Friday, December 14, 2007

2 days in the capital Teguciglapa

We rode today from the coast, inland over some cool mountains with lots of good flying sites , and nice clouds .. good thing we didn't bring wings with us we would always be flying. we noticed today that this is not tha safest of countries , lots of people carry guns and there are gaurds all over even at small gas stations , we asked sme of the locals about some routes on the smaller backroads and they suggested against it, lots of banditos ! So after about 5 hrs and one of the worst rides of the trip we made it to the city. They main hwy here from the largest port is packed with trucks and slow moving everything . the rd is very curvy and mountainous . I was getting sick of diesel fumes and long lines trying to pass , so we ended up passing alot on the right hand side of the rd , which is also very dangerous ... oh boy ut it had to be done other wise i was going to puke . We made it to the cty and are staying with Jeffery a paragliding pilot from Canada whom lives here part time . yesterday was spent washing , cleaning and putting new rubber on our bikes , it took a few hrs riding around the city but we did find the right size tires , just not as aggeesive as we wanted more of a street tire, but it beats running without tread .I did get 5000 miles on the stock tire so that's pretty good , 5000 + miles from Las Vegas already .... yah baby ! Today the 14th we leave for Nicaragua.. lets see how the border x ing is

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