Pan Am Bum Rush!

I'll delete this whenever Ian shows back up.... but here are some pics he has up on facebook.

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At a mechanics shop in Antigua.

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A cow eating trash in the city of Santa Ana, El Salvador

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sign on the wall in the room of our scum bag hotel in Santa Ana, El Salvador

For you gringos out there that sign roughly says... Sex with minors is a crime and you will go to jail. Good to know.:sombrero:
 
We are in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

Had lunch yesterday in Granada and then came down here for the night. Nice place but extremely expensive for Nicaragua. Plus a few *******s around....some guy was picking a fight with me for no reason at the bar last night so I just left and called it a night.

In a few hours we cross into Costa Rica.

Word.
 

RMP&O

Expedition Leader
Thanks Scott and no need to delete the pictures....

Just have not had much time for internet or uploading pictures.

We are in Costa Rica now. Arrived today and are spending the night in Playa Coco. 4,000 miles logged in 10 days since I left Wyoming!! It has been awesome but soon I will be at my destination in Panama and the driving will be over.

Have many pictures and video of our trip south, so when I get some down time I will upload that stuff.

Until then, laters all from south of the border!!
 

RMP&O

Expedition Leader
We are in San Jose, Costa Rica at the Galileo Hostel. My co-pilot (Matt) leaves very early in the morning tomorrow and heads home to the USA. I plan to head out between 530-630am so that I may be able to reach my destination in Panama by tomorrow night.

Once there will have more time to get some pics & videos up....

I have tracked fuel and border crossing expenses so will also post that.
 

JRhetts

Adventurer
RMP&O
I'd be interested in what your objectives are for your trip?

You are blowing through real estate that is rich in diversity, culture and antiquity so fast.

We took just over 2 1/2 months to drive the same trip and felt extremely deprived of time to explore and immerse ourselves in what is there.
 

RMP&O

Expedition Leader
So.....

The road trip is complete!! I am in Santa Catalina, Panama!! :sombrero: :wings: :victory:

I left San Jose, Costa Rica about 7am yesterday. Picked up a backpacker at the hostel I stayed at who got a ride to David, Panama and then took a bus up to Boquete. It took me about 18hrs or so to get here, arrived at 1am this morning.

Encountered the first rains on the trip south in southern Costa Rica yesterday. Seems it has been raining a lot here in Panama too but at the same time it is very hot! The rain was really coming down hard in Costa Rica and Panama yesterday, some flooding on the roads. As others have reported who are traveling down here by vehicle, the roads ahve seen a lot of damage from this years rainy season, in Guatemala and Costa Rica I saw many many many landslides. Last night 30 minutes or so out from my destination I came across a guy off the road stuck in the ditch. So out came the recovery gear and I had him pulled back up on the road in under 15 minutes!

Scott; this is where I am at....it is on the pacific side of Panama.

http://santacatalinabeach.com/

I have already heard about some sweet 4wd trails here in Panama so I hope to explore those during my time here. Although unless things dry up a bit the trails will be to much for my Taco. Also have confirmed at least one river I was looking into running, it sounds like a good one!

JRhetts; I have plans here where I am at in Panama. Also have a house rented for 3+ months. That is why the rush to get down here. As Scott mentioned and linked, I did the drive last year when I spent much more time exploring. Yet, even that trip was a bit rushed. Mexico is LARGE, Central America is small but yes many many places to explore. I am unsure at this time but I doubt this will be my last drive down this way....

JerryYukon; no problems crossing borders with my dog. I have the right docs for him, USDA-APHIS form and rabies cert and so forth. Although I think I overpaid yesterday to come into Panama, cost me $60 to get the dog in. Yet, the bank was closed (required to make a deposit into the bank) so I suppose that is what the overpayment (bribe) was for.

It did cost me way to much at the El Amitillo border but I was expecting that, it is bribe central for borders down here. It cost us around $200 to gte across that really nasty border....my least favorite of all borders I have seen in my travels.

Any ways, that is it for now.....in the next few days I will get pics and video uploaded plus info on fuel used to get here and border crossing costs.
 

RMP&O

Expedition Leader
The internet is rather slow here in Santa Catalina and it is very hot at the cafe'. On top of that I have been trying to get my house in order here. It was very filthy when I arrived and no power.

I added up my fuel for the trip south.....330gals. to do 4600 miles. Yeah, my Taco gets bad milage but it is well over 5500lbs with gear and I have the power to pass anybody I like when I like!

Here is some more pictures from the trip south.....

In Honduras along the CA-1

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A typical plate of food on our way south...

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a couple of the many beautiful and wonderful children we encountered on our way south....

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At the central plaza in Santa Ana, El Salvador

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Getting our drink on at Playa Coco in Costa Rica

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Sunset at the same beach

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Only in Latin America....Antigua, Guatemala

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Rock star parking in Santa Ana, El Salvador for $2 a night

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Welcome to Guatemala!!

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RMP&O

Expedition Leader
In Granada, Nicaragua having lunch & a beer....

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Also in Granada....

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roadside iguana for sale in Nicaragua

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a boy in Nicaragua who was happy to get a coke we had bought to bribe the police with!

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the Pan Am in Honduras....

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El Amitillo border....looks pretty good from this angle!

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RMP&O

Expedition Leader
more street food on our trip south....

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no words for this picture...

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the SUCK

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a mellow and fast crossing from Guatemala into El Salvador, very cheap too

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a typical sight on the roads in CA

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check out the windshield....El Salvador

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yeah that is a gun tower at a power station....El Salvador

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in Southern Mexico

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the following are in Antigua, Guatemala

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Landslide in Southern Mexico

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along the Pan Am in Guatemala

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roadside dump near the Mexico - Guatemala border

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In Comitan Mexico

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RMP&O

Expedition Leader
In Tuxtlan, Mexico

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down the Gulf Coast in Mexico

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All these recently posted pictures come from my co-pilots FB account. I am having problems uploading pictures to FB, either the connection here is to slow or I need to resize pictures. So no more pictures fro awhile until I resize and upload to FB or my website.

Yesterday was X-Mas here in SC, Panama. I was invited to go out to a small fishing village on an island. An owner of a local dive shop takes some 150 kids presents every year and hands them out X-Mas morning. It was a very awesome experience and I have tons of pictures of that plus some of around SC here where I am staying. Plus more of the road trip south....

Until then, addios from PARADISE!
 
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