Panama Part 3 - The Canal, Panama City, Vehicles away!
Monday 26th November:
Panama City is progressive, vibrant and modern, certainly the most of all Central American cities.
We drove through to get a feel of this city, and although we managed a few wrong turns,...
Panama Part 2 - Neolithic Graffiti, You win some-you loose some, Bill’s Truck Broken into, & into Panama City.
Wednesday 21st November:
In the mountains north of Playa Las Lajas is one of the worlds largest copper mines, so we went to find it. This information was from Lonely Planet, however after driving many roads and...
Panama Part 1 - At the End of the Road Monkeys on Wires, Playa Las Lajas.
Saturday 17th November: Into Panama.
A 3 1/2 hour process, not difficult just frustrating. However out we come with 3rd Party Insurance for a month and our Temporary Vehicle Import Papers.
We also needed to...
Costa Rica Part 3 - Death Road, Surfing Beaches.
Thursday 15th November:
Although that is its unofficial name it is not as bad as it sounds. The Pan-American H’way (CA2) straddles the Central American mountain divide. It climbs to 3,200 metres with the Pacific...
Costa Rica Part 2 - Wild Rivers, Volcanoes lost in Clouds.
Sunday 11th November:
It was quite special waking up in a Zoo this morning, especially hearing the parrots call out ‘Hola’
On roads that consistently became less travelled we followed the western shore of Lago...
Costa Rica Part 1 - 10,000 Turtles, Camped with Pumas.
Thursday 8th November:
Away early, well 7.30am, and arrived at the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border at 9.20. There were 25 steps in the process we took note of.
Not complicated but just back and forth to different...
Nicaragua Part 3 - Roads Less Travelled are Sometimes Less Travelled for a Reason !
Monday 5th November:
Today was some serious 4x4ing, that got us nowhere !
In an effort is travel the roads less travelled and to follow the Nicaraguan west coast we found ourselves down some great tracks through...
Nicaragua Part 2 - Volcano Surfing the Earth Youngest Volcano, 6,000 Year old Footprints
Friday 2nd November:
Volcan Cerro Negro is the Earth youngest volcano.Erupting in a farmer’s corn field in 1850 and the black perfect cinder cone has been growing ever since.
In 1992 a 6,000 metre column...
Nicaragua Part 1 - Canyons, Smoking Cigars and Smoking Volcanoes
Tuesday 30th October:
It was a noisy first night in Nicaragua with trucks coming and going, but a good place to stop.
Into town to visit the ATM ( both US$ and Cordobas available), photocopies of more paperwork...
Honduras Part 2 - Waterfalls & Mountains
Friday 26th October:
Today a driving day.
Road conditions varied from two lane great roads, to old broken and deep pot holed black top that occasionally just stops and becomes a back country dirt road. These...
Honduras Part 1 - El Salvador -Whoops!, Guys with Guns and Knives, & into Honduras and the Copan Ruins,
Monday 22nd October:
Today was not according to plan.You might say the Sh1T hit the fan !
We left our rather idilic campsite and drove to the El Salvador border arriving around 2pm.
The paperwork...
Guatemala Part 3 - Country Markets and Active Volcanoes.
Friday 19th October:
The Friday morning markets in San Francisco El Alto was both colourful and an entertaining spectacle. Every inch of the plaza and surroundings streets is covered with traders selling everything.
Now...
Guatemala Part 2 - Emerald Pools, Orchids, and Mountain Towns
Tuesday 16th October:
The self guided tour of the Lanquin Caves was incredibly slippery. The formations mostly black and the ground covered with bat guano.
Needless to say we were not impressed particularly...
Guatemala Part 1 - Roads Less Travelled
Saturday 13th October:
We left Belize with the broken main leaf spring welded, we really have no choice in the matter. The weld looks good, so we will put our trust in that. Should it brake again ...well that...
Belize Part 2 - Blue Holes & Sacrificial Caves, and a Broken Main Leaf Spring !
Wednesday 10th October:
Bi-passing the town of Belize City we head south into the limestone hills and Herman’s Cave where with torches we walk in about 400metres.A guide is needed beyond this.
Then to the...
Belize Part 1 - A Mennonite Community, The Ruins of Lamani
Sunday 7th October:
Just before crossing into Belize we ensured we squeezed as much fuel on board as we could. With fuel prices in Belize around US/A$6.00/gallon in comparison to Mexico’s US/A$0.80/Lt ( $3.00/Gallon)...
