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Leon & Estali Nicaragua

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Leon Nicaragua is just a short drive away for us since we needed to stop short last night with the dark and poor road conditions. We spent a few days there so we checked into a hostel and had a Tona to beat the heat. After two weeks in the company of the GSSWEDE we had to say goodbye as he headed south to make his flight home. Leon is a really nice colonial city with the largest cathedral in Central America. There is a lost of history here and memorials to the revolution. There are also a lot of political messages in this Sandinista Party stronghold. We did a lot of wandering and taking in the sights.

We had a first here we saw this guy actually get a ticket for not wearing his helmet. Daniel skyping his parents in Hawaii. To order a drink in Nicaragua, you ask for the size of bottle of rum you want and it comes with a bucket of ice, a bowl of limes, and a bottle of coke for $3.60 for 1/4 liter. We stopped for our first Nicaraguan gas at the UNO.

Trying to beat the heat in Leon we headed for the beach 20 km away, where it is just as hot at 36 degrees, but at least there is a breeze. Walking down the beach for lunch we could watch the locals surf.

Now we really needed to retreat from the heat by heading up into the hills near Estali. It was very hot riding the whole way, but It was almost 10 degrees cooler there when we arrived. There is quite a nice cathedral here also. These huge pigs were actually walking him! We rode up thru the hills to Somoto, which is near the Honduras border. The area around Estali is lush with farming. There are large fields of tobacco for the local cigar companies. Tomorrow we head off on the back roads thru the mountains to San Rafael del Norte, Jinotega, and to Matagalpa.

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Sara “The Peach” Pedersen I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. I attended the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Ontario. I met Daniel at Willow beach in Victoria on June 4 1994 and we were married June 22, 1996. Right from the beginning we shared the love of travel and adventure. Daniel surprised me with a Yamaha TTR 125 on our 5th wedding anniversary and I was hooked on off road motorsports. We have enjoyed off road motorbiking, single track and dunes riding. About 10 years ago we started to plan a big adventure to explore the world. After discussing different modes of transport we thought motorcycles were the right choice for us. In the fall of 2010 I took my motorcycle license course. Just before I completed the course I got my new 2010 BMW F650GS Twin! Let the adventure begin. Daniel “Big D” Pedersen I’m a country boy at heart that was born in Calgary, Alberta. I moved to the coast of B.C. as a teen and then to Victoria on Vancouver Island to attend College. I’m a numbers guy and an adrenaline junkie. I’m caught in the contradictory world of a love for great looking corporate balance sheets and the smell of race gas. Now a tad older my love of travel is starting to scream for more attention. No more just reading of great adventures. The time has come for this one lucky Dude and his Peach to start writing one of their own. The Dynamic Duo On June the 4th, 1994 she had long jet-black hair , wore cut off jean shorts and cowboy boots. He wore a floral tie and a grey suit. Despite the differences it seemed to work and two years later they were married. Early on they both pondered what they wanted out of life? To see the world, its people, and experience their cultures was their answer to one another. They settled in Port Moody, BC and have spent their lives intensely working towards the day when they could break free of the mundane, the ordinary and the ever-present trap of more stuff. They set a plan in motion and have worked towards it for the last ten years. The path has not always been easy, but it was totally worth it now that the dream is a reality. Hello world here we come!

Trip Start: 2011-06-22 Trip End: 2015-06-30 .

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