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Have fun it is a great trip you are about to start. Safe travels

Well I could not have said that better myself. We will forgo the North Yungas Rd in Bolivia! and Tom will have to agree to that or he goes by himself. Although perhaps it is worse for the passenger who hangs over the edge. Any I getting too old for this kind of travel? :Wow1:

Terrifying Roads and More Traveling overland always offers one unique experiences, some experiences one loves others not so much. One thing I really don't like are roads that seem narrower than the truck and are wrapped around mountains with precipitous drops 1000 feet down. I hate it when I...

Birthday Pary at Panama Passage Celebrating my birthday at Panama Passage with overlanders was the best!! We had cake with a picture of our Land Cruiser that took us across Africa, the best cake. My first ever falling in love with a vehicle, I loved that cruiser. Thanks to Panama Passage and...

Peru dusty, ruins and more The Peruvian border officials were so pleased to see tourists and we called the Peru border the Happy Border Crossing. Surprised as to how dusty and dry the Northern Peru is. We cross the Sechura desert fighting blowing sand and wind. It is a huge track of land to...

Lessons on Aging in Ecuador We are in the final days of being in Ecuador. We have been pouring over maps of Peru trying to decide what we want to see and route planning around that. It is a big country with lots to see so we have lots of options but also lots of decisions. Lots of Landslides...

Ecuador is Cold Could be in Canada!! Despite the amazing mountain ranges, the volcanoes and valleys we have been str uggling with fog and rain. However we did make it to Cotopaxi National Park and it was fabulous to be off road again and traveling in the wilderness. We did not do any hiking as...

Galapagos A Must See Well there is no way to overland to the Galapagos Islands, but it is a place everyone should try to see and experience. The wilderness, wildlife, birds and marine life is truly amazing. We took an 8 day cruise a last minute deal and there seems to be a lot of them at...

We Cross the Equator and arrive in the Southern Hemisphere It felt great to be crossing the equator and entering into the Southern Hemisphere. It is a long way and seems long ago that we dipped our toes into the arctic ocean in Alaska. Unfortunately when we arrived in Ecuador it was very foggy...

Yes we had some anxious moments deciding on best course of action. Fortunately the regular Colombians have to be one of the nicest people on the planet! We have updated our blog of our drive south from Medellin http://www.adventurouspirits.com/panpanam-highway-closed-due-to-farc-attacks/...

PAN AM HIGHWAY closed due to FARC attacks in Colombia We arrived back in Colombia and spent a few days exploring Bogota before flying back to Medellin to pick up our truck which we had in storage there. We knew immediately driving from the airport in Medellin, something had happened, there was...

Reconnecting with family and friends We are already getting ready to return to Colombia this weekend to continue our journey south. Reconnecting with family and friends has been such a treat, confirmation as to how much we miss them all. Although very grateful for all the fellow overland...

Video of Getting Trucks out of Port in Cartagena Colombia Travel is wonderful but I have a confession to make, nothing is as wonderful as the hugs of grandchildren. Being away from family is always the worst part of overlanding for extended periods. Do we appreciate our family more because we...

Truck Put into Storage in Medellin and we Fly to Italy to Visit Family With our truck freed from the Port Authority and we have been told the reason there is so much red tape is to cut down on corruption. Although while we were trying to get our truck out of the Cartagena Port, Colombia made...

Thanks sorry we missed you. YOu could have joined us for a celebration drink

Trucks in Good Condition Trucks in Good Condition To those who watched the Squeeze Team putting the trucks into the container, this is just to let you know they came out fine. Logan had a little light broken but otherwise it there were no problems. The video of this shipping will follow soon

We Have Our Trucks Finally we managed to free our trucks from the Cartagena Port Authority in Colombia. I did not know that so many things could go wrong with one shipping event. We have enough shipping stories to last our life time and I just keep thinking, "We have to do this again and ship...

That is great, all kids should be so lucky to be taken hiking at 16 months. The Riss family are now in Panama staying at Panama Passage Safe travels Janet

Still No Trucks Stranger things have happened, yet no one could have dreamed up what happened to us at the port. There are tales of a Chinese conspiracy, requests for bribes, required documents produced or missing, demands for more money and finally when we think our agent has the final...

Thanks for all the comments and good wishes. We drove it in as we have a rear view camera on the back for ease of getting it out by reversing, so hopefully that will work. But we still dont have our truck out of the port in Cartagena. Hey Panama Passage you need to open up a resource centre in...