But, at one point it came to my attention that Diana's relatives like to cycle. I quickly made it known that cycling is a favorite pastime of mine, and perhaps even a passion. And so I got a nice invite for a short four-hour spin in the Costa Rican countryside. And WOW. What ensued was probably a Top Ten ride of all time for me. And think. The locals can do rides like this all the time. Not fair. I need to get out of the Middle-America flatlands more often...
Anyway. Some shots from the ride.
My rig. Not a bad ride. I'd take it. I hit 60 khr at one point on a downhill. That's about 40 mph for the non-Metric masses. Pretty swift. Good times. No injuries reported.
Guillermo working it. The name of this particular town is Dulce Nombre (Sweet Name). I like that.
We ate papaya and bananas mid-ride for a recharge.
There were some other riders on the trail. Some kind of competition. We got free fruit out of the deal. Not bad.
The crew: Natalia, me and Guillermo. I have an open invitation to visit them any time out in Cartago. I could probably manage that...
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Sweet.
mmm...papaya