{"product_id":"aller-simple-pour-l-amerique-centrale-a-velo","title":"October 26, 2022 - One way to Central America... by bike #David","description":"\u003cp\u003e To read the full article on the Tribune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.latribune.ca\/2022\/10\/26\/aller-simple-pour-lamerique-centrale-a-velo-3b4016d07bd359d060e96277750d6d2f\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/viaje\"\u003ePara leer en español - Haga clic aquí\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/0615\/7244\/files\/isabelle_pion_tribune_chronique_sortir_prendre_l_air_le_MAG_480x480.jpg?v=1686687987\" width=\"123\" height=\"123\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c22\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c4\"\u003eISABELLE PION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c0\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/sherbrooke\"\u003eSherbrooke\u003c\/a\u003e - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/octobre\"\u003eOctober\u003c\/a\u003e 26, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/2022\"\u003e2022\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c0\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.latribune.ca\/2022\/10\/26\/aller-simple-pour-lamerique-centrale-a-velo-3b4016d07bd359d060e96277750d6d2f\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c4\"\u003eThe Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c16\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c9\"\u003eCHRONICLE \/ As far back as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/david\"\u003eDavid Beauchesne\u003c\/a\u003e can remember, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/velo\"\u003ebicycle\u003c\/a\u003e has always had a place in his life. As a child, he used to go to school on two wheels. In recent years, it has also become his means of transportation to go teach. Over the next few weeks, the discovery of Central America will be done at the rhythm of his \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/trouve-la-pedale\"\u003epedal\u003c\/a\u003e strokes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c16\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c9\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/viaje\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/viaje\"\u003ePara leer en español - Haga clic aquí\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c16\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c9\"\u003eTo follow his journey: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/fast123.ca\/\"\u003eClick here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/0615\/7244\/files\/Voyage_Fast123_Costa_Rica_Nicaragua_Honduras_salvador_guatemala_mexique_fast123_david_beauchesne_480x480.gif?v=1666342759\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eHis journey will start in San José, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/costarica\"\u003eCosta Rica\u003c\/a\u003e . These are his only booked nights: then, the Sherbrooke resident will sleep wherever the road takes him. He plans to go to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and return from Mexico. His goal? “3,000 km, I guess. I have time, it’s not too much for me…”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e“I’ve already done \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/nicaragua\"\u003eNicaragua\u003c\/a\u003e by bike. I was always pressed for time. It was during the Christmas holidays in 2018. I did 12 or 14 days…” The calendar pages won’t rush him this time: the teacher on sabbatical has bought a one-way ticket.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c7\"\u003e\"Overall, I don't know exactly where I'm going to go. I want to let my\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c7 c36\"\u003efeelings\u003c\/span\u003e guide me \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e.\" He expects difficult conditions: slopes, roads without shoulders... \"I'm going to improvise. I'm going to go from point A to point B... but by going through all the letters of the alphabet.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eHe knows \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/nicaragua\"\u003eNicaragua\u003c\/a\u003e from having organized humanitarian trips there with his students from Collège Mont-Notre-Dame. \"I built relationships with these families who hosted us,\" he says. It is very possible, moreover, that he will spend Christmas there with the friends he made there. He has also already visited \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/guatemala\"\u003eGuatemala\u003c\/a\u003e , having stayed there with his groups.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eDavid Beauchesne will take advantage of this trip, which begins on November 1, to create content for his company Fast123. \"I create applications that are grafted onto Google tools.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eThis photography maniac has also taken pictures \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/sherbrooke\"\u003eof Sherbrooke\u003c\/a\u003e from all angles since the start of the pandemic.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"Cycling is a way of getting around for David Beauchesne, but also a way of traveling.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.omerlocdn.com\/resize?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgcm.omerlocdn.com%2Fproduction%2Fglobal%2Ffiles%2Fimage%2Fd0cc0947-49e6-413a-8635-d8e50eee7702.jpg\u0026amp;width=400\u0026amp;type=webp\u0026amp;stripmeta=true\" data-mce-style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c23\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c10\"\u003eCycling is a way of getting around for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/david\"\u003eDavid Beauchesne\u003c\/a\u003e , but also a way of traveling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c20\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c25\"\u003eTHE TRIBUNE, JESSICA GARNEAU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"c2\" id=\"h.1zvxh8xlibuc\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c14\"\u003eLive…now\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eThe project has been brewing for some time now. The adventures of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/products\/jonathan-b-roy\"\u003eJonathan B. Roy\u003c\/a\u003e (who cycled around the world) had made him dream. And there was no question of waiting until retirement to take a trip like this. He mentions in passing that he lost his mother at 56 – two years after retiring – and his sister at 40. Life is short and he knows it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e\"I want to enjoy it, but I want to be able to survive like the people in those countries, with few resources (...) I know a little bit what I'm getting into... I can't wait to find a little bit of that simplicity again.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e\"I have always traveled quickly. Now I have time...\" says the one who wants to \"feed\" himself and learn more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eHe sets off with his bike and two 40-litre panniers, but without a tent or a burner. He expects to sleep at the homes of people he meets on his way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eIn 2017, he crisscrossed Cuba by bike, where he had observed the challenges of food supply. This was before the pandemic, before the situation deteriorated further for Cubans. “They say it’s even worse, I don’t dare to imagine. I’m very sensitive to that and I try to raise awareness among students about it,” he says, recalling his projects with Moisson Estrie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eHe notes that tourism has plummeted since the pandemic in the countries he will visit, leaving people even more destitute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003eAn occasional substitute since he's been on sabbatical, David Beauchesne rides his bike to work, even if it means pedaling to Waterville or Johnville.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e\"They say we have to do something about climate change, but it starts with ourselves,\" he says, specifying that he is part of the Vélo urbain Sherbrooke (VUS) group, which advocates for the development of active transportation and a better cycling network. His trips also allow him to train for his journey, which will last at least two to three months.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c6\"\u003e\"It's certain that I had to do a bike trip. I'm heading towards happiness...\" says the father of two young adults, who will share his adventures on his website and social networks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c7\"\u003eTo follow him:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c27\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/\"\u003eClick here\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca class=\"c8\" href=\"https:\/\/fast123.ca\/collections\/sabbatique\"\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c5\"\u003eSuggestions, questions, comments?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c7 c31\"\u003eWrite to me at\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"c27\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"c8\" href=\"mailto:isabelle.pion@latribune.qc.ca\"\u003eisabelle.pion@latribune.qc.ca\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2 c29\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cspan 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