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Nicaragua 2014
Nicaragua 2014: ten days in the Central American country with a Honda XR250 Tornado.
We rented it from Jurgen and Elizabeth at bike-nicaragua.com, nice and friendly company. Elizabeth is also a very good cook :-) Below the route and some pictures https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N..._Nica_Dett.JPG Day 1: Stuck overnight in Miami thanks to American Airlines https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q...2002.41.36.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...2012.42.56.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B...2012.59.54.jpg Day 2: Finally in Nicaragua, Leon https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F...2/DSCN2361.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...2/DSCN2364.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...2/DSCN2366.JPG |
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Day 3: Finally on the bike!
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A beautiful pavé road up to El Sauce
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-O...0/DSCN2434.JPG With some traffic https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y...0/DSCN2439.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D...0/DSCN2440.JPG El Sauce https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h...0/DSCN2450.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2...0/DSCN2452.JPG And then it starts this gravel road to Estelì https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Z...0/DSCN2458.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...0/DSCN2459.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...0/DSCN2462.JPG |
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Day 4: From Estelì up on the mountains https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...2015.02.22.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...0/DSCN2488.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...0/DSCN2489.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...0/DSCN2500.JPG La Concordia https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E...0/DSCN2508.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...0/DSCN2509.JPG San Rafael Del Norte https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m...0/DSCN2513.JPG |
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Day 5: Around Granada
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Day 7: Ometepe
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Wow - that looks like a fun trip with some nice roads and scenery! :thumbup1:
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Leaving Ometepe https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-i...2/DSCN2814.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W...2/DSCF3312.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q...2/DSCF3315.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M...2/DSCF3322.JPG San Jorge https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...2/DSCN2823.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C...2/DSCN2827.JPG Entering San Juan Del Sur https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_...2/DSCN2829.JPG |
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North to where Camping Matilda is, on the northern side of Playa Marsella.
You have to follow the sign to Playa Majagual and turn left after a few kms to get there. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...2/DSCN2860.JPG An incredibly beautiful place https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...2/DSCN2884.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K...2/DSCN2889.JPG https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...2/DSCF3325.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O...4/DSC_0270.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--...4/DSC_0272.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-s...4/DSC_0276.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8...2/DSC_0278.JPG |
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going north
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-I...2/DSCN2901.JPG Arrived in Las Penitas, 20 kms from Leon. We stayed at Oasis Hostal, just in front of the ocean https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...2022.53.21.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r...4/DSC_0433.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--...2/DSC_0434.JPG https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...2/DSC_0435.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-K...2/DSC_0439.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...2/DSC_0457.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e...2/DSC_0466.JPG |
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Day 10: Back to Leon for our last day in Nicaragua
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