04/20/24 Somotillo - south - CycleBlaze

04/20/24 Somotillo - south - CycleBlaze

From south

By David Chavez

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April 20, 2024

04/20/24 Somotillo

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It’s too hot for anything interesting to come into my head. I made it into Nicaragua without any undue hassle, to my pleasant surprise. A lot of waiting, but in an air conditioned building.

Nicely paved road

But with a high lip that crisscrossed the shoulder without rhyme or reason. It’s steep enough that at the wrong angle or speed it can be dangerous, so I had to always be on my toes

Leaving before sunrise, my shirt is sticking to my back with sweat almost immediately. There’s a brief sweet spot after sunrise where the humidity drops and it’s very pleasant cycling. Then the heat kicks it

Good morning to you, too

Calabash tree. I understand a drink is made from the dried seed pods

Trees dripping with mangoes

Pretty river

Big dreams

All the roadside houses get their yards swept and damped with water in the morning.

Siblings carrying full buckets of water. The youngest brother up front was struggling to keep from sloshing

Used to be a hill here, now it’s a field

Solar farm

Pretty view near the border

I got to the border around 9:30. It took me close to 2 hours to exit Honduras and enter Nicaragua, mostly spent in slow moving lines

Nicaragua on the left, Honduras on the right. My tires were fumigated with unknown chemicals as I entered

And here I sm

Mister! Money!

43 C is 109 F. I don’t think it was really that hot, but it was miserable enough

Not a lot to Somotillo

This was the nicest place in town. $30, good air conditioning

Too hot to enjoy the courtyard

So many pedicabs

These and motorcycles seem to be the main transport around town

Today's ride: 44 miles (71 km)
Total: 3,632 miles (5,845 km)

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