After crossing the border at Nogales we spent the night at the Mountain View RV Park near Green Valley, Arizona. It was a Sunday night and there was no staff on site but the instructions said to just pick a…
Good Breaks and Bad
After our many months in Central America, crossing back into Mexico (especially the very developed Mayan Riviera), felt a little bit like reaching the promised land…suddenly, we had real highways, Walmart, Home Depot, McDonalds – anything we could ask for…
So long Guatemala!
We crossed from Honduras into Guatemala in record time…no lineups whatsoever and we were through it all in less than an hour and a half. I’d like to think we’re getting better at these crossings but I realize it’s probably…
Plowing Through Honduras
So after a rather tough border crossing, we decided to head for familiar ground in Nicaragua, returning to Hostel Paradiso on Laguna de Apoyo. We spent a couple of days there relaxing before pushing on. Our only other stop in…
End of the Road…
Dave and I both found ourselves a few shades redder after the searing heat of Playa Las Lajas and decided it would be timely to head up into the mountains for a few days. We didn’t really have any expectations…
And then there was Panama….
It is hard to believe that it’s been over 200 days since we left our home to begin this year long trip. At the time, the goal seemed lofty and a bit unreal, but here we are in Panama. We…
Monkey Business
We were ready to cross our seventh border on this journey into Costa Rica when I had an epiphany! Borders should not be approached as some sort of torture you need to endure but rather as game…a scavenger hunt! We…
One Border, two border……
After enjoying the food festival in Juayua (including a brief respite in the ice cream store to stay out of a thunderstorm), we decided it was time to leave our lovely hostel and head for the coast. We had hoped…
Beans, Bars and Borders
After all of the excitement and stress of our flat tire extravaganza, we decided to give ourselves a bit of down time in Rio Dulce. We decided to take a boat trip to Livingston, a port town on the…
Guat’s Up?
After returning to San Cristobal, we set our sights on our next major destination – crossing the border into Guatemala. We were both excited but feeling a bit anxious about the crossing: • it would be the first country that…