By time we had made it through our hellish day of Honduras, it was pretty late at night. At the Nicaraguan border they told us there was a hotel just a few miles down the road, so we drove on with our one headlamp, and pulled into the first hotel that we found. When we [...]
One year on the road. Can you believe it? Exactly one year ago today we got rid of anything that would not fit into The Landcruiser and moved out of our beautiful wreck of a house. One year ago we said farewell to our friends and neighbors. We have been living out of the Landcruiser [...]
We love being on the road. Driving through North and Central America has been a wonderful experience and most definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity, but there is one thing we always dread… Borders. No, not the bookstore chain, actual imaginary lines delimiting where one country ends and another one starts. There is a [...]
Leaving El Imposible, we decided it had been too long since we relaxed on the beach and so headed to Playa El Tunco on the Pacific Coast. El Tunco is a laid back fishing and surfing community with beautiful black sand beaches, and according to the multitude of surfers hanging out there, some killer breaks. [...]
Parque Nacional El Imposible was our first pleasant surprise in El Salvador. We had heard about this fairly new reserve from several blogs and from our friends at Lonely Planet and we decided to spend a few days hiking there. We like the name El Imposible (The Impossible) a lot; there is a Mission Impossible [...]
The Guatemala- El Salvador border crossing was our first bad border crossing experience. Compared to other horrible tales we have heard of or read about it does not seem that bad, but it was a 4 hour PITA ordeal. It is amazing what a little bit of power will do to some people’s ego. Think [...]
We love food. Truly, deeply love food of all kinds. After spending four and a half months in Mexico we saw beautiful places, met wonderful people, but what we may miss the most is the food of Mexico. I salivate and cry just thinking of some of the dishes we savored at some places we [...]
Well, ladies and gentlemen Luis has done it again! Following the misadventures of this space case zen master is hilarious and sad. Some of you may remember some of the prior “incidents” he brought to this adventure of ours e.g.: The fuel tank full of gasoline in our diesel burning vehicle (Link), the near expedition [...]
Leaving Belize, we headed into Guatemala crossing the border near San Ignacio. The border crossing was fairly straightforward: Check out of Belize and get the vehicle stamp in Luis’ passport canceled, then head into Guatemala to get the stamps and vehicle papers there. It was nice and easy and within a half hour we were on [...]
We headed into San Ignacio on the western edge of Belize. It was our intention to spend a few days in San Ignacio while we visited the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) caves and then drive to the Caracol Mayan Ruins in the Pine Ridge Mountains… however, needless to say, like most of our plans it didn’t [...]
