Most Inspirational Moment
Floating down the Tenorio river, we saw lots of wildlife. Visiting Ometepe Island, great to cycle on and great hotel location, the views of the island and volcanoes are fantastic.Bocas Del Toro islands are a total contrast to the other places visited on this trip, very lively with a fun atmosphere.Looking for frogs in the ground of the hotel Atlantida in Cahuita. Great Cubra Libres too.The hotsprings in La Fortuna were excellent - have a pina colada and a couple of minutes in the cold pool before you change back for dinner.Seeing Toucans in the grounds of the last hotel
Thoughts on Group Leader
Rob is a great leader, he is very fit and extremely well organised. He is very pleasant to talk to and obviously very passionate about cycling and fitness generally.We thought we might get more information about the local areas we travelled to and through but this did not seem to be part of the trip.The rest of the team (drivers/assistants/mechanics) are also excellent, the bikes are well maintained and there is a good supply of water and fruit at stops on route.
Advice for Potential Travellers
You do need to be reasonably fit to complete all the cycling. Some people chose to ride on the minibus for some parts of the cycling that they were not comfortable with - hills (up and down), distance and traffic, this is OK if you are happy to do this, we wanted to do everything and would have been disapointed if we were not up to the challenge. Slower riders did not slow us down, it just spread the group out a bit more. It gets very hot and you need plenty of changes of clothes and lots of suncream even on days when it rains. We took our own saddles and I think this helped, I personally found padded cycling shorts too hot and managed ok with just lycra shorts, whilst my husband wore padded shorts every day.