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Costa Rica has changed since we were last here in 1997. Then travel was difficult, mostly impossible without a 4X4. We stayed at a B&B on the beach at Tamarindo, a dusty little town and watched the leatherback turtles lay their eggs on the beach. Today the roads are tarred, Tamarindo is a fancy...

Finally we have managed to post our video of our experiences with the Monarch Butterflies in Mexico. It is a nature miracle and we loved being surrounded by millions and millions of butterflies. To all the nature lovers enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHWaeEsixT0

We left Apoyo Lake and headed for the Pacific Ocean found a great campsite on the beach and were joined again by Espen and Malin (unurban), Monika and Alex and Frank and Isabel (Swiss overlanders) Had a great time swimming to cool off in the searing heat, Tom made us overlanders Apple Pie for...

Greetings from several overlanders on route to South America. Hope you all had a wonderful time. We all thought of you as we climbed the volcano Masaya in Nicaragua on Friday. We videotaped a message from the 6 of us, from the top of the mountain but with no internet the video message will be...

It is such fun to meet up with fellow overlanders especially those we have been following and emailing in the hopes of meeting up. We finally met up with Espen and Malin in Nicaragua I am not sure who was more surprised when we bumped into each other at Laguana Apoyo and Tom yelled out, " You...

Thanks, it is a real privilege to travel and hopefully we can encourage others to follow their dreams of overlanding

We drove across Honduras towards Nicaragua going through 8 police road blocks. This stretch of road is the worst we have experienced on this trip, for police harassing tourists and demanding payment for this and for that. We stood our grounds and refused to pay any money and I had to create a...

We left Antigua but not before experiencing one of their most famous Lent celebrations and processions. For several Sundays before their ultimate Good Friday celebrations, they make decorative carpets on the roads for the processions which walk over the hand made carpets destroying them. It is a...

We are both sick with bronchitis and flu so are feeling quite miserable. Such is life. But I thought I would share with you some of our fellow overlanders and neighbours in Antigua and many more are here. It seems we have all arrived here for a mini overland conference. Lots of sharing...

Driving in Guatemala is an experience, it seems everybody passes when there are solid lines on the road regardless of oncoming traffic. It is hairy. We arrived in Antigua a pretty little town full of gringos, us included studying Spanish. We parked our truck at the tourist police and have moved...

Don't you just hate it when things go on fire!! we had a little issue with lots of smoke pouring into our camper yesterday. Our battery terminals had shaken loose on the bad roads and when we plugged in the camper to external electrical power it must have caused some shorting at the loose...

We have just added to the Expedition Portal information on our Nissan Titan http://www.expeditionportal.com/vehicules/4x4.html We are currently in Guatemala and have traveled over 22,000 miles since we left on this expedition. We have traveled some tough roads and the Nissan is doing great, we...

Wow what else can I say, but Tikal the mayan ruins in the jungles of Guatemala are fabulous. Crossing the border from Belize into Guatemala was one of our easiest border crossings ever. Then we headed towards Tikal and got up early and in the morning mist with the animals and birds waking up we...

You are so right about the importance of being flexible when traveling. We do detail planning but always with the thought the plan serves as a guide not as the goal. Your comment got me thinking about why we have been able to do as much overlanding and traveling as we have over the past 38...

Thanks we had heard you could camp there but had no other information. We are heading into Guatemala tomorrow and going to see Tikal and then heading south. Safe travels

Sorry we missed you we will be in Guatemala for several weeks as we will be taking SPanish lessons in Antigua, hope to meet you soon

Appreciate the comments. We are now in the southern most town of Belize Punta Gorda. Belize is such a tiny country especially after traveling across Mexico. But it still has a ton to offer from great scuba diving and to hiking in the jungles so we have been doing a lot of exploring and more...

We have finally reached the border of Belize and will be crossing the border today. We are leaving Mexico after traveling for nearly 2 months when our original plan was only be in Mexico for 2 weeks, well so much for that plan!. Mexico is certainly a diverse and fascinating country. there is...

We spent the day planning our route through Central America and searching the web for overlanders who are ahead of us. It is always helpful to gather information of travellers who are ahead of us. We have managed to update our blog of our impressions of Mexico City, certainly worth a trip...