This morning Lynette and I rode at the back with Moya again as we enjoyed it yesterday, we rode out from the hotel and headed south along the coastal road highway 36. The ride was flat again to begin with, the rain had stopped with just a bit of cloud cover, enough to keep us cool. At the 10 mile mark there was a long hill at the top Lynette and I waited and had a drink, when Roberto and Moya arrived, Roberto pointed out another three-toed Sloth and we had another show as it moved from one branch fork it was sleeping on to another. It's good to ride at the relaxed pace as we get to see so much more. We rode on the the to where we met the others at a junction where Audrey had missed seeing the small group at the front and rode on to be lost for a while. After the break we still had about 18 miles to go, at this stage Lynette rode on. She found her biking legs today and took off to the front, I stay with Moira until there was 8 miles left then took off to blow some cobwebs out. Saw Penny and Nicola standing by the road, Nicola had a flat so stopped off to change the tyre then off again, I got a hell of a sweat up as the sun was fully out at this time. We stopped at the border town of Sixola, the exit process from Costa Rica was straightforward, then we walked over the derelic bridge at Rio Sixola to the Panamanian town of Changuinola where we paid for the stamp at a small window, then turn down what looked like a shopping street to find the actual border custom post to complete the formalities.
It took the bus some time to join us as it was lunch time and customs shuts down for lunch, each bike had to have its serial number check before entry. We then drove for 1 hour to Bocas del Toros for a 1 hour boat ride to the oasis of Isla Colon. The hotel we are staying at, like all the others around here is build over the water. It is a beautiful place and seems very laid back.
We walked up the main street to a restaurant at night where the rum flowed and we all became comedians. A great night out.
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