Our Darien Gap experiences have occurred (and been written about) in segments, and after completing our crossing we were compelled to calculate the total financial impact of this overlanders’ endeavor. We knew well in advance that the time we spent crossing the Darien was going to call for grossly atypical expenses, making the jump from … Read more
The Darien Gap: Expenses
September 12th, 2013 | Posted by in Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | How To | Panama | The Places We've Been - (3 Comments)The Darien Gap: Vehicle Shipping, Colombia Side
September 11th, 2013 | Posted by in Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | How To | Panama | The Places We've Been - (11 Comments)So you’ve shipped your car from Panama, made it into Cartagena yourself, and now are ready to go about getting your car out of its container and out of the port (for all of our articles in the Darien Gap series, click here). Somewhat detailed maps of the places you will need to go to … Read more
Border Crossing: Panama / Colombia
September 10th, 2013 | Posted by in Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | Panama - (3 Comments)We normally (but not this time!) cross borders by land in a CR-V with US passports and our two dogs. We do not carry drugs or weapons or disallowed fruit (usually). These articles are not a definitive guide to crossing borders nor should they be used as a sole source of information. They are our … Read more
The Darien Gap: Dogs
September 9th, 2013 | Posted by in Colombia | Darien Gap | Dogs | How To | Panama | The Places We've Been - (14 Comments)If you’re just joining us in this series of Darien Gap posts, you can read about what the Darien Gap is here. If you’re driving, check out how to prepare ahead of time here, how to complete the Panamanian side of vehicle shipping here, how to complete the Colombian side of vehicle shipping here, how to … Read more
The Darien Gap: Vehicle Shipping, Panama Side
September 3rd, 2013 | Posted by in Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | How To | Panama | The Places We've Been - (6 Comments)By now you have theoretically decided on a shipping company or agent and set up a date to load your vehicle into its container (read this post for more info on preparation – if you are waaayyy behind, here is an explanation of what the Darien Gap is). What follows is a step by step … Read more
The Darien Gap: Preparing
August 31st, 2013 | Posted by in Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | Panama | The Places We've Been - (8 Comments)If you missed our latest post detailing what exactly the Darien Gap is and why we keep talking about it, be sure to check it out here. For the past year or so we’ve periodically sat down at a computer, done a bit of searching for articles and websites (Drive the Americas is a particularly … Read more
The Darien Gap: An Introduction
August 30th, 2013 | Posted by in About | Border Crossings | Colombia | Darien Gap | Panama | The Places We've Been - (18 Comments)We’ve been talking about the Darien Gap with increasing frequency over the last month or two. It has existed vaguely in our awareness for a couple of years, but we intentionally delayed any real focus on it so as to avoid unnecessary stress. That luxury has slowly slipped away now as we’ve driven closer and … Read more