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As uncomfortable as it is... Don't look away
Travelling this way you soon realise that the world isn't all "glitter and rainbows". For some people life is really, REALLY tough! We...
bikespanniersandpa
Jan 18, 20234 min read
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Costa Rica or "cost a packet"?
Another country means another border crossing and while we were now in a rhythm of knowing what to expect and what order to do things...
bikespanniersandpa
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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Ometepe Island and a Christmas away from home ...by Nick
Another early start two days later found us heading to our Christmas destination some 2.5 hrs hours away; to the Volcanic island of...
bikespanniersandpa
Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Nicaragua, an unexpected surprise by Nick
After a delightful night in che “nothing like it was in the pictures “ Airbnb we decided to find food, money and fuel outside of town....
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 29, 20224 min read
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Two border crossings and three countries in one day.
Okay so many have written about this (Andy & Ellen and Brett ...ones that we have read) but its a thing to ride through El Salvador and...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 27, 20224 min read
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Onwards and Downwards to El Salvador
We were not only sad to leave Antigua, a place we had come to love, but we were also leaving a certain degree of certainty and...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 26, 20224 min read
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Antigua Guatemala, we adore you!
It has been an absolute joy to stay in one place ...no, in THIS place for three weeks! To be able to explore each and every corner of the...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 19, 20224 min read
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You've Guat(emala) be kidding me... by Nick (and Bec!)
Bec finally got sick of having to correct all Nick's grammar and mistakes ...hence the highlighted bits! This is going to be a different...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 17, 20227 min read
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Sierra Gorda to Palenque ...by Bec
I am not sure if I should take offence that Nick's blog post entries are getting more hits than mine; but lets face it I have always been...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 15, 20226 min read
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Seasickness? No, not I! ...by Nick
Ferry time! It has to be noted that myself and boats usually ends up with me inspecting the paint on the side!! It seemed prudent then to...
bikespanniersandpa
Dec 5, 20226 min read
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Riding down the Baja Peninsula and getting to know Mexico.
The following day we followed the coast down to Bahia de Los Angeles, a little town on the coast. The ride was amazing through cactus...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 30, 20224 min read
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Goodbye America and Hello Mexico ...a wake up call for the naive travellers from NZ
So how did our first day go emotionally? And bare in mind that New Zealand is the second SAFEST country in the world and Mexico the 24th...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 20, 20225 min read
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Dear God!
Just when I thought I’d got away with it, Bec asked me to write another……..here goes... Tuesday 25th Oct Left a quaint town called South...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 14, 20225 min read
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There were once two muppets from New Zealand - part 2 and 3!
"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway". John Wayne Sunday 23rd Oct After our previous days experience of (what we...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 7, 20224 min read
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Well, well, well
It turns out that people actually read my blog posts... All 3 of you; that’s on top of the other 3; myself Bec and the dog! Yup, Nick...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 4, 20225 min read
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A different side to the USA
One thing that we had noticed about Alabama and Georgia was the road maintenance on the country roads that we were travelling went from...
bikespanniersandpa
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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Blueridge Parkway to Ala"BAMA"
We had debated whether to ride the Blueridge Parkway as it was peak Autumn Season for the "leaf peepers" who drive around sightseeing and...
bikespanniersandpa
Oct 30, 20223 min read
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Old Friends and another go at a BDR
One of our main drivers to head East was to catch up with old friends who live in Vermont... and we still had time on our side at this...
bikespanniersandpa
Oct 30, 20225 min read
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Emmertville, Iowa to Spring Valley, Wisconsin to Toronto Canada!
The first thing we noticed when we opened the door to our motel the next morning was the smell of cows! As soon as we had hit Minnesota...
bikespanniersandpa
Oct 25, 20224 min read
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Nick's first blog post!!!
Ok time for my input to this blog ( and about bloody time I hear you say) it’s about time Bec had a night off!! So what have the past few...
bikespanniersandpa
Oct 21, 20224 min read
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