Cycling The Globe

Distance: 115.60 km
Ride time: 7:19:40
Average: 15.77 km/h
Max speed: 55.34 km/h
Total: 34772 km

I knew I would be heading into more remote parts of Panama today and I was excited about what I would find there. Well, first of all a number of steep climbs to begin the day with. Luckily I found a small supermarket at the top of the first climb – I was getting very hungry by then.

Then it was down towards the humid low land again. The small villages I passed were mostly inhabited by the indigenous Ngäbe people wearing their traditional dress. Trying to learn a little about their culture made my lunch break more interesting than usual. It is really a different life out here in the villages compared to the Big Business in Panama City.

I hadn’t got many hours of sleep in my tent last night due to the heat and the mosquitoes. For this reason I was hoping to find a room for the night in the village of San Lorenzo. Unfortunately that was not happening, and so I started looking for a wild camping site for the 2nd day in a row. It’s a long time since I haven’t passed a hotel in two days – probably somewhere on the altiplano in Bolivia. Back then it was -10°C every night. I was almost wishing myself back to these fresh nights as I battled another night with excessive heat and humidity at the road side.