Ciudad Colon to San Pablo - 59.5 km, - Easy Day, Up - 4,264 - Down - 3,375

After yesterdays ride I felt if the day was tough I was only going to hang at the back. After touring through Costa Rica for 7 days and going through the hardest days I was not going to let an easy day stop me. The climb out of town was slow for me as my legs were left on yesterdays stage, the toughest in my book. This might have been an accumulation of 6 day prior on the bike as well.

We get to San Puriscal where we see an old church that has been abandoned after an earthquake in the 1990's. I get a quick bite to eat and partake in a slice of melon(Cantalope) that is to die for as we are heading out. We stop for our lunch a few small climbs and enjoy all the school kids who are talking about us as we sit around in are lycra geek suits.

After lunch the road is all downhill to where we are staying tonight. The tour that Palo, Bob and Nene put on has been fantastic and we have been treated like royalty the whole time. The best places to stay, great food, bike maintinance and roads that are fantastic, in fact there are more pot holes on any given road in LaPlata County then what we saw the whole time here and I won't even mention Florida Road.

If anyone has ever thought of biking in Costa Rica check out what these guys have to offer. Go online to www.costaricamtb.com to find out more. I think it is hard to get an idea off the web site of how good of a time you will have and how wonderful the people and the country is.

I had some reservations after signing up if I would like the Jungle and the humidity but I did just fine. I was also wondering if I was fit enough, after a winter when the best thing to be doing involved snow, would be able to finish all of the stages and climb all the hills without getting in the wagon which I did as well, barring anything happening tomorrow.

More to come from the beach.