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 and mountains filled with many small villages. The region extends all the way to the Venezuelan border and we explored to within three miles of … More Colombia- The estoraques (hoodoos) and Norte Santander.
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 at the Central American Games 2018. Happily, we made it in time! We had previously made contact with a man named Ito that lives in … More Colombia- Barranquilla and the Central American Games
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 blend of sand, mesquite trees and desert plants. Then we started to climb into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. This area is known … More Colombia- Up the Guajira and around the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Puppy delivery)
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 would be NORTH! We would work our way as far North in Colombia as we could stand. This area is hot with bad roads and … More Colombian coastal exploration-
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 Colon, Panama and sent it to the port of Cartagena in Colombia. Then the three of us boarded a plane and flew to Cartagena. It … More Colombia- Did the truck make it to South America? We did!
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 Panama Canal. You can read all about that here (a new window will open) and see some great images of Panama. Then we returned to … More Panama- a second visit
It was beginning to feel as if we had spent a lot of time in Costa Rica! Perhaps because we did! We arrived in April for the house sitting job (opens new window) and we stayed until July. During our time we explored the country, lived in a jungle cabin, we said goodbye to a dog, we had … More Costa Rica- our final activities and fun!
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 us. Border crossings, visa limits and vehicle permits do set some boundaries on our timelines. With some careful mathematical calculations, we knew we could arrange … More Costa Rica- A family visit with a fun FJ camping unit from Nomad America.
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 Puerto Viejo area for about 30 days. This would be an interesting challenge for us, as we have not stopped moving for 30 days in … More Costa Rica- We were housesitting, through the good, bad and sad.
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 5 hour border crossing. We actually thought we would be so delayed that we had set up to camp in the parking area. But just … More Costa Rica- the land of Pura Vida