Wow, we really went by some cool stuff last week. We passed through Nicaragua and most of Costa Rica, covering 421 land miles in total, and 19 water miles. In Nicaragua we passed numerous volcanoes, several large fresh-water lakes, and got our first close view of the Pacific. Did you know that you can see the Pacific from Lake Nicaragua, but it is considered an Atlantic port due to its connection through the San Juan river? Well, you do now.
More spectacular sites in Costa Rica, including numerous national parks. Costa Rica is one of the world leaders in biodiversity and ecology. Not only that, but they abolished their national military over 60 years ago. That's right, all of that biodiversified goodness could be ours, they are nigh defenseless! Maybe it wouldn't be that easy to take over their country, I am sure they could slap together some sort of resistance. Besides, they seem to have a pretty good thing going sans military, they have been one of the most stable central American countries over that time span.
We rode over the Mountain of Death, so hopefully everyone got in a little hill work last week. We came to rest in a fishing village on the Pacific that is also famous for its big waves, attracting surfers from around the world.
We are just over 500 miles from reaching South America. I think if we made a big push this week we could get there. So crank out those miles, Punch-N-Pie is counting on you.
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I've heard that some parts of Costa Rica have been taken over by Americans, culturally. Apparently quite a few Americans move to Costa Rica after they retire.
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