Logan Watts

A 208 mile (335 km) off-pavement adventure over some of the most challenging and rewarding terrain of our trip…

We recently heard rumblings about a must-ride ‘extra’ to the typical southward bound pan-american cycling route: an eighty-some-odd mile figure-eight around the double-volcano island of Ometepe in the southern freshwater sea of Lago de Nicaragua.

A short post about our rides through Nicaragua… so far. Now, we’re off to Isla de Omotepe… more to come.

It’s not the destination… it’s the journey. Sometimes it’s hard to appreciate that aspect of travel, but I have made a point to try and keep that in mind on my first bike tour. And that ideal kind of manifested itself on the last leg of our trip…

Out of Petén and into Alta Verepaz. Have I already mentioned the Guatemalan roads? We heard there were big climbs, complete with smog-belching, fast-rolling chicken buses (like Fernandita, pictured here). The buses aren’t bad at all, but the roads are definitely steep…

A few of my favorite things that are on and off my bike…

From Dangriga, Belize to Flores, Guatemala… the hills begin!

… miles that is, and other useless stats. Plus photos…

Our ride from San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas to Merida, Yucatan… welcome to the jungle, baby.

Since we started our bike tour, we have had a constant barrage of folks who ask, ‘Why do you want to travel on a bike?’ To those people I generally say, ‘Well, there are several reasons…’

Merry Christmas all! Here are some of my recent street shots:

This is actually a combination of what would normally be a couple of posts. Mike’s computer bit the dust so he couldn’t get his Ixtapan > Taxco photos up… so here we are a week or so later not having WiFi for a bit…