There are certain places Volkswagen buses shouldn’t be.  Today we discovered two of them.  First, a little background on the day.  There are two official border crossings in Tierra del Fuego where cars and people can cross from Chile to Argentina and vice versa.  The primary, more heavily traveled crossing is on the north end […]

Today we simultaneously rode the coolest and scariest ferry I’ve ever been on. The plan for the day was to drive from Copacabana, Bolivia, to the capitol city of La Paz. By taking the ferry at Ancoamaya, the distance between cities is relatively short, only 95 miles. The other way to get […]

We crossed the Ecuador-Peru border at Las Balsas located about 5 hours straight south of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, staying in the mountains the entire time. The road was slow but passable for Mango, and we were on dirt for about 150 miles. We travelled the road with our British friends John and Lesley, […]

After 11 days in a custom’s induced purgatory, the day finally arrived when Mango was able to escape from her shipping container and see the light of day in South America.  The day began with Ana and me hailing a cab for the 30 minute drive to the port of Guayaquil.  We had been there […]

If you are thinking about economically shipping a vehicle to Guayaquil – Don’t! You will find it to be one of the most expensive, frustrating, and time consuming experiences of your trip. There are other ports in Ecuador or Columbia where you won’t expend $1500 and eleven days of your life extracting your […]

Shipping a tourist vehicle out of Panama City isn’t difficult if you know the process. We were fortunate to have some information handed down to us from a friend, Juan, who shipped his vehicle two weeks before we did. There are two parts to the process. One is to do all the […]

Costa Rica is very nice. It is more expensive then all other Central America countries, but it offers the comforts of home in most towns. Many gringos have moved here, opened businesses and made this their home. Costa Rica is very used to and welcomes tourists. We are still very careful, […]