11-14-24   We Made It! After a long and crazy journey through Peru, we entered Chile on the 14th.  Our 11th country on this journey.  And what a difference an imaginary line in the dirt makes once you cross the border.  Wonderfully paved roads, drivers who don’t honk incessantly and for no reason, stop lights, […]

7-30-2024 – Say It Ain’t So!  We Entered Our 10th Country..Hello Peru! Done with Ecuador and up onto bridge to Peru! After crossing the border and clearing customs we made a mad dash to the town of San Ignacio which was only supposed to be 45’ away – however it took over an hour and […]

Can you believe it?  We made it to Ecuador!!  Let the adventure continue… 7/19/2024 – Crossing Into Ecuador Actually the easiest crossing we have done to date – took about 1.5 hours all in. So we made the short trip to Otavalo to close out the day, enjoying AMAZING new roads and less crazy drivers […]

5/28-6/7:  John and Matt returned to Panama City to test drive vehicles, complete police inspections and load the rigs onto a boat 6/6.  It creates some down time and Panama City isn’t necessarily the greatest town to hang out in when the temps are always 85 or higher, it rains 50% of the time and […]

3-19-24:  El Salto Waterfall to Panama City Outskirts Overland Embassy suggested a few places to see while touring Panama but after examining them, all but two were way East in Panama and we were about 6-7 hours away from the sites. We opted to stop at El Salto which was on the way to Panama […]

3-11-24 Playa Hermosa Costa Rica The search for cool weather continued so we caravanned to a small beach community near the Coasta Rican border called Playa Hermosa. We stayed at a resort which gave us a chance to do some laundry, shower, relax in the air conditioning, rejuvenate and enjoy a wonderful dinner. The beach […]

3/8 Hotel Santa Cruz Nicaragua Since it was late and we were all exhausted we wanted to find a place quickly. We chose Hotel Santa Cruz because, according to the IOverlander descriptions and comments,  it was newly remodeled and was located in one of the closest towns near the border. Well, it turned out to […]

March 8 Honduras Border Crossing 1 Lots of driving today as the plan is to cross into Honduras, drive across (2.5 hours) and get into Nicaragua.  We had not heard about much to see in Honduras and with the opportunity to skirt through it we made that our plan.  The plan was going well as […]

3-3-24 El Salvador Well we cross into El Salvador on 3/3 and head for the Ruta de las Flores (more on the later). On our way Google lead us down a road that turned into a dirt road that turned into a trail and then ended and was so narrow you couldn’t turn around.  So […]