J Vicente to Samana

2 hour route. I recommend starting in J Vicente and not to attempt the route the other way around. Route starts at the clinic. Get there on bike or take a pick-up (Guaga) from Samana or El Limon. One downhill section -- where you start the first big descent -- is too eroded and in the rainy season so muddy that you have to get off.

The eroded muddy section needs work on it, for instance, creating culvert or similar to drain, and putting down a local material called caliche to cover the mud.