managua international airport (MGA) to home in Portland, OR
Points of interest:
1. Long line at United airlines in MGU
2. Very long line to go through customs in Houston, only had 1.5 hours.
Expenses: $78.78 US + 1279.20 NIO – Souvenirs, Baggage fee, Max train home and food
Accommodations: Slept at home in Portland, Oregon