The Journey So Far
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Return to Bogota
Happy New Year to all our readers ! Lois and I sincerely hope you enjoyed the Christmas season as much as we did. Christmas day view from our home As of our last post we were leaving Bogota and preparing for a 4 week trip back to Canada to spend the holiday...
Colombian Highlands – The North
From Cartagena, Medellin was our next port of call in Colombia. As the crow flies, not a great distance at all but not too far north of Medellin we were already climbing hard and entering the northern edge of the Andes mountains. Add to the mix a steady stream...
Colombia : Re-united With Our Vehicles !
Cartagena continued to delight us while we waited both for our shipping buddy, Cassey - who sailed from Panama to Colombia on a yacht- and of course the container that held our vehicles. In the days while waiting for the unloading of the ship there was time to explore...
Tackling the Darien Gap
Quite simply, this was done the only way it could be. One cannot drive this impassable 70 or so miles of the PanAmerican Highway - the part between Panama and Colombia. Vehicles must be put on a container ship or “RoRo” carrier, and drivers and passengers must fly or...
Panama
After what seemed like an inordinate delay at the Panamanian border, our temporary vehicle import was finally ready and we were able to begin our travels in Panama - last stop before South America ! Hard to believe we had already come this far ( over 24,000 kms since...
Costa Rica
Our last days in Nicaragua were spent at San Juan Del Sur, the beachside/surfing community close to Costa Rica. It was obvious that the town is still suffering from the effects of the Nicaraguan protests last year - restaurants and hotels were very quiet and...
