A Vague Plan

Now - England, Devon!

July 10th - Fly to Panama City, Panama.  I imagine I will be in Panama for about 3 weeks as it will take me a couple of weeks at least to find a suitable motorbike and surf stick. I will be travelling around as much as possible on busses etc... until the bike of my dreams materialises. I will probably go to San Blas in first week by bus, then head to West coast, Santa Catalina for surf then up and over the mountains and rain forest to Bocas Del Toro for Caribbean heaven and heavy surf!!! 

August 1st - Cross the border into Costa Rica.  I still haven't researched Costa Rica yet however I have heard this is the most expensive country in CA and fairly well taken over by the Americans! There are stacks of good surfs spots on both Caribbean and Pacific coasts, the names I have been recommended are Pavones and Santa Teresa but there are loads more to be found. I am hoping my dad is going to come and visit for 10 days or so. I am looking forward to getting him out of his comfort zone... I may even teach him to swim/float??!!!

August 15th - Cross the border into Nicaragua.  I hope to get 3 weeks here. Most un-developed country in CA with amazing and totally untouched surfing potential along the West coast! I need to do more research as to where I'm going but on the whole I think I will be hanging out, going slowly up the West coast. 

September 5th - Cross border into Honduras.  Only really riding through Honduras... I've heard it is expensive and the most dangerous country on my route. Also the coast line is tiny so no point hanging around!

September 8th - Cross border into El Salvador.  Surf country! This is the land of the right hand point break... I will be mostly in the water for two weeks here!!!  In my prep for this trip I met an amazing lady called Adriana who works in Specsavers, Exeter but is from San Salvador... She has been incredibly kind, lending me her guide books, taking the time to recommend places to go and even arranging for me to stay with her family when I get to San Salvador... I am extremely grateful for her generosity and for help getting my eyes tested! Awesome Act of random kindness!

September 22nd - Cross border into Guatemala.  I aim to get in-land for a fair bit of time and do some trekking around volcanoes and ruins in the jungle. I have also heard really good things about Belize and the Yucatan in Mexico so may take the time to ride East through Guatemala into Belize and Mexico before heading back to the waves on the SW coast.

October 6th - Cross border into Mexico.  I hope to spend one or two weeks in Oaxaca which is in the SouthWest. There is a beach called Barra Del La Cruz which hosts one of the best right hand point breaks in the world... I will stay there for a week or so (depending on swell) before heading up the West coast to Mazatlan to get a ferry to Baja pennisula. This part will involve some serious bum numbing miles but it will be an EPIC ride!!! With a bit of luck mon petite British chums, James and Becks will be joining me on hired bikes for this section of the trip... make it happen!

October 20th - Baja Pennisula.  Miles of sand surf and no people... wild man country! I'm gonna be sat in me pants with a tea towel on my head talking to coconuts here so probably best to stay away!

October 27th - Cross border into California.  I will cruise up the West coast, via San Diego, LA where I have arranged to stay with a friend called Laurence. I was thinking I will try to sell the bike in LA because it will be easier with the help of a local and then bus on to San Fran, however... I might not stay in LA for long as I've heard it's not that nice and I would love to see Yosemite National Park which is not far from San Francisco and would be best to do on the bike... Sooo I might keep the bike and end up riding North from LA to San Jose and San Fran then putting an advert up for the bike and riding out to Yosemite for a couple of days and then back to San Francisco for a week of selling the bike and cleaning myself up before flying home?!!  

Aiming to be in San Francisco around the wknd of the 8th / 9th of November... Jules will be there around that time with work and there is a possibility that Skye will fly out with her. Hopefully take in Yosemite National Park and a messy wknd in San Fran to get me ready for the return to normality.

November 17th - Fly Home, San Francisco to Heathrow

** Times and dates are somewhat variable... I am not known for my punctuality!