When we finished with our business in Bogota we had new friends, new experiences and a desire to go exploring again.  Being parked in the city is hard on these […]

Bogota is a traffic nightmare. The roads are clogged with cars, buses, and delivery trucks and taxis all day, every day. Even though the city instituted “no-drive” days, the roadways […]

The area around Salento is known for the wax palm forest. We went there initially to assist a fellow traveler that was experiencing some electrical issues.  Here are Mike and […]

The coffee region of Colombia is a gorgeous area to spend time in. Perfect weather, beautiful mountains in every direction and friendly people. But we were ready to explore some […]

Note: This contains photos of beautiful antiques and a couple of videos about coffee production.  We hope you can load all the images and fully enjoy the story!   We […]

As we wrapped up our visit to Medellin we began chatting with overlanding friends who were house-sitting at Lake Guatepe.  We were excited to see Michelle and David of La […]

NOTE: This story contains movies and photos.  We hope you have sufficient internet service to load and enjoy the bright colors.  Be patient and sip a cup of Colombian coffee […]

The Rio Magdalena is the longest river in Colombia. This river supports thousands of villages through fishing and agriculture.  It produces hydroelectric power for many Colombians.  It is navigable in […]

I seldom dedicate an entire post to just one topic or place.  But Gramalote is an unsual exception, as it demonstrated the amazing destructive power of Mother Nature.   (Caution: […]

After the fun of the Central American Games in Barranquilla we took some time to explore the area known as Norte Santander.  This region is a blend of high deserts […]

Our loop around the Sierra Nevada was completed quickly in order to make a deadline in the beautiful city of Barranquilla.  We wanted to watch the finals of the wrestling […]

We left the Colombian coastline and went towards and then around the mountains. The scenery and terrain looked very similar to our old, familiar home of Kino Bay, Mexico.  A […]

After picking up our truck/house from the port in Cartagena, and retrieving our stolen stairs from the neighborhood riff-raff we were ready to start exploring the country.  Our first direction […]

In the last story we gave you some details about our shipping process to get the truck around the Darien Gap.  We loaded our house on a cargo ship in […]

We visited the country of Panama in May when our family was here.  At that time we stopped a few places and spent a few days truly exploring the incredible […]

Traveling southwards along the Pan-American Highway is a bit unpredictable at times.  We have never been sure of when we would be in certain cities or what delays may impact […]

After a quick tour around some of the highlights of Costa Rica, we went to the Caribbean coast.  We had accepted a housesitting job that would have us in the […]

Crossing the border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica was a messy ordeal.  There were new steps, new procedures, new employees and new buildings.   This added up to about a […]