Discovershare , It looks like you are having a Fun Trip there from the pictures !! Enjoy every min of it , Your Kids will learn so much and remember that trip for a lifetime . I know I was 10 when my Family left for Brasil back in 1987 , We Drove a 1985 ford F150 van From Florida to Southern Brasil , The only place we did not drive was through Columbia , Back in 87 Panama was bad enough but Columbia they said NO !!, we put our van on a barge and flew to Ecuador and picked up the van and continued . If you go through Bolivia be careful with the roads there especially near La Paz, That was the scariest part of the whole trip. We put almost 13000 miles on the van and took about 32 days, needless to say we did not spend much time in the countries but we had FUN !! , We sold the van and Flew Back to Florida. Again Be Safe and Enjoy the Trip of a Lifetime !!!