You cannot cross into Costa Rica from Panama at Rio Sereno near Volcan. They no longer sell insurance so will not let you into Costa Rica. Its cost us 3 hours at the border checking out and back into Panama.…

We have the car which was a bit of a nightmare. The depot has no ramp to get the car out the container. We used out waffle boards which luckily didn’t break off on the container as the mount point…

Its a long time since Solitaire and Apple Pie in Namibia and 300 days. This time its 600 days and we are in Central America. Colon is a bit of a dump but Panama is strange having been in South…

My last post in South America…..hopefully for now at any rate.We are in airport departure lounge which is crap really. Its got nothing so stay outside as long as possible. Just round to the left side of the airport (facing…

No sure what to say here. We went, we “bathed?”, we washed. We enjoyed it. It was 50,000COL each which included dinner. I’ve always wanted to go to one and now I have. Its an experience.I performed some other checks for…

A bit of info on shipping and a bit of info on air tickets…..AGAIN !A bit more info on the menu of the day…I forgot to say it was soup, main course and drink all for the price. I know some…

Some shots of our wander round Cartagena and some of our lunch. Its amazing what 9000COL gets you. Soup and main course and a drink. This is £3.04p which is amazing really. Its been cheaper in other countries but we…

Some photos of where we are staying in Cartagena. You may note there is a car park in front and its big enough for Land Rover or medium truck. The Hotel is 70,000 or $37usd. Its got cable TV, Air-con…

Today we loaded Matilda in a container. Many hours were wasted. We arrived at 9am at the terminal and didn’t leave till about 5pm. Two hours were taken for them to make a mess inspecting all our belongings. Only I…

Today we went to the shipping agent to complete some paperwork and pay some money. At the moment we aren’t filled with confidence that they are 100% used to shipping overlanders. They don’t speak a work of English but we…

We seem to have a knack of finding them….Those of you in the know will recognise the magazine as the Jehovah Witness publication. The hotel receptionist was reading it so I snatched it. English version. Now handed back for someone…

If only it was this simple….Time again for finding a shipping company to take us across and area where we are not allowed to go. This is the way of things. We need to ship over the Darien Gap and…

Last night we stayed in a Mobil/Esso station over the oil drain pit. Armed guard watching and a little cafe where we could eat. Problem was in the morning we needed to move at 7:15am for two lorries to do…

Last night we stayed for free with an lovely Australian man at his Garden Nursery. He’s got quite a huge plot of land near Ibarra, Ecuador and sells thousands of plants wholesale style. He has a nice spot to park…

More on the spider when i upload the photos tomorrow.There I was going under the car an this little fella….(LARGE fella) decided to happen by. Not sure what he is or if he’s a biter but I didn’t stick around…