January 9, 2009 – 12:57 pm
Although leaving Ecuador was a 4 hour nightmare, the happenstance of arriving in Colombia on January 6th, however was a giddy dream come true!
We had been warned about a potential delay at the border, but for whatever reason we had somewhat dismissed those warnings until, in line, after a full hour we hadn’t moved one inch. The best part was that we were waiting outside, in the sun, just miles from the equator. There were actually two lines on each side of the immigration building; one for those leaving Ecuador and one for those arriving. The lines merged not so gracefully together at the guarded front door, and 4 hours later we were in (albeit at the back of another line), only to come face to face with 3 unimpressed immigration employees behind the only three desks. Business as usual, I suppose.
By Melissa Terry
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Also posted in Borders, Visas and Paperwork, Colombia, For some laughs, History, South America
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Tagged Borders, Visas and Paperwork, Carnival de Negros and Blancos, Colombia, Colombia/Ecuador border, Pasto, traveling through Southern Colombia
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December 16, 2008 – 7:49 pm
“You have driven to Timbuktu?!” is a statement we regularly hear. It is a place that is in everyone’s head as somewhere far and away. Timbuktu, like the Great Wall of China, or the Outback in Australia are all places that we put on the list when planning the adventure. The Gobi
By Steven Shoppman
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Also posted in Bolivia, Road Conditions, South America
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Tagged biking the death road, Bolivia, death road, el camino muerte, la paz, northern bolivia, vertigo biking, worlds most dangerous road, yungas road
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November 10, 2008 – 12:45 pm
The world is full of differences and we have been very privileged to witness a tremendous amount of diversity throughout the course of the expedition. Differences abound at all levels of society and culture and learning about why people, cultures and countries do things differently and more importantly, appreciating that certain things are in fact done differently is an invaluable education. However, from time to time, you also learn that many things are quite similar and familiar to what you know and recognize from home, wherever that may be.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Argentina, South America, Trip Thoughts
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Tagged Argentina, Asado, broncos, Canada, cowboy, El Chalten, gaucho, Mexico, National Western Stockshow, rodeo, South America
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October 21, 2008 – 10:59 am
When it comes to driving around the world, obviously there are several different routes you can take because as far as I know, there is no one official path to take. I assume that if you make it a full 360 degrees from east to west, or from west to east, you can lay claim to driving around the world, barring of course the time and distance that you and your vehicle(s) spend crossing the bodies of water that lay in between. On our particular expedition, we are covering the appropriate east-west distance to fulfill our goal of driving around the world but in the process, we are also deviating quite a bit north of the equator and quite a bit south …
September 5, 2008 – 4:14 pm
A district of Buenos Aires named La Boca is probably what many of you have seen in travel photos of this city. It is a place where the local people have managed to spruce up one of the poorer neighborhoods in the city by painting the walls with bright colors and lining the streets with eccentric artwork…
By Steven Shoppman
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Also posted in Argentina, New Photos, South America, Trip Thoughts
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Tagged Argentina, argentina futbol, boca juniors, Buenos Aires, futbol, la boca, la bombonera, latin america, South America
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We have been waiting for word on our Angolan visas now for nearly two weeks. That fact that this past Thursday, May 1st was May Day, or International Workers Day did not help our situation in the least bit. May Day is celebrated throughout the world, except in the United States where we honor workers […]
We have new photos up. The links to the galleries are below.Australian Aid School Building Project – AUS AID has committed to help build 2,000 schools in Indonesia over the course of the next 2 years.Indonesia this Morning on Metro TV – Our first international TV appearance. Tioman Island, Salang, Malaysia – This island was […]
Setting off at 10pm, we met our guide and his friend who had a car the would take us on the two hour drive to Selo. Since we did not go through a tourism company and being that we were in Indonesia, this seemed relatively normal. This feeling did not last long. Slowing down at […]
On our journey further south we have arrived in a town named Geelong. In stark contrast from the busy city of Melbourne, this quaint little town has an unbelievable waterfront with a quiet little restaurant serving excellent food, wood carved statues ornamenting the small parks along the boardwalk and lines of sailboats ready to cruise […]
