Orotina to Las Cañas: Grim highway ride


Statistics for today
Distance 108.61 kms 67.73 miles
Climbed 1,039 meters 3,409 feet
Ride time (hours) 5.93 -
Avg speed 18.3 kph -
Avg climb 3% -
Max grade 9% -
Statistics for trip to date
Distance 17,410.79 kms 10,818.69 miles
Climbed 201,155 meters 659,957 feet
Ride time (hours) 1,320.95 -
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013

I didn't get on the road until 8:30am but I'm giving myself a pass because I did a century yesterday. After a breakfast of pinto (rice mixed with black beans) and eggs I hit the highway. For the first 40 kilometers there was a good shoulder then it disappeared near the turnoff for Puntarenas, never to reappear for the day. It was pretty tense at times with the trucks brushing by. A store owner told me there are two cyclists 4 days ahead of me that are doing Argentina to Canada. I wonder who that is... Hot all day but no rain, I called it quits when I reached Las Cañas. I should be set up to make Nicaragua tomorrow.

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I suppose pumpkins are hard to come by in Costa Rica...
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They have a peculiar sport in Costa Rica where any old ticket holder can jump into the ring and get chased around by the bull. I saw it on TV last time I was here, pretty wild.