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I like riding my bike.

looping the loop on ometepe

Two linked volcanoes rising up in the middle of Lake Nicaragua form a infinity symbol that you could spiral around endlessly. Ometepe is lush and tropical and very enticing – a host of resident ex-pats engaged in lots of inspiring projects are ample testament to that – but my stay here is marked by a sudden [...]

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diving the deep blue

I’m still alive and well on Little Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua and I’ve been discovering the endless mysteries of the ocean – diving with hammerheads, eagle rays, giant turtles and a myriad of other underwater beasts.
Unfortunately until I get a new computer there are going to be no more photos.

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puerto cabezas

I’m still in La Meskitia but back on the road system and safe and sound, thus far.
UPDATE: As luck would have it, the bi-monthly cargo boat to the Corn Islands is running a day late and happens to still be in the port and I am about to jump on it. This piece of serendipity [...]

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oh, no…

My computer has finally sucumbed – to what I’m not exactly sure but it no longer springs to life. Zilch, nada. This means that I have no practical way to process my photos and work on the blog.

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heading to la moskitia

I’m off to the depths of La Moskitia so I’ll be out of touch for a few weeks. In the meantime there are a few retro posts below.

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to blog or not to blog

I’ve been lagging on the blogging front, for some time, I know. It’s not that I don’t want to keep it up to date but the further into Central America I go the harder it is to find good internet connections.
Right now I’m heading into the back country of Honduras so there may be some [...]

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hanging out with lindsey at the lake

I whizz into Santa Ana, El Salvador’s second largest city, slightly ahead of schedule and spend most a of day waiting for Lindsey to turn up on the bus. It’s a hot humid place of bustling markets. The next morning we explore the centre a little.
Hanging out with friend always seems to invovle a lot [...]

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a brief intoduction to el salvador

I haven’t really been intending to go to El Salvador but a dear friend of mine who usually lives in Prague is currently travelling in Central America and she manages to convince me to pedal in that direction to see her. We agree to meet in Santa Ana and spend a few days by the [...]

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leaving guatemala

Once again, I’m leaving. A few parting images of Guatemala.

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maya pedal

Maya Pedal is an organisation in a small, unremarkable town, near Antigua, in Guatemala which does up old bicycles, donated by richer countries, and sells them a relatively affordable prices to locals. The organisation also designs and builds innovative pedal powered machines that perform all manner of useful functions from grinding corn to making smoothies.
Everything [...]

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