Sorry I haven't updated this with the end of the journey. Ridiculous to spend 9 months writing a blog and then stop two weeks from the end. In my defense though, I had a terrible fall 350 km North of Panama City, Panama and had to have stitches, many bandages, and antibiotics and such. We were stuck in a little town with few services (including internet) and our drive to finish the blog disappeared as more pressing matters weighed.
Suffice to say I'm writing now that things are fine. We flew back on our flight as planned, though we took a bus the last 350km. The town we stayed in (I forget the name now, this is terrible of me, really!) had a police station. hospital, and little more. The people were friendly though, and Erin was as supportive as can be while I lay around reading and recovering. Did you know medical care is free in Panama? The one time I thought we would be able to use our health insurance and there were no costs!
In Panama City we had a great time staying for a few days in a couple local hostels, and enjoying all the great... well... what is Panama City great for? We went to a museum with a show about the canal, and the Hard Rock Hotel full of memorabilia, and we went to a huge mall and got our bikes put in boxes.
Our bikes ended up costing us an extra $150 each, and we loaded the boxes FULL of stuff! We discovered that we have a skill for estimating weight as we were able to easily get within about 4 pounds of the 70 pound weight limit. In fact, at the airport we took some extra time to cram extra stuff in the boxes before sealing them up.
Oh, and on the way home, Delta's crews in Atlanta couldn't tell us if we should be picking up our bags and taking them through customs or if they would just go on our own, so we missed our flights. I complained and we got two $50 certificates. Pfffft, ya like that is worth the wasted hours of my life at your incompetent hub, Delta. Rayne, Erin's aunt, picked us up in Winnipeg much later than we'd agreed because of the delay. Sorry Rayne!!
So, in the end, we cycled about 7300km, leaving September 3'rd 2013, and flying back to Canada on May 29th 2014. <3
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