So I was originally going to stay in Antigua just to climb Pacaya, but I ended up finding a really nice guest house, similar to a bed and breakfast or hostel at a spanish school. The people I met here are great AND they had WiFi. So I may as well as stay a week. That is the nice thing about a long trip, you have the time to be flexible. I’m way behind my original timeline. My original timeline was kinda a joke anyway. After being on the road for a month and change now, I know that timelines are always a joke. You never know what you’re going to see and who you’re going to meet, so why even bother planning. The only solid date I have is: Christmas at the tip of Tierra del Fuego.

Anyway, I was quite surprised when I was checking out these accommodations to see two other HUGE bikes (for the area) with Washington plates. Basically, for the first hour of staying in Antigua, I was trying to figure out who had the bikes. I soon met Nathan and Lindsie. They rode here all the way from Washington on vintage Japanese motorcycles. Well, 1980s Japanese bikes atleast. HEY NATE, IF YOU READ THIS, COMMENT ON YOUR BIKE TYPES. I FORGOT! So yeah, I’ll replace that with their bike types.

They got to have twice the adventure that I’ve had. While we both had the excitement of riding this far south, they had the added complexity of getting a vehicle that is 20 years old this far. Their brief story is that they are riding to Panama or however far south they can make it in 6-8 months. Right now they’re hanging out in Antigua working at the only Irish pub in Guatemala as bartenders. Check out their blog here.

Oh yeah, I bought a Machete!!!!!!!!!! I’m now ready for jungle camping. Well, maybe not, but atleast I can look cooler on the bike.

This is Riccardo, from Italy. He’s webprogramming his way through the Americas. He’s peligroso tambien.

Here is Elvira, my spanish teacher. She always addresses me as usted. Guatemalans are so formal!

Last Sunday I went for a bike ride with Julio, esposa, y amigo. I’m out of time, so I’ll try to update this text later. But here are the pictures from it. We road almost to the El Salvadorian border on CA-1 and then to the coast at Monterico.

We had to take a small wooden ferry powered by a 15HP outboard motor.

Later that night at the Guest House, we had a big dinner with great food and premium boxed wine.


It is so cold here!!