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| The border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica was closed
for an hour for a meeting |
A month of motorcycles |
We stopped at a soda for lunch |
Frank had the first of many casados |
Harleys and ceramic pigs...hmmm |
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| Courtyard at the Bekuo hostel |
We went motorcycle shopping |
Frank added a custom luggage rack to his Freedom Rock
250 |
Back at the hostel, we got ready to ride |
They had a special German hammer |
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| Movin' down the road |
Getting directions in downtown San Jose |
Lunch |
Frank said he'd never seen Vienna sausages |
Great views |
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| Merrill on the road |
Lot's of trucks on the road |
The new bridge was better |
Where's the volcano? |
Bikes settle down for the night |
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| Birds came to eat the banana |
Morning coffee at the hotel in Fortuna |
The free hot spring next to the $75/day Sabacon
resort |
At the hot spring |
It was a beautiful place |
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| The hot water felt great |
Neck massage |
Roadside beggars |
Volcan Arenal |
Frank really like this tree |
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| We stopped at the German Bakery in Nuevo Arenal |
Tom, the owner of the bakery, put us up at his place |
Carola worked at the German Bakery. She is a
world class motorcycle traveler (Africa, South America, etc.) |
Frank had a problem with the chain |
Frank turns a bus stop into a workshop |
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| A wrong turn took us to the top of a mountain |
Rainbow |
The road was challenging |
I kiss the pavement when we get to a main road |
Hot water...shocking! |
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| Warranty service? |
On the beach in Tamarindo |
Cute English girl at the backpacker |
Frank gets gasoline |
Frank crossing one of the many rivers |
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| I take a break after a river crossing |
Sometimes there was a bridge |
A bridge? |
We stopped at a beach party |
I survive another river crossing |
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| Frank takes a flight in an ultralight |
Spectacular views |
Street food |
Some roads on the Nicoya peninsula are better than
others |
We took a long break in Montezuma Beach |
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| FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is baloney |
Frank got me a cake for my 62nd birthday |
A bluejay came to my birthday. Frank gave me a
"No Fear" hat. Thanks. |
On the road again |
Chillin' on the beach |
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| I picked a place by the beach |
I only fell out of the hammock once |
Detour |
Hanging around on the Oso Peninsula |
Our hut near Puerto Jiminex |
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| Marvin led us to San Vito |
Fresh ground Lila coffee from his plantation |
Marvin put us up and fed us |
Marvin has a wonderful family |
Thanks, Marvin |
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| The route from San Vito to Cartago took us above the
clouds |
We spent several days on the Carribean near Cahuita |
Frank puts a new chain on my bike |
We spend a night in the Moto Suite at the Hostel
Bekuo |
Pineapple plantation in the central valley |
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| My favorite border: Rio Seranno |
The abogada writes the sales contract to sell my
motorcycle |
Lalo, the new owner, gets the keys. Good bye
faithful steed! |
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