Follow the bikers of Going South on their adventures though the Americas.
Contributors
Alex Godfrey, United Kingdom
View Alex's posts
Andrew Finlay, United Kingdom
View Fin's posts
Åsa Brandhill, Sweden
View Åsa's posts
Javier Godar, Spain
View Javier's posts
deepeei crew, The Netherlands Amsterdam HQ
Viewing entries tagged with 'costa rica'
The Lungs of Costa Rica
Posted by Alex on 2 March 2010
With only 700km to go and plenty of time, we decided to take a detour and head to the Osa peninsula in southern Costa Rica. It is reputed to be one of the most pristine areas in the country.
54 comments. Tags: Alex, fin, costa rica, Osa. Location: Penenome, Panama, Panama
Pristine Tropical Rainforests in Costa Rica
Posted by Fin on 1 March 2010
Instead of pedalling directly southeast towards Panama on the Pan American Highway, we took the 'Long Way Round' Southern Costa Rica, through the stunning Osa Penninsula. Unlike Ewen and Charlie however it took us 4 days to do, not 4 hours. There is only one road in and out and then if you are on foot, or bicycle, you can catch a small passenger ferry back to the mainland at Puerto Jimenez. The road was one of our top 3 best cycling experiences of the entire trip. Hardly any cars, just the incredible deafening wildlife of the rainforest for company - Wow those Toucans and Scarlett Macaws were so so amazing. We hit our first tropical down pour of the trip in the rainforest, infact our first rain since the Oregon coast in the States. It was so refreshing as the humidity and strong sun has taken its toll on us. There is a little video here of one of several bridges we had to cross....ignore my dreadful Arnie impression at the start....
90 comments. Tags: Fin, Alex, Costa Rica.
Crossing into Rica
Posted by Alex on 20 February 2010
What a contrast... Looking back at our first few blogs up in Alaska and now, 2 weeks and 850 odd km from the end of our trip, I can hardly start to process all that we have seen and experienced.
70 comments. Tags: Alex, fin, costa rica, jungle, wind turbines. Location: Jaco, Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Newsletter
Sign up for our bi-monthly newsletter by entering your e-mail address below.
Tag Cloud
agriculture alex altitude sickness amazon anchorage daily news andes angelica argentina arizona asa atigun beach bears bike bike fitting border bottles bulla hoja de lata cabin california caribou cassiar cathedral chain reaction challenge chicamocha canyon claudio climate coal coast colombia corvallis costa rica death valley deepeei deepeei crew deforestation denali el salvador energy equipment film filming project fin fin mazatlan fireweed fishing flying footage frontier garbage geothermal glacier glaciers gold grand canyon gravel hills grizzly guatemala half dome heat honduras ice javier juarez junction 37 jungle katadyn kluane lacie las vegas license los llanos lynx mercury mexico mexico border mikio mile 31 mining mosquitoes mountains nancy new mexico new team mate nicaragua north rim oaxaca oil oregon ortlieb osa packing palin panama paramo peninsula valdes pet petrol photos picacho pipeline poverty preparation preparations puncture rain recycling road race ron and barb rubbish safety salmon san blas san gil sea seward smith rock smoke snow sponsors sustainable suzanne thailand titicaca lake trailer tundra venezuela visas volcano wall-mikes warmshowers washington water wind turbines yosemite
