http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/ Ness Moto 2004 en-us At 2000h on the 17 September, I sadly left Mexico, and crossed the border into Brownsville, TX. (on the Gulf of Mexico). Stay tuned for the Costa Rica and the return trip stories. N... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000992.php Here I am in front of the Jaguar Inn in Tikal, Guatemala. My "border brokers" entering Honduras. Waiting out the rain on the way to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. On Nina's porch, San Juan Del Sur. Dinner at Nina's... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000971.php First of all, some corrections and additions on my stay at the coffee plantation south of San Jose in the town of Jerico. The "Finca" is owned by JEANNETTE'S family who is married to KENNY, the brother of Laurie (and... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000996.php With Costa Rica's (CR) reputation for being the most "North American" like country of all Latin America, I was off from Nicaragua with high hopes! Not only is CR safe but it's also very friendly. It's been a democracy since... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000995.php After a pleasant 2 hour ride, interrupted by a 30 min. downpour, I arrived in the fishing town of San Juan Del Sur (pop. 6,000). SJDS is set on a nice horseshoe shaped cove with dramatic cliffs forming at it's... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000970.php It was an easy ride south to Granada (pop. 90,000), Nica's oldest city. Although it did see some recent fighting between the Sandinistas and Somoza's forces, it was spared the shelling seen by other cities. Today Granada is the major... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000969.php Checking out of Honduras was much easier than checking in, thank god, and checking in to Nicaragua was suprisingly the quickest and easiest so far. But despite this, I lost so much time checking IN to Honduras that it was... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000966.php My entry "Honduras" dated 2004-08-14 had a few errors... #1 - I only entered Honduras only AFTER El Salvador. #2 - I was attempting to enter San SALVADOR, the capital of El Salvador....NOT San Jose, which is the capital of... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000964.php The plan here was to ride the 3 hours straight through Honduras, and try for San Salvador, El Salvador. The border at Honduras was something else... TOTAL disorganization....different ramshackle buildings with no markings...that houses the customs, imigration, insurance, security, and... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000955.php After leaving Rio Dulce, Guatemala, it was a beautiful early morning ride under clearing skies on nice road into El Salvador. Riding south for 50 kms from Rio Hondo, Guatemala, one comes to a fork in the road....5 kms east,... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000965.php After a great 6 hour ride on relatively straight and smooth roads, I arrived in Rio Dulce (RD), a small town on the Rio (River) Dulce about 10 km inland from the Caribean town of Livingston which is about 20... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000950.php It was a beautiful early morning ride to the Guatemalan border less than 1 hour south from Comitan, Mexico. The border crossing at La Mesilla via CA 1 was smooth, painless, and quite professional despite all the horror stories I... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000944.php Well hi again. The ride from Lacanja, south and west, to Comitan was a beautiful ride, in beautiful sunny and warm weather on relatively straight and deserted roads......except for the military! Because this road runs for miles along the Guatemalan... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000943.php The only "problems" between San Cristobal de los Casas and Lacanja (pop. 500 elev. 950 ft.)were the hundreds of topes along the road, the heat combined with the humidity, and the first rain storm that lasted longer than 15 minutes.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000932.php This was a really long ride from the coast to San Cristobal de Las Casas (SCC). In fact I had to overnite it in the town of Tuxtla Gutierrez, approx. a hundred kms. from SCC. TG., pop 425,000, elev. 2,000... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/ness/000925.php