Es gibt Ausrüstungsgegenstände von denen ist man positiv überrascht, weil sie sich unerwartet gut schlagen. Dazu gehört für mich eine Isomatte von Decathlon, die Forclaz Airstructure 700 Ultra Compact.
You meet most cycle travellers for a few moments on the road or in a hostel, have a quick chat or spend an evening camping together before everyone follows their route again the next day.
Panama was the last Central American country on my route to South America. Together with François – a cycle traveller I had met a few days earlier in Costa Rica – we entered the country without any problems at the Paso…
Expensive and bursting with Western culture – that was my image of the small country between Nicaragua and Panama. A country that is best travelled through quickly as a budget traveller on a bike.
After a week in La Paz, I heaved the loaded bike up the stairs to the cable car gondolas. This little sweat-inducing effort was certainly better than the tedious, even more sweat-inducing climb up through the heavy…
The title already hints at it: My time in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua wasn’t exactly the most pleasant, yet there was still plenty of exciting things to observe and experience.