US passport holders require a visa to enter Brazil. They should be valid for 10 years, 90 days at a time, up to 180 days per year. You can get one pretty easily in Buenos Aires. Here is how to theoretically go about doing this (details about our experience are below): Reserve an appointment at … Read more
How to Get Your Brazilian Visa in Buenos Aires
March 19th, 2014 | Posted by in Argentina | Brazil | How To | The Places We've Been - (7 Comments)How to Drive to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
February 18th, 2014 | Posted by in Argentina | Border Crossings | Chile | How To | The Places We've Been - (17 Comments)When we first began mapping out our drive to the world’s southernmost city, it was a bit daunting. None of the overlanders’ accounts that we read made it seem all that stressful, but they did describe poor road conditions, different routes, multiple borders, strict border regulations, and ferries that only operated during certain hours on … Read more
What To Do When You Lose Your Credit Cards and Licenses in a Foreign Country
September 16th, 2013 | Posted by in Colombia | How To | Speedbumps - (6 Comments)So you just lost all of your credit cards and driver’s licenses in a foreign country, huh? You must be a beginner. That would only, could only, happen to a virgin traveler. Wait, no, that’s not right. That’s not right at all. As it turns out, even after living on the road for a year, … 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)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: 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
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
New Map of Our Route through the Americas
February 11th, 2013 | Posted by in About | How To | The Places We've Been - (6 Comments)We are ecstatic about our new route map! Through tripline.net, we have created a dynamic visual that allows both us and our followers to look back at where we’ve been and the route we took to get there including pictures, descriptions, links, and even a video-esque rendering of the journey. Please take a second to … Read more
Drive the Americas
November 8th, 2012 | Posted by in About | Canada | How To | Inspiration - (0 Comments)I wish I remembered when we first started reading Drive the Americas. It was my first, tangible-ish (as the internet now apparently constitutes tangibility to me) evidence that what we had decided to do was not completely out of left field or impossible – though at the time, I also wasn’t even aware that anyone … Read more