Central America
Most of us with vehicles on board the ferry spent the night in our campers at the Port of Colon in Panama, because it took so long to clear the vehicles through customs. But that […]
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Cartagena
We chose the Peublito Playa Hotel in Bocagrande, Cartagena because Trip Advisor said it was pet friendly and had parking. The traffic in Cartagena was a nightmare last time through, so we were relieved when […]
Capi is NOT Stranded in Cartagena
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! FerryXpress has just agreed to take Capi on the March 17th sailing. Thank You. Previously: FerryXpress is in a dispute with Panama over transporting pets. We had all the […]
Welcome in Colombia
Chachagui is a little village in southern Colombia. The Hostel Kundour is located just below the village. It is owned by a Basque expatriate and his Colombian wife, and in the year it has been […]
Ecuador
Our travels north took us to some of the nicest places. We were welcomed and spoiled almost everywhere we went. We rolled into Ecuador after navigating our way through the border crossing. Immediately the typical […]
It must have been get-home-itis
It was all about driving through Peru. We started to drive on Monday and didn’t stop to rest until the next Tuesday when we were well into Ecuador. Pilots often get get-home-itis syndrome – the […]
Arica Again?
We keep ending up here in Arica. We were here in the 90’s, here again in 2008 and were here for Christmas. Now we are back again. This time we came to Arica because Bill […]
Bolivian skirts and par-boiled dogs.
This is the country where Che Guevara and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid breathed their last. Driving through those lands was a step back in time. There was little in the way of […]
Fireworks in Bolivia
Bolivia is poor. Coming from the relative affluence of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, the poverty is noticeable. It is not extreme, but people make do with little. The Bolivians are an independent people, bogged […]
Brazil
The first person we met in Brazil was at the tourist information office in Foz du Iguaçu. She took one look at Capi and, with tears in her eyes, told us that she had just […]