I received an email yesterday from our cycling friend Carlos who, after reading our last blog entry, noted that we've been traveling fast. He doesn't know the half of it. In the past two days, we have cycled in 3 countries. We went from El Salvador to Honduras, and then in just over 24 hours, we crossed into Nicaragua, where we are now. We're not really trying to cover a lot of miles but that's definitely what we've accomplished since…
After spending a couple of weeks in the mountains of Guatemala, oftentimes shivering even when wearing both our merino wool base layers and our down jackets, it seems almost overwhelming to be back at sea level, sweltering in the moist heat that surrounds it. The change was inevitable though when we made our 2000 meter descent from Iztapa, Guatemala to the coast in El Salvador. Saying goodbye to the volcanoes of Guatemala. Left: Downhill run out of San Andres Iztapa.…