02-Aug-2009 11:16 PM Man do we ever hate to fly. There is no worse mode of transportation to travel in. Granted you just don’t have a choice sometimes, but if we have the choice of driving 2000 miles or flying we’ll be hitting the road. Our flight from England started … Read More
Cost to Drive the Americas
What’s an epic drive like this cost? Here is our answer. This is truly every penny we spent from start to finish. (figures in USD) 28 countries, 59,734 miles, 525 days on the road, and 371 nights spent in the bus 1958 Volkswagen Panelvan (restored) 13,600 engine, transmission, … Read More
Borders
This is a breakdown of exactly what was involved in taking our ’58 VW bus through the borders of Central & South America in 2008/2009. Also included is shipping information between Panama and Colombia and from Argentina to Germany. U.S./Mexico Border We’ve been through a couple of them, but the … Read More
April 2009
april 1 2009 : torres del paine, chile, south america Crossed the border once again this afternoon, this time just down the road from Torres del Paine National Park. This place is the hikers mecca, which for us doesn’t really mean much. We did know there would be some killer … Read More
March 2009
march 1 2009 : puno, perú, south america The sky today had to be the most sharply pure we’ve ever seen. All along the road we just pulled over to take in the colors and the clouds that almost didn’t seem real. The drive ran along the altiplano at around … Read More
February 2009
february 1 2009 : huanchaco, perú, south america Peru’s landscape is more varied than we would have ever imagined. When we entered town last night we came straight out of a scrubby desert. Leaving out the other end of town we were immediately in rolling green hills with sweeping curves … Read More
January 2009
january 1 2009 : playa grande, colombia, south america We left early yesterday morning for our first drive through Colombia. The roads were fairly well marked and with only one stop to ask a trucker for directions, and one toll booth circled through twice, we were on our way north … Read More
December 2008
december 1 2008 : playa tamarindo, costa rica, central america The weather didn’t clear much today as we took off for Costa Rica. We had planned to spend quite a bit more time in Nicaragua, but found the lack of camping to be a little off putting. Also, the roads … Read More
November 2008
november 1 2008 : belize city, belize, central america On our first day in Belize we found out that the country is flooded. Historical flooding apparently not seen since 1961 in fact. Cities are under water, crops are washed away, and roads are sinking. The biggest problem for us is … Read More