In Panama City we boarded a flight for Cartagena, Colombia where we hoped in a few days to be reunited with our home on wheels. While we waited we checked into a small hotel in the Getsemani neighbourhood of old Cartagena and set out to explore all that the city has to offer. This square…
DetailsOnce we crossed into Panama we headed straight for highland town of Boquete, popular with North American expats. The Costa Rican rains have followed us south making for some soggy days at our new campsite. The sun did come out long enough each day to see the sites including getting a round in at the Valle…
DetailsLeaving Nicaragua for some reason became one of our most time consuming border crossings, complete with full X-ray of the vehicle, usually reserved for big transports entering the country. Once out of Nica, entering Costa Rica was a pretty simple process and we were soon on our way to our first stop, just over the…
DetailsWe crossed from Honduras to Nicaragua near the Honduran town of Danli, known for tobacco farming and the manufacture of fine cigars. Our border crossing was fairly uneventful and before we knew it we were on our way to our first stop in Nicaragua, Somoto Canyon. We found a guide to take us on a…
DetailsWe crossed from El Salvador to Honduras early on a Sunday morning. On approach this appeared to be brilliant timing as the border was very quiet. We were checked out of El Salvador and cancelled our import permit for the truck in about 15 minutes (maybe a new border crossing record). Within another 15 minutes…
DetailsFrom Guatemala we “Spanglished” our way across the border into El Salvador and headed for the Ruta Las Flores (the Flower route). A drive through the countryside stopping in four or five quaint villages was an excellent way to start our El Salvador experience. Our first stop, Concepcion de Ataco is home to the El…
DetailsOnce we completed the Belize – Guatemala border formalities, we picked up a Guatemalan sim card for the phone, filled up on reasonably priced Guatemalan gas (Regular Gas in Belize is approx. US$ 1.32 per litre, CDN $1.80 per litre) and headed straight for the ancient Mayan city of Tikal. The ancient city of Tikal…
DetailsA former British Colony, the official language of Belize is English. The population in the past was made up primarily of English or Creole speaking African descendants. Civil wars in neighboring Guatemala and nearby El Salvador have resulted in a huge influx of Spanish speaking Latinos and Mestizos in the last 30 years and…
DetailsChiapas and bidding adios to Mexico From Huatulco, we flagged down the purified water truck, pumped a few 5 gallon jugs into the rig… …and we were on our way heading down the coast, moving from beach to beach, each one more idyllic than the last. Our favourite…in the small community of Barra de la…
DetailsThe State of Oaxaca We make our way to Oaxaca City for our first of two visits to the culinary capital of Mexico. Our favourite breakfast of the trip…Huevos Rancheros con Chorizo. We will be back again in a couple weeks when Mom comes to town for Christmas. But for our first visit, we eat…
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