The latest Journal Entries from Andy & Yasmin at Footstops.com en-us Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:51:12 -0800 Copyright 2012, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:51:12 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/ <p>February 15th - 16th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/111292.jpg" width="280" />Well this is our final blog entry for this trip. In a few hours we will ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8738/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8738/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:11:30 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/111279.jpg" width="280" />February 13th - 15th</p><p>After a 20 minute boat ride on a "lancha" we arrived at Playa ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8737/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8737/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:39:25 -0800 <p>February 8th - 13th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/111222.jpg" width="280" />It took a taxi, two buses and another taxi before we made it to Puer... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8733/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8733/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:05:09 -0800 <p>February 6th - 8th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/111214.jpg" width="280" />We arrived in the town of Tucacas after dark, so didn´t see too much... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8732/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8732/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:22:29 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/111208.jpg" width="280" />February 1st - 6th</p><p>Caracas stunned us with its dirtiness, pollution, noise and hecticness.&nb... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8730/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8730/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:12:20 -0800 <p>January 30th - 31st</p><p>After an unusually comfortable 27 hour bus ride (with films not dubbed into Spanish, food served and bingo!) we were finally in Lima, where we were going to fly to Venezuela from. Due to floodi... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8729/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8729/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:31:22 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110943.jpg" width="280" />January 23rd - 29th</p><p>We had booked our train tickets to Macchu Picchu a week before when we we... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8726/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8726/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53:55 -0800 <p>January 20th - 22nd</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110937.jpg" width="280" />We had managed to book a decent hotel through the internet for a couple o... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8725/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8725/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:36:52 -0800 <p>January 16th - 20th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110935.jpg" width="280" />Back in La Paz we investigated the buses to Peru only to find that there ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8724/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8724/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:10:00 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/11/110614.jpg" width="280" />January 14th - 16th</p><p>We were picked up early in the morning by our guide, Rigo, who took us to the motorised canoe we ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8714/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8714/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:35:45 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/11/110609.jpg" width="280" />January 13th - 14th</p><p>We boarded a less than impressive bus in a very busy and polluted "bus station" in La P... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8713/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8713/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:29:30 -0800 <p>January 6th - 12th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/11/110603.jpg" width="280" />We hopped on the bus to La Paz expecting a fairly easy 8 hour day time journey. Unfortunately it t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8709/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8709/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:21:18 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110601.jpg" width="280" />January 5th - 6th </p><p>When we arrived at the bus station in Arica at 6am we just wanted to get a... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8708/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8708/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:36 -0800 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110556.jpg" width="280" />December 28th - January 4th 2010</p><p>25 hrs after leaving Santiago we reached San Pedro. How... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8706/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8706/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:23:39 -0800 <p>December 20th - 27th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110534.jpg" width="280" />Jean had booked a nice "apartment hotel" for us in Santiago wh... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8705/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8705/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:25:21 -0800 <p>December 17th - 20th</p><p>We took the bus back from the Paine and asked the driver to stop by Libbet and Gaston´s house as it was on the way. We walked up through the gate and were met by Gaston and Lib... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8703/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8703/ Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:58:25 -0800 <p>December 15th - 17th</p><p>Ronan and Barrie set off early while we had a bit of a lie in. We knew it wasn´t too far and we felt really tired by now. The walk wasn´t too arduos but we actually went the wrong way...... ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8702/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8702/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:02:27 -0800 <p>December 14th - 15th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110467.jpg" width="280" />Yasmin awoke to find that she had swollen eyes (probably from insect bit... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8701/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8701/ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:05:22 -0800 <p>December 13th - 14th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/11/110410.jpg" width="280" />Waking up this morning we knew we would have an easier day than the previous two. After enjoying... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8696/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8696/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:27:24 -0800 <p>December 12th - 13th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/11/110351.jpg" width="280" />Today we knew we had a hard day ahead of us, and we put on our gaters in preparation for the sno... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8693/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8693/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:30:44 -0800 <p>December 11th - 12th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110340.jpg" width="280" />After breakfast we started off the hike with some magnificent views over... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8692/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8692/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:28:18 -0800 <p>December 10th - 11th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110324.jpg" width="280" />We were up at 7am to pack up the campsite and have a breakfast of tea an... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8691/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8691/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:41:55 -0800 <p>December 9th - 10th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110308.jpg" width="280" />Gaston gave us a lift to the bus station in Punta Arenas where we boarded... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8690/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8690/ Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:49:36 -0800 <p>December 7th - 9th</p><p>We said our good-byes to Jean at the airport - she said she felt like she wanted to come with us but was happy not to be about to spend a week camping and hiking around the Paine!</p><p><im... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8686/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8686/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:35:35 -0800 <p>December 6th - 7th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110205.jpg" width="280" />On our way to Puerto Montt we stopped for lunch in Frutillar, a nice littl... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8685/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8685/ Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:52:46 -0800 <p>December 3rd - 6th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/11/110069.jpg" width="280" />We left Buffys and headed south, stopping for lunch in Salto Del... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8675/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8675/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:04:23 -0800 <p>November 29th - December 3rd</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/109980.jpg" width="280" />Jean, Barrie and the two of us flew down from Santiago to Concep... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8666/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8666/ Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:19:08 -0800 <p>November 24th - 29th </p><p>After the end of our Central American adventure we embarked on our journey through South America. First stop Chile. We had been particularly looking forward to this as we were going to meet Andy's... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8663/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8663/ Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:41:24 -0800 <p>November 22nd - 24th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/109580.jpg" width="280" />On our final full day in Panama we visited the canal, linking the Pacifi... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8628/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8628/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:05:59 -0800 <p>November 19th - 22nd</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/109567.jpg" width="280" /><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8622/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8622/ Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:38:01 -0800 <p>November 15th - 19th </p><p>After having slept badly we awoke to the noise of the traffic outside our hotel. We decided that we just couldn´t face the traffic and fumes going into Panama City. If possible, it would only det... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8611/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8611/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:39:50 -0800 <p>November 14th - 15th</p><p>We had a fairly early start knowing that we had quite a bit of cycling ahead of us. We were also warned by the hotel owner just before we left, that there would be a "huge" hill on our way. &l... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8610/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8610/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:13:07 -0800 <p>November 13th - 14th </p><p>After a long busride we were dropped off by the side of the Interamericana highway at a small dirty village. The highway was extremely busy with big trucks and buses passing constantly..... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8609/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8609/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:17:06 -0800 <p>November 12th - 13th</p><p>The bus ride from San Isidro to David took about six hours. Crossing a border always takes longer than you think, even when you are going on a bus. Here we had to provide documentation proving... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8608/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8608/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:01 -0800 <p>November 10th - 12th </p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/109349.jpg" width="280" height="312" />Trying to reach Panama as quickly as possible pr... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8607/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8607/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:20:08 -0800 <p>November 7th - 10th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/109030.jpg" width="280" />The ride from Paritta to Quepos was good. The 25.8km went by quickly and we arrived in Quepos in ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8582/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8582/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:19:42 -0800 <p>November 6th - 7th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/109025.jpg" width="280" />The road condition was good, even though the hard shoulder could have been more consistent. There ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8581/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8581/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:29:31 -0800 <p>November 5th - 6th</p><p>So finally we left Jaco, on our way cycling again. We stopped just outside Jaco for lunch and stayed for several hours to see if the torrential downpour that had started would stop. We didn´t get ba... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8580/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8580/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:17:40 -0800 <p>October 30th - November 5th</p><p>Arrived back to Jaco and back to the same hotel. It was friday evening and we went past the bike shop where we hoped that Shaun´s rack would have been fixed. The bike shop guy was just clos... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8579/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8579/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:50:52 -0800 <p>27th-30th October </p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/108719.jpg" width="280" />It was an easy trip on the bus up to a town called Santa Elena, near to Mo... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8525/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8525/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:22:57 -0800 <p>23rd-27th October</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108703.jpg" width="280" />Jaco is a larger, tourist town with a long beach popular with surfers. It's not so picturesque... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8524/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8524/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:24:17 -0800 <p>14th-23rd October</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108692.jpg" width="280" />We left the house and decided to stay a few nights in the beach town of Montezuma nearby. The weath... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8523/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8523/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:14 -0800 <p>3rd - 14th October</p><p>Our plan was to try and hitch hike to a town fairly nearby and then catch the bus from there. However after about one and a half hours waiting by the side of the road for a ride we needed a new plan! Andy... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8506/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8506/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:17:04 -0700 <p>October 1st - 3rd</p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108442.jpg" width="280" /><p>Leaving Santa Cruz we continued on good roads west. We stopped at a lovely spot a little way off th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8505/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8505/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:48:14 -0700 <p>30th September - 1st October</p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108437.jpg" width="280" /><p>With an early start we set off from Liberia hoping for a good road towards the Pacific c... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8504/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8504/ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:59:35 -0700 <p>29th - 30th September</p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108435.jpg" width="280" /><p>We travelled from San Juan to Liberia, crossing the border in Costa Rica without much incident.... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8500/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8500/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:48:02 -0700 <p>September 21st - 29th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108213.jpg" width="280" />We managed to get Shaun and Toby fixed up at a car mechanics in Jinotepe. Shaun's rack was... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8476/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8476/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:02:50 -0700 <p>September 19th -</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108079.jpg" width="227" height="298" />From Pochomil we set off fairly early in high spirits hoping for some nice co... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8464/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8464/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:33:52 -0700 <p>September 18th - 19th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108073.jpg" width="280" />In order to maximise the all-inclusive experience we didn´t leave the resort until four o... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8463/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8463/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:20:40 -0700 <p>September 15th - 18th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108061.jpg" width="280" />Getting out of Managua wasn´t too bad although it still took some time and the road was b... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8462/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8462/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:49:59 -0700 <p>September 11th - 15th </p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/108040.jpg" width="280" />Andy´s uncle Peter was working in Managua as a UN interpreter on a UN mission concernin... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8449/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8449/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:32:32 -0700 <p>September 6th - 11th</p> <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/107661.jpg" width="280" />We have now spent a few days in Leon, very pleased to have stayed in a clean and well-run hote... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8446/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8446/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:04:44 -0700 <p>September 5th - 6th </p><p>We hitched a lift from the beach towards the border to Honduras. Our first ride took us a few km and then dropped us off. However we then managed to catch a ride with a guy who was very friendly and kin... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8445/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8445/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:20:42 -0700 <p>August 31st - September 5th</p><p>After being in chaotic towns with lots of traffic, noise and dirt for quite some time we decided that we wanted to head to the beach. We checked the internet an... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8444/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8444/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:48:26 -0700 <p>August 30th - 31st</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/107633.jpg" width="280" />The views while cycling from the last town to Usulutan were again beautifu... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8443/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8443/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:31:21 -0700 <p>August 29th - 30th</p><p>The cycling on Carr del Litoral, the biggest road in El Salvador after the Interamericana, turned out to be beautiful. There were views of volcanoes, rivers and mountains. However, 5 k... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8442/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8442/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:57 -0700 <p>August 28th - 29th</p><p>Once we finally pushed our bikes out of San Salvador the road opened up into a highway with a wide hard shoulder. We were relieved. It was all downhill and we cycled 27.3 km to the town of Olocuilta, whic... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8441/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8441/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:13:09 -0700 <p>August 25th - 28th</p><p>Initially we wanted to catch a bus to the southernmost border town between Guatemala and El Salvador and begin cycling from there, but becuase of some mis-information we ended up at the wrong bus station.... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8420/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8420/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:45:29 -0700 <p>August 22nd - 25th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/107255.jpg" width="280" />Leaving Shaun and Toby behind in our hotel in Guatemala City we set off for Antigua. It was a 90 m... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8419/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8419/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:27:52 -0700 <p>August 19th - 22nd</p><p>Arrived in the evening, a bit disoriented as we hadn´t seen a city this size since we left England, but found a fairly cheap hotel near to the bus station. Our first impression of the city was that ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8418/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8418/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:23:08 -0700 <p>August 18th - 19th</p><p>We crossed the border back into Guatemala, into a town called La Mesilla. It was a fairly typical border town -busy and dirty, but it had a beautiful setting in the Guatemalan highlands. </p><p&g... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8417/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8417/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:46:20 -0700 <p>August 17th</p><p>We decided that we wanted to know more about the Zapatist revolution so we went to visit them. Our friend Jocke, who had recently spent some time with the Zapatistas, had mentioned to us about the rebe... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8406/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8406/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:25:51 -0700 <p>August 8th - 18th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/106660.jpg" width="280" height="249" />San Cristobal de las Casas is a beautiful Spanish co... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8372/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8372/ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:11:05 -0700 <p>August 5th - 8th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/105810.jpg" width="280" />We left Flores very early, starting with an argument with the bus driver abo... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8342/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8342/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:20:12 -0700 <p>August 2nd - 5th </p><p>Flores is a town located on an island in Lago de Peten Itza. The town is very pretty, and reminded us of a Mediterranean town with narrow winding streets and waterside <img class="albumPhotoRight&q... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8341/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8341/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:35:54 -0700 <p>August 1st - 2nd </p><p>We got up very early and strapped the bikes to the top of a minibus for the trip to Tikal. Once we arrived we found the campsite, setup camp, hung up t<img class="albumPhotoRight" src="ht... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8330/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8330/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:13:03 -0700 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/105673.jpg" width="280" />July 31st - August 1st</p><p>After Yasmin had recouperated we cycled 18 km to the Guatemalan border. We passed through the ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8329/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8329/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:55:53 -0700 <p>July 24th -31st</p><p>The 40.5km cycle to San Ignacio from Belmopan was relatively easy compared to the Hummingbird Highway as the hills were not so steep or long. The only stop that we made was for a torrential downpour, that so... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8305/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8305/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:21:08 -0700 <p>July 23rd - 24th</p><p>Arrived in Belmopan after 23.9km. We asked where the town centre was and were told we were there! There was bascially nothing there. Just a few government buildings, banks, a bus station and a couple of sho... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8304/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8304/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:33:42 -0700 <p>July 21st - July 23rd</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/105050.jpg" width="280" />This was quite a hard days cycle, with many long steep hills. We were however rewarded with bea... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8303/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8303/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:33:05 -0700 <p>July 20th - July 21st </p><p>After a lateish start from Macaroni View Hotel we were looking for a spot for lunch and after a short 7.7km we spotted a sign for a cafe, next to the road. We thought that was unusual, to find a ca... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8302/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8302/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:27:25 -0700 <p>July 19th - 20th</p><p>On the afternoon of the 19th we started cycling on the Hummingbird Highway. After 18km we reached the Macaroni View Hotel, where we had planned to spend the night. It was so called as on one side of the Hig... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8299/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8299/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:19:00 -0700 <p>July 14th - 19th<img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/104595.jpg" width="280" /></p><p>Tobacco Caye is another beautiful Caribbean island, only five acres in size. People come here for th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8286/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8286/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:40:57 -0700 <p>July 13th - 14th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/104593.jpg" width="280" />We arrived in Dangriga in the evening, after a nice three hour bus ride on t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8285/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8285/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:34:15 -0700 <p>July 12th - 13th <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/104590.jpg" width="280" /></p><p>Arrived in Belize City into a tropical thunderstorm, sat with the homeless on the side of the road ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8283/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8283/ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:20:10 -0700 <p>July 3rd - 12th</p><p>Caye Caulker is a great, relaxed, hammock swinging type of place where you can <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/104430.jpg" width="280" />hear reggae and punta ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8256/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8256/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:18:03 -0700 <p>July 1st - 3rd</p><p>We entered Belize on the 1st of July and cycled 13.8 km to Corozal.<img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/103859.jpg" width="280" /> We found t... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8202/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8202/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:35:25 -0700 <p>June 30th - July 1st</p><p>On the day we were leaving Bacalar it was scorchingly hot. <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/103857.jpg" width="280" />Luckily we co... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8201/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8201/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:02:07 -0700 <p>June 28th - 30th</p><p>We cycled 52.1 km from Los Limones to Lake Bacalar and the town. The weather was cloudy so fortunately not as hot as it can be. However we had a big head wind and the road wasn't as flat as before... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8199/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8199/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:13 -0700 <p>June 27th - 28th</p><p>After cycling 63.4 km (our longest yet) we finally arrived in Los Limones - but we wished we hadn't. It was a one street 'town' with a few small shops and some shacks. We looked around for a ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8197/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8197/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:56:16 -0700 <p>June 24th - 27th </p><p>The next day we knew we had a long days cycle on the dirt road to reach Fellippe Carillo Puerto. It was extremely hot and we knew we had to ration the water. Fortunately the jungle canopy provided quite a ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8161/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8161/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:00:57 -0700 <p>June 23rd - 24th</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/103304.jpg" width="280" />We met up with the fisherman with whom we had arranged a lift the previous day. He helped us load th... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8160/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8160/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:35:38 -0700 <p>June 21st - 23rd</p><p>We left our hotel and entered the national park. The road quickly deteriorated from smooth asphalt to very bumpy dirt road. Our speed was cut in half and it felt like tough going. However, the scenery was s... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8156/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8156/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:36:26 -0700 <p>June 20th - 21st<img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/103235.jpg" width="280" /></p><p>Left our cabaña and decided to move 6km south to near the Sian Kaan national park entrance. I... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8155/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8155/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:51:54 -0700 <p>June 14th - 20th</p><p>From the turtle sanctury to Tulum was a short 24.4km cycle, along the main road. We were very pleased to arrive in Tulum as we had planned a few days stay here. Another puncture just when we arrived in... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8123/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8123/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:31:39 -0700 <p> June 13th - 14th</p><p>We decided that we would like to try and find the camping place that Merak from Croco-cun had mentioned, where we might see some turtles and crabs. After 20.5 km cycling we saw a sign for Xcacel, the ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8121/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8121/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:22:56 -0700 <p>June 11th - 13th </p><p>Cycling from Playa Del Carmen we stopped for some lunch and a siesta at a ranch on the way. It was an extremely hot day, an hour cycling in the sun and you feel drained and weak. We sweated bucke... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8110/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8110/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:21:17 -0700 <p>June 10th - 11th </p><p>Cycled 37km to get here, road was flat and good.</p><p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="http://www.footstops.com/udata/10/102356.jpg" width="280" />&lt... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8109/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8109/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:19:35 -0700 <p>June 7th - 10th </p><p>Thanks everyone for all your comments, it´s great to hear from you all!</p><p> We managed to tear ourselves away from the lovely hotel in Cancun and get on our bikes - it wa... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8078/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8078/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:17:41 -0700 <p> June 3rd - 7th</p><p> Well we arrived on Wednesday night into Cancun, tired after a long flight. The flight was actually pretty good and we both cried during the film Marley and Me (well I didn't really cry but Ya... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8045/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/8045/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:16:23 -0700 <p><img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/10/102025.jpg" width="280" />We've spent the last few weeks in final preparations for our big trip. All the equipment is ready and tested, the bikes are in goo... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/6985/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/6985/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:43:26 -0700 <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/9/98309.jpg" width="280" />... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7367/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7367/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:47:47 -0700 <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/9/98304.jpg" width="280" />... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7366/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7366/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:47:12 -0700 <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/9/98295.jpg" width="280" />... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7363/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7363/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:53:16 -0700 <img class="albumPhotoRight" src="/udata/9/98293.jpg" width="280" />Lunch stop at the northern edge of Ullswater.... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7173/ http://www.footstops.com/andy_yasmin/blog/7173/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:42:14 -0700