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20 Sep 2007
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Felicidades Sal Car! Your house looks beautiful. Hope all is going well for you in Nica land. It sure looks like it is.
Cheers Susan
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24 Sep 2007
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Felicidades Sal Car! Your house looks beautiful. Hope all is going well for you in Nica land. It sure looks like it is.
Cheers Susan
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Hi Susan!!!! How are you? Last i heard from you was from Fabrizio that told me that you where at his house in BsAs. What ever happen to your bike and your trip? Here is the pic that I took of you when we met in Manaus. Wishing you all the best!
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30 Sep 2007
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Hiya Salcar
That stupid carburetor never showed up in Belem... I ending up shipping the Bike to BA and stayed at Fabrizio's house for over a week waiting for everything to come together. Javier at Dakar Motos put a borrowed carb in so I could get over to Uruguay to fix my 8 month bike visa so I am sure it is the carb. The new carb finally made it to BA about a month ago and now I am hoping that it is actually in my bike and running well. I have to call today! anyway life is good here in Azerbaijan.. I met a fellow who is lending me a Paris Dakar to ride around. He was basically given it so he says I can ride it when ever I want. It has less than 7000 K on it!
Hope all is well for you. Did you ever contact my friends Maria and Will Burke? They are in Managua. Funny enough, when I was house sitting at Fabrizios, they were vacationing at the little corn island resort, casa iguana, that Will and Maria are part owners of! Small world.
Saludos
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1 Oct 2007
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Recomendation for Sal!
Just Spent the last few days at Salcars and its great! You have to stop by next time you are in the area! House is huge, with parking and a great host. Also some nice roads in the area and some great parties! Have attached a few pics for you guys to tempt you over!
Partying Nica Style
Some Local roads (think its the main one!!) Hate to see the dirt ones
Me and Sal
Lake Managua
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12 Oct 2007
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place to stay
Salvador
thanks very much for letting me stay round yours. Great place to stay especially if your bike is falling apart and you are saturated with a lot of rain!
thanks again!
Simon
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4 Nov 2007
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Hey guys, I am currently staying with Salvador and it is a good place to stay. He is a good host and will show you some of the things Nicaragua has to offer.
My air filter on my BMW F650 crapped out at the Honduran border and I had to run the bike without one to Managua. There are no bmw dealers in Nicaragua, but Salvador has a Dakar F650 and kindly agreed to sell me his spare air filter.
If you have a problem with your bike in Nicaragua I would recommend seeing if you can make it to Tegucigalpa, Honduras or San Juan, Costa Rica because here in Managua it is really hard to find common things.
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4 Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by gatogato
Hey guys, I am currently staying with Salvador and it is a good place to stay. He is a good host and will show you some of the things Nicaragua has to offer.
My air filter on my BMW F650 crapped out at the Honduran border and I had to run the bike without one to Managua. There are no bmw dealers in Nicaragua, but Salvador has a Dakar F650 and kindly agreed to sell me his spare air filter.
If you have a problem with your bike in Nicaragua I would recommend seeing if you can make it to Tegucigalpa, Honduras or San Juan, Costa Rica because here in Managua it is really hard to find common things.
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gatogato got here on thursday after spending the previous night sleeping in the bed of a pick up truck at a gas station with no guard 
I've been trying to help him as much as possible feeding him, giving him tips, giving him free parts (oil filter, screws, wd40 etc) and now helping him build a website so he can raise some cash to finish his trip. i give him props for been the youngest rider (23 y/o) that I know that is out there roughing it. if you have a place for him to crash please let him know. 
Managua it is hard place to get exactly what you want especially if you don't speak Spanish. Gatogato has been having a hard time to find Castrol Synthetic oil 10W-50 but we have been able to find it with an Esso brand or a little different numeration Castrol 5W-50... but gatogato wants to keep searching for it 
i think gatogato will see that the difficulties of finding parts in Nicaragua are a common them in Latin America
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Salvador
thanks very much for letting me stay round yours. Great place to stay especially if your bike is falling apart and you are saturated with a lot of rain!
thanks again!
Simon
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Simon got his site up and running. If you want to have a good read check him out at Global Enduro. He just met up with Irishkev in Colombia and as I write this they should be traveling together. It's amazing to see the power of the internet. I introduced them by email and were able to meet up.
To bad Simon could only stay one night at my house because he had to catch up the boat to Cartagena. He is a good laugh and great stories of camping at gas stations, getting rob in panama and much more...
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4 Nov 2007
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Just Spent the last few days at Salcars and its great! You have to stop by next time you are in the area! House is huge, with parking and a great host. Also some nice roads in the area and some great parties! Have attached a few pics for you guys to tempt you over!
Partying Nica Style
Some Local roads (think its the main one!!) Hate to see the dirt ones
Me and Sal
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Kev got here at a good time for me. I had free time and there where some fun activities to do - we had a blast while he was here. If you want to check out a trip where the rider is going out of the road to take scuba diving classes, explore some caves and cool adventures check out his site at Celtic Adventurer - Riding the World
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27 Nov 2007
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Sounds like a great offer!
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23 Dec 2007
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Thank you!!!
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good god. a "zoo" north of the equator? this could spell trouble for worldrider and the salcan do it clan...
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22 Mar 2008
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Salcar, you're doing an excellent service to the motorcycling community
I'm planning to ride through your country sometime next year and I will definitely stop by.
Cheers,
Jay
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1 Apr 2008
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good god. a "zoo" north of the equator? this could spell trouble for worldrider and the salcan do it clan...
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defenitely trouble!
I'll look forward to meeting you again once your ride around the world is over.
I'll start stocking some wine for youre return to Nicaragua.
We have a lot of catch up to do and need to look the maps for Africa.
Ride safe WorldRider!
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Sal,
I'll be traveling through Central America from Costa Rica to the US. I will be around the Managua area in late July and need a place to stay. I'm a 22 year old male, just graduated college and looking for an adventure. If your looking more in depth you can email me at davidschwietz@creighton.edu.
Peace.
Dave
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