Over the past twelve months and 25,000 miles we have taken some 8,500 pictures. These are some of the best, or at least some of our favorites. Happy viewing! 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – September 6, 2012 2. Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA – September 28, 2012 3. Montreal, Quebec, Canada – … Read more
The 28 Most Powerful Pictures From Our First Year on the Road
September 20th, 2013 | Posted by in Canada | Colombia | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | The Places We've Been | United States - (4 Comments)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
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
Craft Beer in Panama City
September 2nd, 2013 | Posted by in Food | Panama | The Places We've Been - (0 Comments)As long as we’ve been traveling together, we’ve enjoyed getting to know our destinations through the local beer. For many years this meant visiting craft breweries or purchasing area brews at restaurants or grocery stores. In Raleigh, where we lived before departing on this journey, the metropolitan area has so many craft breweries that visiting … Read more
Our Favorite Not-so-Panamanian Restaurants in Panama City
September 1st, 2013 | Posted by in Food | Panama | The Places We've Been - (4 Comments)Food is a fantastic way to explore a new culture. We don’t claim to be foodies in any sense of the word and seldom seek out the most exquisite or famous flavors of a city (unless you count pizza and beer), but we do enjoy experiencing authentic food and especially love a good típico breakfast. … 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