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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A Day in the Life....

Just to give you an idea or our daily routine... we thought we should post a: "day in the life of" so you can get into the general life of a cycle tourist.

0615 - Alarm goes off, Christine rouses herself and begins shuffling around the room, packing or making tea if needed. Vanessa and Jodie continue to sleep...

0625 - Alarm #2 goes off or Christine physically wakes V and J. Everyone sits or wanders around the room long enough to wake up.

0630 - Breakfast at a casa. White bread, butter, cheese, coffee.... juice and eggs if you are lucky.

0700 - Back to room. Pack. Wash/teeth/pills (oil of oregano for some) Dress for biking... bike shorts are the absolutely last thing to go on....

0730 - Load up BOBs/bikes. Pay for room. Last minute stuff.

0800 - Set out biking. Stop if needed for bread/cookies/salty snacks. Get out of the town or city (a couple km) head out on the open road. But there are always people, small villages along the route. Traffic lessens to nothing as we move away from the 'congested areas' and often we can bike three wide on a main highway.

-Peddling-

1000 - Stop for First Lunch. White bread, honey or jalea (guava 'jam') or if we are lucky, butter/cheese or peanutbutter! Orange or banana... if available. 1/2 hour

-Still peddling-

1130 - Stretch and snack stop in the shade. 10 min

-Peddling-

1300 - Second Lunch... same as the first so get used to it.

-Peddling...still-

1430 - snack stop and moral support if a hard day :) (please note, most pictures are taken from the moving bicycle... unless very unique there is not much other stopping)

-Slower peddling-

1530....1730 - Arrive in town. Stop at Airconditioned El Rapido. Ask about Casa's in town. Find or enjoy an escort to a place to stay near the central plaza.

Next times vary depending on arrival...but the steps are the same:

1700 - unload into room. Store bikes/bobs ect. Rinse off or full wash if time before shops close. Laundry is important if there is time... you need time for it to semi dry in the evening.

1730 - Wander from shop to shop looking for groceries (searching for something different...like vegetables or anything with substance) Buy white bread, snacks,the usual. Internet/phone if available or time allows.

1900 - Dinner (at Casa... so good! or at restraunts lately... not as good... well, its good, its just the same thing over and over again.)

2000 - Laundry, wash, journal, maps, books or wander the town.

2100 - Prep for bed. Stretches, brush/floss, steralize water for tomorrow. Pre pack if it is a big day and we need to get out early.

2200 - Should be sleeping... if not tomorrow will be a long day!

Repeat next day. And again day after. Small changes with weather or Camping vs Casa.

Of course our days are quite a bit more exciting than I make it sound in this post... insert other posts you read into the peddling portions or wandering the towns.

-Vanessa

2 comments:

Kimberly said...

It's kind of like life with little ones... same, same, same and repeat! Although it looks like you have slighty more stimulating senery. What beautiful landscapes! Shayla breezed by while I was looking at the pictures, stopped for one second and shouted 'Aunty Ness!' and then continued on her way! Looks like you're having a great time.
Hugs,
K:)

Anonymous said...

Routine... keep's us going... or bored! he,he
Nice bunch of pictures... What's a campismo room Banessa?
Man that river was high on the road!
Continue eating ice cream and enjoying the culture and landscape. Sure looks green everywhere!
Take care. Hugs and kisses xo
mom :) & dad