Today was a special day for Gaila and I. Talk about unexpected pleasures. Yes...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Hidden Nicaraguan Gem
Hanging out in Antigua
We are still in Antigua hanging out with GuateRider and GuateRider Girl. We cannot stop taking pictures in this lovely colonial town. They took us for a ride on Sunday to the La Reunion Golf Course for breakfast with an amazing view of the three ...
GPS Mapping in Latin America
We have met people who have been overlanding without GPS and everytime without fail we have a conversation with each other after the event where we call them crazy.
There are also people that we have met that just haven’t got the message th...
Puerto Escondido and Surrounds, Oaxaca
We finally made it out of zipolite (but didn’t go far).
And…it was only 2 weeks later than we thought we’d leave. Jen finally caught the mechanic grabbing his morning beer and made sure he was swinging by in th...
Car Insurance in Canada and USA (3)
The nightmare is finally over.. We found our car insurance for Canada and the USA. I don’t think I have ever been so relieved as when I saw the email coming in that said ” Dear Erica, please find below our quote…” . And it is a good quote too. Adm...
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Unstoppable! Discovering Oaxaca.
After driving almost non stop from Mexico City to Oaxaca, we arrived to much of a surprise. The trucks ran absolutely perfect through the mountainous passes. “Unstoppable” many times I though in my head as I even passed cars on the long rolling h...
From the city to the highlands.
After exploring Mexico City for several days it was time to move on to the highlands. “ Oaxaca” was calling our names.
Jungle Jaunt
I awoke from my slumber feeling relieved. My fears of being violated by cockroaches during the night did not come to fruition and, to my surprise, I had slept peacefully. Of course that could be due to my position in the hammock. Zach might not...
Monday, 28 January 2013
Car Insurance Canada and USA (2)
The nightmare continues.. After all the negative response on our request for insurance when arriving in Canada, we decided to reschedule our vehicle to arrive in the US. That was easily done. Same ship, same company, same cost, just one port furth...
Magic in the wetlands – Okavango Delta, Botswana
Over landing Africa is an amazing, and often challenging way to travel. Spending the time to drive the arduous route from Nairobi through Tanzania, following the lake in Malawi before veering SW into Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Continuing through ...
Botswana Part 1
Kalahari N.P.
We were quite excited fir this one, and boy were we treated. We were in the park for all of three nights and our sightings included a big Kalahari male Lion with a thick black ...
We were quite excited fir this one, and boy were we treated. We were in the park for all of three nights and our sightings included a big Kalahari male Lion with a thick black ...
Savuti…….mind blowing!!!!
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Monterrico
Now for the BEACH! we set out from Antigua in a pleasant 24, but as we drove closer to the coast it was 35 degrees. The ride here is nice and with very few of the dreaded tope. You pay a 5Q toll to cross the bridge over the canal in the mangroves ...
Museus em Washington
Na área do National Mall, em Washington DC, há mais de 10 museus e todos com entrada gratuita. Infelizmente não tivemos tempo para conhecer todos. Visitamos dois museus: o National Museum of Natural History e o National Air and Space Museum.
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A história americana contada em memoriais
Essa semana nós vimos pela TV a posse do presidente Barack Obama. De acordo com a Casa Branca, 1 milhão de pessoas compareceram a cerimônia pública que aconteceu no National Mall. Repito, não vou falar de polÃtica aqui no blog, mas achei bacana comen...
NORDKAPP.......Top of the World.
Big Guatemala to little Belize — Placencia, Belize
Guatemala - Von der Vergangenheit in die Moderneour search is overOkay, far from it. But as we walked the beach last night in awe of what we guessed had to be one of the best sunsets we’ve ever seen (we seem to have a lot of those lately), and then later at camp under a blanket of st... Saturday, 26 January 2013World Record AttemptHi Folks.. I have a few tales to tell about Peru and Bolivia, but I will have to back track to update you on... Friday, 25 January 2013Tough Miles Blog 21: Ecuador Peru Jon here: Day 216, Friday 23rd November, it felt great to be back on the road. After the miraculous repair job p... Friends in high placesIt seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing the RV park/campground trail. We love to park for the night in some street or in... Friends in high placesIt seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing the RV park/campground trail. We love to park for the night in some street or in... Friends in high placesIt seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing the RV park/campground trail. We love to park for the night in some street or in... Friends in high placesIt seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing the RV park/campground trail. We love to park for the night in some street or in... Friends in high placesIt seems like we spent the last week meeting old friends and making new ones. One thing about sleeping in your vehicle while traveling is that you end up doing the RV park/campground trail. We love to park for the night in some street or in... Thursday, 24 January 2013Galapagos: The VeredictAs promised (and as usually, late), a selection of the 3,000+,(no joke) photos from Galapagos: Click Here. We’ve omitted the ones with the boatloads (literally) of old folk ... How to Take Photos of Star Trails
Streaking stars across the night sky are beautiful and capturing them on ... Still in ZipoliteWe seem to be stuck in Zipolite, and it has nothing to do with the bus. We cant quite wrap our minds around this little, stuck in the 60’s free spirited hippy beach community, but we love it still the same. So... Chile to Argentina at Chile ChicoThese border crossings seem to be getting easier ! This one was simplicity in itself. Wednesday, 23 January 2013All In A Days Ride…Preface: Yesterday I sat down to write this article for one post. As I sat and the words spewed forward I could not fit it all into one post. As such, I am going to come back to it with a second section. OMG, each days ride is SO amazing… ... Fiesta grande de eneroWe drove to Chiapa de Corzo for a couple of days, to see a bit of the January celebrations. As Stephanie said, COLORFUL. We even got to drive the van along the parading locals. And no, we aren’t clueless gringos driving into a parade–this was the ... From siesta to fiestaAfter two nights turned into six in Calderitas, we backtracked to Chiapas and into the rain. Calderitas itself isn’t much to visit. This is one town that I’d describe as a “nice place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit”–unless, of course, you d... Tuesday, 22 January 2013Northern PeruIt has been a while since we have posted anything on here, and we have now been in Peru for a couple of weeks. So much has happened, and there is a lot to talk about. Starting with our first day in Peru, this country has had a whole different feel... Maya Rally 2012: The Kings of Maya!When we last left #teamASTRID on the Maya Rally 2012, we were in Palenque after successfully singing with mariachis, ziplining across Cañon del Sumidero and taking part in a unique fishing excursion! What will our road warriors be up to today? ...Fiesta grande de eneroWe drove to Chiapa de Corzo for a couple of days, to see a bit of the January celebrations. As Stephanie said, COLORFUL. We even got to drive the van along the parading locals. And no, we aren’t clueless gringos driving into a parade–this was the ... Car Insurance Canada and USAIt starts to feel as if getting insurance for Panda has become a nightmare that is haunting us. How can it be so difficult to get insurance for a vehicle? It has already been a huge hassle to find a company in Holland that would insure us for Euro... Monday, 21 January 2013Tailing the Longjaw SquirrelfishWell well well, here we are on Isla Utila, off the north coast of Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea, lounging in hammocks, sipping cervezas and planning tomorrow’s scuba diving. It’s been a w...
La Antigua Part 2We are back in lovely Antigua with the famous Guaterider as our host and local travel guide. Julio may be sorry he convinced us to stay longer in Guatemala, because we may never leave (he didn’t). This is a great walking town. We headed to the li... Crossing into KenyaHow best to get between Kenya and Ethiopia is a subject of constant debate amongst overlanders. The traditional route has been via Moyale and Marsabit in north eas...
Tribe TimeWe had pretty high expectations going into Ethiopia, as various friends had been there and rav...
Obiectiv Canon reparat!/ Canon Lens Fixed!Dintre toate aventurile pe care le-am trait in peste zece ani de calatorii, turul A... End of the World – Or so it was supposed to be…
When Gaila and I started into Mexico, we had a couple of e... Hitting the HighlandsIt was a minor miracle, when travel weary after a hard 5 days crossing Sudan, we rolled into a small hostel in the mountain town of Gondar to found that Ali had managed to meet us there. So vague and unconfirmed were o...
Zipolite, MexicoI often find it hard to update the blog when we are sitting still… In fact I often go through the same questions even when we’re discovering new places: who cares, why would they want to know, or what is the ri... Should have known …At first I thought it was travel fatigue. Then I thought that the new country was causing me some anxiety. I also thought that maybe I was a little bit homesick, which was making me feel a bit down. A casual discussion with a chap at Wassadou w... Two Weeks In (Bangkok)Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand… start of the backpacker trail of SE Asia. Love it or hate it, if you’re going to Asia, you WILL end up in Bangkok. We have now been there several times and I must admit, I enjoy it. Yes, it is crazy, crowded, and chaotic. An enormo...
Zimbo
Hwange N.P.
Just before entering the park, we stumbled upon a herd of Sable and a great big herd of Buffalo that ran right across the road in front of our car. We started off on a great note, and were further treated to a male Lion, Ele (far away ... Sunday, 20 January 2013From siesta to fiestaAfter two nights turned into six in Calderitas, we backtracked to Chiapas and into the rain. Calderitas itself isn’t much to visit. This is one town that I’d describe as a “nice place to live, but I wouldn’t want to visit”–unless, of course, you d... Other OverlandersSince we’ve been in Argentina and Chile we’ve been seeing a lot of other Overlanders with some great vehicles. Here is a selection: Other OverlandersSince we’ve been in Argentina and Chile we’ve been seeing a lot of other Overlanders with some great vehicles. Here is a selection: Saturday, 19 January 2013Maya Rally 2012: Welcome to The Jungle!In the last Maya Rally 2012 post, we just finished up in Oaxaca eating grasshoppers, doing mezcal shots in the middle of the day and wrestling with luchadores, but to... Chegamos a Washington DC!Nós tÃnhamos planejado conhecer outras atrações em Atlanta, como o Zoo e o Cyclorama, mas acabamos desistindo. Um dos motivos foi o frio, infelizmente. Ainda não estávamos com roupas apropriadas e a baixa temperatura na cidade nos desanimou bastan... South Pacific.....Update of Photos in the Photos section. Just dumped loads in there so its a right old mess..... Has been difficult to find Wi-Fi Internet. Finally found some in Antofagasta in the Mall. Slept on the side of the road last... Friday, 18 January 2013Semuc Champey the wilds of GuatemalaOn the advice of our friend Julio in Antigua we set off from the lake into the mountains northward. We road from Panajachel up into the Quiche (kee-chay). The road from Sacapulas to San Cristobal Verapaz is unpaved and sort of like driving up a ri... Kit de Cozinha – GuepardoDepois de conhecer o World of Coca-Cola, voltamos para o hotel e aproveitamos que o nosso quarto tinha uma mini cozinha para cozinharmos um pouco. É claro que o jantar só foi possÃvel porque estamos levando conosco um Kit de Cozinha para C... Os sabores da Coca-ColaNem só de perrengue foi a nossa visita a Atlanta! No nosso primeiro dia explorando a cidade, partimos para o World of Coca-Cola, um grande museu da marca com mais de mil e duzentos artefatos vindos do mundo todo, nunca antes mostrados em nenhuma e... Zipolite, MexicoWe are spending our days exploring the small coastal towns and beaches of Oaxaca….and loving it. We spend most of our days (before and after the sun reaches its sweltering peak) walking the length of beaches and meeting... Chile Campgrounds and Hotels{googleMaps lat=-41.474858 long=-72.344971 zoom=6 addoverview=0 addgoogle=0 width=520 height=600 kml=http://www.liferemotely.com/images/stories/articles/chile-camping/Chile.kmz} Falkland Islands – South Georgia – Antarctic Peninsula
LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE OR NOTHING AT ALL —— Helen Keller.
Before you read this post, I must say that no photographs or words can do this trip justice, it is blow your mind stuff, to be seen with one’s own eyes. Well it obviously was ... Thursday, 17 January 2013MilestonesWe had driven more than 30,000 miles up to this point. We’d traveled for 14 months, through 12 countries on two continents and crossed the open sea. Still, traversing the imaginary line that divides the earth’s northern and southern hemispheres ... Atlanta e o caso das quentinhasDepois de passar alguns bons dias nas cidades mais visitadas por brasileiros nos Estados Unidos, chegou a nossa hora de botar a mochila nas costas e partir para a cidade de Atlanta, no estado da Geórgia.
Transvecto One – Video from the roadWell I’m a man of my word. As promised in the blog, here is the first of three videos documenting the transvecto journey. ”Transvecto One” is a 15 minute sequence of nearly every shot filmed from a GoPro c... A letter of encouragementTo Anne, Vic, Jackie, Phil, Elize and anyone else contemplating an adventure As you are preparing for your own adventures – however they look – we thought we’d send a few words of en... Wassadou16th January 2013 Campement Hotel de Wassadou Paradise exists. It is on the banks of the Gambia R... Wednesday, 16 January 2013Honduras Guatemala - kindred countries? Guatemala City, Guatemala
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