My Last Days in Nicaragua Were a Total DISASTER. What Went Wrong? - EP.354

Oh dear, oh dear. Nothing like a little bit of drama on the road. Chillie's got a nail in her rear tire. There it is. That's the one. Chillie, I'm sorry this happened to you. Let's pull it out. The good thing is she's not licking her. So maybe if we pull it out. Oh, it's stuck inside. These rims are tubeless. Whoa, look. This looks like a screw. Let's see if she's licking her. No, nothing. No bubbles. I'm going to try with saliva just to be sure. Nope. No, no leak. Chillie, you're the best. I am so happy because I can still claim that since I've been using these tires on my round-the-world trip, which is seven years, I've never had a puncture. Never had a puncture on Bridgestone Adventure Cross. These are my favorite tires of all time. In my 20 years, eight years of riding, I've never been so passionate about tires like I am about these ones because they perform fantastically on dirt and pavement and they just, they just don't get punctures. I'm so happy. And of course, I'm doing short skirts today through some dirt roads. Hello, Dougie. What's going on? This looks like a fun road. Going back to school and it's only 11.50 but I've noticed that I think here in Nicaragua school is done by 12 because all the kids are coming back around that time every day. So that's a good school. You're only there until 12. I wish my school was like that. And we are back. Pavement. Ooh la la. What a smooth road. My smooth road was probably 500 meters long, maybe less. It's in the progress, okay? It's happening. It's not yet. I think we're gonna join pavement again. I think it's just gonna be on and off. Maybe that's not even pavement, that's just a dirt compacted dusty road base. Nice. And that was it. A lot of roadworks. I think this way? This way, I think. This is the main road. We're officially in the heart of town San Juan del Sur. Oh, there's a turtle. You can have turtles here. Chillie, look for a nice place with a parking for you. So here we have the main beach. It's a very touristy town. So the hotel is somewhere here. Like this one. Here, there's the beach. We're in. Chillie, you've got friends. What a nice. And we're in. This is my room for 50 bucks. Lots of love here. Hot water. I missed you so much. Hot shower. I'll never take you for granted. Ever. Right, well, so let's go for a walk now. Have something to eat and maybe swim in the Pacific Ocean. Maybe we'll see how we go. I'm out, but it's still very hot. And look at the beach. There are so many little boats here in the bay. It's nice to see this side of Nicaragua at the end. Because yeah, for all my time here, I was either in remote places or I was just camping where there are no tourists. Well, not too many at least. We have a lot of backpackers here and I don't blame them because Nicaragua is so affordable. Except for this town. This town is expensive, but everywhere else you can just, you know, have a room for $20. Camping is like five in normal places. Some of them charge $40 for nothing. Yeah, I truly enjoy my time here. If I only had time, I would be here for another two months. Simply because it's not all very crowded. Only 10 million people live here. You will have tourist hotspots like this, but in between there's really a lot of nowhere which I enjoyed. It's cheap. You get the best quality for the price in whole Central America, I think. So I really, it's a sad day. Sad day. I'm leaving Nicaragua now and I feel like I haven't seen enough. I feel like I missed out on so much because I was rushing. I think I was here for 10 days. Not enough. Anyhow, we gotta go. I have a few days to get to the capital of Costa Rica to see my family, so we on the run. Right, so Chile, we're going to the border now. And at the end, I just wanted to say thank you so much, Nicaragua, for having me. I had the best time. I will be back. I know that. Definitely this is the country I want to return. Right on. Let's head to the border. So long, Pacific Ocean. I'll see you in a bit in Costa Rica. We are now on highway number one, an American highway. So I think this highway continues to South America, but don't quote me because I'm hardly on it. I prefer back roads. Shit, what's going on, Chile? What's going on? Chile is fuming. Have I blown shock again? Here, we have oil. Spill. And I'm thinking I've blown my shock again. This is just the, yeah, the oil is burning. But yeah, it looks to me like we've blown the shock, Chile. Damn. Oh no. Damn, Chile. I feel like I'm having a deja vu. Do you remember 2017, Tajikistan, when I blown my shock? I'm about to start Premier Highway and I've got my first technical issue with Chile. We've blown a shock. So oil is leaking everywhere. This is going to be a very bumpy road. I hope I won't get seasick. That was an original BMW shock. It didn't last that long. Yeah. And then I had to ride like a yoyo for 2000 kilometers off-road through Premier Highway. But this time we're lucky we're on a paved road. It won't be that bad. So yeah, my first symptoms, I'm just like, oh, the road is so smooth. Why am I like, you know, why am I so soft on the suspension? That's why. Yeah. So you see, I've got oil everywhere, everywhere. And it's very, yeah. Yeah, Chile, you've got a lot of oil all over. I'm so sorry this happened to you. It's the TFX heavy duty suspension. I bought this shock in San Francisco like about two, three years ago. I'm so surprised we only lasted that long. Well, it is what it is and we have to deal with it now. It's not the end of the world because we're on a highway, smooth highway. It's good. We'll be fine. I had so many plans for Costa Rica. I was planning to do so much off-road on the entry. Ain't happening now. I guess we're going to try to head to San Jose now and try to sort it out. The problem for later. Now let's just get there. Oh, it's not too bad. This road is very smooth. We're like, we just can't be on better roads than this. But the moment there is a bump, she's like, Ay, ay, ay, Chile. I was not expecting that, honestly. The most important thing is for oil not to burn by the time I get to the border because I just, yeah, you know, they might not let me in. Okay, the border crossing is just here. I can see Chile. I can inspect here. Oh, Chile, stop. Don't release any smoke. They're not gonna let us in. Yeah, you're dripping oil and you have to burn that out. That's all right. I'm gonna let her cool down. I think they might say something about that. I would. And it's not good for the environment. Okay, Chile cooled down a bit now, so I will take my chance. Oh, look. But it will take my chance. She cooled down, hopefully. It'll take a long time to do the paperwork and all of that, so maybe by the time we get to Costa Rica, they won't notice. Well, she won't disarm me. All right, let's do it. I'm gonna put this camera back and we're gonna rely on Sina now. Wish me luck. Poor girl. That's okay, don't worry. We'll fix you up. It's not the end of the world. We can still travel. It's still the best bike ever. I think we are in the wrong section, Chile. Let's not park at the front. Let's park here, hide here, so no one can see you. All right, we are done on this side. Probably took me an hour and a half. Everything didn't make sense again. Just before the entrance, I had to pay $1. Then at the immigration, I had to pay $3. And then I had to see the guy who's scanning the bag, so he can give me the, I don't know, a piece of paper that I had to sign. And then I had to go to the police station. Police station is this station next to me. Then I had to go back to this building. You can see the customs. So there was a lot of running around and none of it made sense. Okay, let's go to Costa Rica. Border crossing now. So long, Nicaragua. I've had so much drama in this country on my last days, but that's okay. I still love Nicaragua. Uh-huh, I think I know which one. I guess I can go. All right, Chile. Get out of here. Are we there yet? I'm guessing this way. Oh, and again, we have to stay in a line with all the people. Oh, Chile, you have some friends. These guys are from Mexico. Wow, how clean. This is the last 800 GS released. Probably 1890 model. Nice, good bike. But you're the best, Chile, despite your shock. Another hour and a half later. Oh god, I'm so tired. We're in. Well, sort of. I still need to go through custom building to buy insurance. Customs? Okay, gracias. All right, so these guys actually were proper customs. They processed my paperwork and they charged me 47 dollars for insurance. But this insurance is for six months. I don't think you can do less than that because your visa is for six months. Oh my god, Chile, come on. Oh, you're so hard to reverse on this bumpy shock. I'm so tired. Oh my god, it's three o'clock. There were three and a half hours in total, so it's not too bad, but it was just tiring. Welcome to Costa Rica. We're in. Chile? He said Chile? Chile, does he know you? I don't know. Maybe he knows you.