Puerto Viejo
(DAY076 : Fortuna - Puerto Viejo : 210 miles)
The ride out of Fortuna was pleasant and again among greens, but once we merged into the main road to Puerto Limon there were too many trucks. Promptly after merging I was stopped again for the toll, I mean for speeding. If you set the speed limit at 80kph (50mph), you can stop anyone you like right? I can't even shift to 5th gear at that kind of speed. Anyway, this time I paid only $5, but it cost me a bit more time.
Puerto Limon is plain ugly, so I quickly continued on towards Puerto Viejo. When I stopped to take a few photos with the painted palm trees on the road side, I was sure that I'd be there by 3 pm. How come I'm always wrong?
The Painted Palms by Ron
The moment I saw the palms, I knew it had to be someone from the States. Vietnam veteran Ron and his wife have moved here about 8 years ago and now run this very cute restaurant and store. We chatted away until I noticed the sun was getting low, so my disappointment with Purto Viejo was significantly delayed.
Heading to the Caribbean, I admittedly had very high expectations, hoping to find a St. Martin, or Barbados like beach. Well, they're not here, and the shabby town with terrible live reggae doesn't do it for me either. To me, the place looks like they'd pay me to stay. Instead, I had to pay $20 for a hole.
Couldn't find much inspiration in Puerto Viejo
The next day I rode further along the coast to explore nearby beaches, and everything looked a lot better. Punta Uva is a very nice beach for swimming, and has attractive accommodation options if you seek tranquility. For surfing, you'd need to go a bit further, to Manzanillo. In any case however, they weren't enough to make me stay another night. Perhaps St. Martin has a branch in Bocas del Toro.
Punta Uva
Surfing at Manzanillo
Punta Mona
Am I really going to Panama? I hope they don't tell me to "come back tomorrow" at the border.
The ride out of Fortuna was pleasant and again among greens, but once we merged into the main road to Puerto Limon there were too many trucks. Promptly after merging I was stopped again for the toll, I mean for speeding. If you set the speed limit at 80kph (50mph), you can stop anyone you like right? I can't even shift to 5th gear at that kind of speed. Anyway, this time I paid only $5, but it cost me a bit more time.
Puerto Limon is plain ugly, so I quickly continued on towards Puerto Viejo. When I stopped to take a few photos with the painted palm trees on the road side, I was sure that I'd be there by 3 pm. How come I'm always wrong?
The Painted Palms by Ron
The moment I saw the palms, I knew it had to be someone from the States. Vietnam veteran Ron and his wife have moved here about 8 years ago and now run this very cute restaurant and store. We chatted away until I noticed the sun was getting low, so my disappointment with Purto Viejo was significantly delayed.
Heading to the Caribbean, I admittedly had very high expectations, hoping to find a St. Martin, or Barbados like beach. Well, they're not here, and the shabby town with terrible live reggae doesn't do it for me either. To me, the place looks like they'd pay me to stay. Instead, I had to pay $20 for a hole.
Couldn't find much inspiration in Puerto Viejo
The next day I rode further along the coast to explore nearby beaches, and everything looked a lot better. Punta Uva is a very nice beach for swimming, and has attractive accommodation options if you seek tranquility. For surfing, you'd need to go a bit further, to Manzanillo. In any case however, they weren't enough to make me stay another night. Perhaps St. Martin has a branch in Bocas del Toro.
Punta Uva
Surfing at Manzanillo
Punta Mona
Am I really going to Panama? I hope they don't tell me to "come back tomorrow" at the border.
posted by Serdar at
6:45 PM
2 Comments:
I've really been enjoying following you on your adventure.
I'm curious... have you still been having oil consumption issues you mentioned previously? If so, how much oil is used? At all RPM, or just while crusing at higher ones?
The oil, yeah. I accepted to live with it, like a 2 stroke. 1 liter every 5-600 miles.
I must have a broken piston skirt, or ring, or something like that. I just hope we can continue like this without a seizure.
I haven't contacted Kawasaki about it, but their warranty is limited to US. I couldn't find a customer service email on their site, so I'll ask a friend to call them and find out. Will post what comes out of it.
FWIW, based on what I've read in the forums, it doesn't seem to be a very common issue.
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