We arrived in Caraz on July 30th, 2026, after having hiked to the far side of Laguna Parón. I’d texted a campground host the day before to make sure they had space, as the place was mainly a hostel, with only parking for one vehicle. We met Juan Carlos and he showed us in to […]
We entered Peru on July 5th, 2026. After our small debacle on the Ecuador side, the Peru side went easily- we were all stamped out of Ecuador and into Peru, and we got our TIP without much trouble. They didn’t search our vehicle or Bri & Tevin’s at all, and only made sure that the
We entered Ecuador the morning of 6/7/26, after spending nearly 3 months in Colombia. The border crossing was pretty easy for us, but Tevin had a small issue canceling his Colombian import permit. The three of us (me, Tevin, and Patricia) all presented our documents to the Colombian aduana, but they couldn’t find Tevin’s permit
Our Airbnb in Medellín was a beautiful little rooftop apartment with a great view over the northern part of the city. Medellín is a city of over 2 million, with houses crawling all the way up the valley on all sides. The buildings are mostly red brick, making for an interesting contrast with the green
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We left Los Estoraques on 4/7/26, planning on another long drive day south. We had to drive back down to the jungle lowlands to do so, and really were trying to avoid any more hot and sticky nights. But first- breakfast. Dan and Patricia had scoped out a few “panaderias”, or bakeries, on their way
Our flight from Panama City to Cartagena, Colombia, was uneventful. We stepped down the stairs from the airplane and into South America! We were finally here, after dreaming of this moment for the last few years. It was my first new continent! Though we absolutely enjoyed our time in North and Central America, the main
We arrived at the border to Panama around 9am on 3/7/26. We paid our 8$ exit tax, were stamped out, and then had the vehicle TIP canceled. There was a man who was trying really hard to get us to go make copies of our documents at his copy shop, and he wouldn’t take no
We’d just crossed out of Nicaragua, and now had to enter Costa Rica. The Costa Rica border facilities were brand new and very nice. We stood in line for a bit and were then stamped in. We then had to go through a sort of airport security apparatus, which we thought was a bit funny-
We arrived at the border crossing from Honduras to Nicaragua around 10 in the morning, a little later than I would have liked. Nicaragua is the most notoriously difficult of any of the border crossings we’ll do, and we were both a bit apprehensive. In the end, it really wasn’t that bad, though it did
We drove across the border bridge into Honduras, and had our passports stamped into the country. We had a bit of trouble finding the Aduana building to get the jeep paperwork done, but we finally found it a few hundred yards down the road. This paperwork took a while- there were lots of questions, such