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Cartagena - Manga
We are still waiting for the car! First it was going to arrive 28 May, and then it changed to 5 June. We can only wait... Our next...
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1 day ago


Colombia - Cartagena de Indias
Cartagena is no doubt a very pretty place! The old part, what the locals call "dentro", is inside a very old city wall, going all around....
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May 26


Panama - a look at the canal
The stay in Panama City dragged on, we were there for a week after we left the car in Colon, and got to know the city a bit. While we...
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May 22


Panama - loading the car
The focus for this week has been preparations for the shipment of the car to Colombia. We are using a specialist agent to assist us, and...
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May 14


Panama - first entry
Cars certainly have a mind of their own. The mechanic Ojochal ordered a filter to fit with the aircon system, and the filter was put on...
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May 13


Costa Rica - south towards Panama
It was time to leave San Jose to set out on the longer leg through South America. When going to the main border crossing with Panama, in...
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May 6


Costa Rica - preparations for South America trip
After arriving in Costa Rica 4 April 2025, we needed to get the car through the Revision Tecnica, an annual event for older cars similar...
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Apr 26
Central America trip
Places where we stayed at least one night on this trip. Costa Rica Los Chiles Nicaragua San Carlos Juigalpa Matagalpa Estelí Ocotal...
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Apr 6


Nicaragua - moving south in the west
We left León to make our way to Granada, to see the very south west of Nicaragua. The driving experience we had when going north via the...
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Apr 6


San Salvador to León
It was time to track back towards Costa Rica. We drove a bit further north and east in El Salvador to see more of the country. It is a...
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Apr 1


San Salvador
This city is beautifully situated between hills and volcanoes, and it is huge. Just about everybody lives in a building on the ground,...
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Mar 30


El Salvador
The border crossing to El Salvador went reasonably smoothly, for the people all crossings are reasonably smooth provided the paperwork...
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Mar 27


Guatemala City
This was a place we both liked a lot! After not knowing until the late evening before that we would actually be able to get there, due...
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Mar 26


Antigua Guatemala
Antigua was a really nice experience! The arrival was a bit stressful as the whole city was closed for traffic (this is a feature in...
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Mar 22


Back to Guatemala
After crossing the border at El Ceibo, we were in a great position to see the rest of Guatemala. We visited the area Las Flores in the...
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Mar 17


Mexico - Yucatan Peninsula and out
From Merida, we carried on to Campeche. This is a UNESCO city and it is indeed very nice. The Old Town center is still made up of...
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Mar 14


Mexico - Yucatan Peninsula
The border crossing into Mexico from Belize - Chetumal - was not a trouble. Or it could be that we are getting used to this by now and...
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Mar 9


Belize - Belize City and out
The last couple of nights we spent in Belize City, which is the largest city in the country and really the only one. We drove around the...
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Mar 5


Belize - crossing the border
As the ferry from Puerto Barrios in Guatemala wouldn't take the car, we had to make it to Belize in another way. That meant driving...
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Mar 3


Guatemala - Parque Nacional de Tikal
This was a full day of adventure! We were so lucky, we had no rain, not too hot, and we managed, without doing anything, to get an...
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Feb 27


Guatemala - first time entering
We entered Guatemala via the Corinto border crossing, which was reasonable easy to reach from San Pedro Sula. The crossing itself was...
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Feb 27


Honduras - San Pedro Sula
The road from Tegucigalpa to San Pedro Sula was amazing! It is a four-lane motorway, with tolls (not expensive) and it felt very safe...
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Feb 21


Honduras - going north
After our first stop in Choluteca, we drove north to the capital city of Tegucigalpa. The first thing to say about it all is that...
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Feb 18


Honduras
We have made it to Honduras! The first stop is in Choluteca, where we are spending a night recovering from the border crossing before we...
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Feb 14
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