Vamos al verde

When we got up, we weren't too motivated to get on the bikes. During the night, the wind had picked up significantly, so we woke up quite often. And when checking windfinder, we saw that it was blowing at 26knots (48km/h) from a Northeastern direction. Our route went Northeast today 😥
We started anyways and were faced with crazy headwinds for the first 30km. Sometimes so strong that we had to use our lowest gears to keep moving. In Santa Cecilia, we decided to have a short stop for some food and something to drink. Then, the road changed from asphalt to gravel for the next 20km. At least the wind had calmed down on this stretch.
Despite the wind and the road, we very much enjoyes cycling today as the landscape we passed was really beautiful, very green with lots of rivers, hills, birds and few traffic only.
For the last 35km, we went back on asphalt, but more headwinds again. On this part, we also passed our 12.000th kilometre - wohoo 💪
We reached Upala and the farm of Carlos, our host, at about 2pm, just in time before it started raining for pretty much the rest of the afternoon. After a nice shower, Carlos prepared lunch for us - so yummy and exactly what we needed after an exhausting day of cycling.
We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing, reading, chatting, and watching the animals on the farm, before having a great chicken dinner and going to sleep on the nice open upstairs porch.Read more