Blog 14

We woke up today in our quaint little campsite. We did well to get everything packed and leave before the sun was too hot in the sky. We knew we would be facing a hard morning because of all the down hills we had on not so great road conditions. Augie estimated it would take us three hours to get out of the park. I guessed two hours and fifty nine minutes. Most of the road was not disable uphill. The bike could not handle the amount of bumps and it was far too steep. There were parts that were so steep that we could barely push our bikes up the hill. The gravel kept slipping under our feet and the heavy bikes struggled to stay upright. Although it was difficult, we did manage to get out of the park and we did so way faster than expected. It only took us about an hour. Once we got our tech charged up in the nearest town, we got our directions and headed for the southeast corner of the island. The biking was smooth and easy. We ran into zero problems on the path. Although, once we arrived at our town of Porto Colom where our campsite was. We were notified by Ryan that they only allow camping for groups of forty or more. Too bad. Ryan directed us to a cheap hostel also in the town that we rode to and unloaded our belongings. We rode well today and covered a lot of ground on the map. Tomorrow we should complete the loop to Palma! I hope to enjoy tomorrow to the fullest.

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