Hard Enduro report from Costa Rica!

[Alberto]

Just wanted to share with you some pictures of some of my rides on the Costa Rican mountains..

 

[jimjim]

Thanks for sharing,the jungle would be an awesome place to ride,aslong as you dont get lost!

 

[ghte]

Hey mate being greedy here but any danger of a few more photos. That place looks bloody brilliant

 

[Alberto]

Hold on until I can take more photos.. this was an easy route LOL. We have here lots of river crossings, muddy and rocky terrains. For all tastes

 

[ray_ray]

Looking great (and a little familiar) in those pics!!

Hold on until I can take more photos.. this was an easy route LOL. We have here lots of river crossings, muddy and rocky terrains. For all tastes

I'll have to go to google earth and check out your terrain .. Any clues on your ~location?

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Hey mate being greedy here but any danger of a few more photos. That place looks bloody brilliant

Makes you wonder just who built that place

 

[Alberto]

Looking great (and a little familiar) in those pics!!


I'll have to go to google earth and check out your terrain .. Any clues on your ~location?

I dont think the details are on google earth, because we are in a very little town in Costa Rica, Central America. The places have its own nicknames but they are not the official names LOL. You can try "Puriscal, San Jose, Costa Rica" or Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica..

 

[ray_ray]

I dont think the details are on google earth, because we are in a very little town in Costa Rica, Central America. The places have its own nicknames but they are not the official names LOL. You can try "Puriscal, San Jose, Costa Rica" or Santa Ana, San Jose, Costa Rica..

I was just curious about the overall terrain features and such ... No real job for me so I spend alot of time riding or looking at maps and land features for riding across just to pass the time ... CostaRica is little off my radar now so it does sound interesting, proven by your pics of the riding there ...

Is this your area? Looks pretty cool here with all the high lands and lakes..

 

[ghte]

OK Holding on

 

[Alberto]

I was just curious about the overall terrain features and such ... No real job for me so I spend alot of time riding or looking at maps and land features for riding across just to pass the time ... CostaRica is little off my radar now so it does sound interesting, proven by your pics of the riding there ...

Is this your area? Looks pretty cool here with all the high lands and lakes..
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My place is more to the southwest of the map, on the central valley, but we have for all tastes, rivers, jungle, mud(lots of mud), some rocky terrain, elevations, downhills, etc

https://www.google.com/maps/@9.9398317,-84.0812165,224703m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[ray_ray]

I hear ya on the different land-terrain types ... PH is probably a scaled down version of the land mass and features you have there in CR ...

You get any spew from this Turrialba event?

 

[Alberto]

I hear ya on the different land-terrain types ... PH is probably a scaled down version of the land mass and features you have there in CR ...

You get any spew from this Turrialba event?

Huh, I dont think so, PH is bigger and more interesting place.. I have to go there on a enduro ride.. I have a couple of colleagues there from the company I work for and they have sent me pics and looks soooo nice I'd love to be there. We are similar wheathers and cultures, so, Im sure i will feel like I am at home :-)

About the Turrialba Volcano, there are some places with ash on the roofs, but more in the places nearby, as I live on the west side, I was not affected, but thanks for asking buddy. In fact, there is a route to the Turrialba, that is about two days going and getting down.. it my next goal, to complete it in a near future. Search in youtube for "Enduro Volcan turrialba"

 

[ray_ray]

That's some cool looking video out there ... Looked like some of the riding was in some lahars maybe ... Lots of black dirt and tree trunks and rocks all in a big deep raven ...

There was another VID where it looked like there was plenty of loamy dirt ... Cebu has very little of that and means ~no dust but also gets rock hard pretty quick sometimes... I didn't see any banana or coconut trees in the VIDS... This place is full of them.. I did see an ITL Husky on one of the VIDS also ...

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I'm mostly on Cebu now but if you add in Luzon up north and the southern big island, there is a lot of land mass here... Lots of good people all over the provinces when riding out there. Lots of poverty here also... Could be culture shock for some ... Most of the foreigners who have been around the Pacific say this nation is well behind its neighbors in alot of ways... You guys have an All Souls All Saints Day?

I'd let that volcano simmer awhile before I got too close ...

 

[fredd]

Just wanted to share with you some pictures of some of my rides on the Costa Rican mountains..View attachment 46165View attachment 46166View attachment 46167View attachment 46168

thats a beauty there

 

[Alberto]

thats a beauty there

Thanks buddy, you are welcome to come here whenever you want and I'll take you on tour

 

[Alberto]

That's some cool looking video out there ... Looked like some of the riding was in some lahars maybe ... Lots of black dirt and tree trunks and rocks all in a big deep raven ...

There was another VID where it looked like there was plenty of loamy dirt ... Cebu has very little of that and means ~no dust but also gets rock hard pretty quick sometimes... I didn't see any banana or coconut trees in the VIDS... This place is full of them.. I did see an ITL Husky on one of the VIDS also ...

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I'm mostly on Cebu now but if you add in Luzon up north and the southern big island, there is a lot of land mass here... Lots of good people all over the provinces when riding out there. Lots of poverty here also... Could be culture shock for some ... Most of the foreigners who have been around the Pacific say this nation is well behind its neighbors in alot of ways... You guys have an All Souls All Saints Day?

I'd let that volcano simmer awhile before I got too close ...

I understand what you say, we have poverty too, its a shame because there are lots of good people but lack of oportunities can lead to it. We dont have all souls all saints day. we just celebrate halloween, but not as much as USA does :-)

 

[ray_ray]

Resources have a lot to say about how prosperous a nation can be ... after that I guess it is the import \ export business as a solution to increasing the wealth of your region. This place needs more opportunities for sure and maybe better management for what they do have by the GOV. Currently it's make-your-own-opportunity. These guys are very good at that ... It's their life.

The nation here pretty much stops to go to the cemetery on All Souls Day ... My GF got a day off work

 

[Centerline]

Fantastic ride pics of Costa Rica. Spent a lot of time there, but mostly San Jose to Volcan Arenal and west to Pacific coast.
What a peaceful, stable country. Never got a chance to do any motorcycling tho.

 

[Alberto]

Fantastic ride pics of Costa Rica. Spent a lot of time there, but mostly San Jose to Volcan Arenal and west to Pacific coast.
What a peaceful, stable country. Never got a chance to do any motorcycling tho.

Thanks for your kind words, you are welcome to come back whenever you want, and if you do so.. just let me know and I will arrange an enduro day(or two) for you

 

[Centerline]

Alberto, thank you! I will take you up on that should I be venturing back to Costa Rica in coming months.

 

[Alberto]

Alberto, thank you! I will take you up on that should I be venturing back to Costa Rica in coming months.

That would be great! just let me know