We flew into Panama expecting to have to wait a week in a hotel before picking up Big Bertha from the port. But the shipping stars were aligned and we got the call to come to port on our third day and so we were limited to one day of sightseeing in Panama City, but nonetheless, we liked what we […]
We have left South America! We had never been there before (except Francine’s very short Venezuelan visit, a long time ago) and we were not sure what to expect, but it has very much lived up to the hype – we have really enjoyed our nearly two year trip around this massive continent. Of course, there have been some ‘bumps’ […]
There is no road between South and Central America. Not a lot of people know that! Instead we have the DariĆ©n Gap; a 100km stretch of dense rainforest and swamp on the border between Panama and Colombia, making it the only overland break in the Pan-American Highway. So you’d think there would be a vehicle ferry. Er no. Instead we […]
We get asked all the time about the statistics behind our journey. When we started, we made a budgetary estimate as to how much our adventure would cost us and this has been pretty much on target. Budding adventurers may find this very useful in formulating their own plans. We published our statistics for Southern Africa here and it has […]
We are leaving Colombia (and South America)! We have enjoyed our stay here, prolonged as it was due to the normal shipping shenanigans. After leaving Mompox, one of the ‘colourful towns‘ we continued to the coast expecting to ship Big Bertha in short order, but then we received an email to say the Colombian customs were not working over Easter […]