Tag: border town

Days 514 – 584: Uruguay to Argentina and the end of the journey

As far as border crossings have been on this trip, it seems like the forces of the universe saved the best for last; the crossing from Uruguay to Argentina on December 19 took about five minutes before we were riding into Argentina to finish our journey. Details are on our Border Crossings page for all […]

Days 508 – 513: Brazil to Uruguay and going coastal

The border crossing from Brazil to Uruguay was reasonably fast, but we did lose more time than needed because we accidentally entered Uruguay before exiting Brazil so we had to go back before proceeding. Not that we have any plans to return to Brazil in the near future, but we did get a visa for […]

Days 480 – 494: Chile to Argentina and the IguazĂș Falls

After four laid-back weeks in Chile, we crossed the Paso Cardenal Antonio SamorĂ© border and entered Argentina on November 15. This was our easiest crossing yet with both sides taking a total of 15 minutes and quite scenic as it was in the north of the Patagonia region. Details on the procedure are on our […]

Days 393 – 396: Ecuador to Peru and the road to Lima

On Monday, August 20, we crossed the border from Ecuador into Peru. It was a bit long because we had to wait in a relatively slow-moving line on the Ecuador side, but the process itself was straight-forward. Details are on our Border Crossings page.   Our first impression of Peru was far from good, to […]

Days 381 – 392: A lake, two cities, and a border town

Upon hearing about the beautiful colonial city of Cuenca, we knew that this was one place we needed to visit before leaving Ecuador so, after spending a great week in Quito, we headed south. Since the road to Cuenca is an 8-hour ride, we split the journey into two trips with a stop in the […]

Days 373 – 380: Colombia to Ecuador and a week in Quito

On July 31, we bid farewell to magical Colombia and crossed the border into Ecuador. We used the Rumichaca border crossing, which was fairly straight-forward and fast at around an hour and 15 minutes. For details, refer to our border crossings page. Our first stop was in Ibarra, a charming little town around two hours […]

Days 253 – 258: Costa Rica to Panama

On Monday, April 2, we bid farewell to San JosĂ© and started to make our way towards Panama with our first stop being in San Isidro de El General, a small city that was a three-hour ride away. This was one of our less enjoyable rides as we had a scare with the bike early in our […]

Day 211 – 214: Guatemala to El Salvador and the Salvadorian sun

On Monday, February 19, the four of us loaded all our worldly belongings on our respective bikes and said goodbye to Antigua Guatemala as we headed towards the border to El Salvador. The ride was just under three hours and the border crossing was surprisingly painless. We have added a Border Crossings section to our […]

Day 168: Playa del Carmen to Chetumal and the ruins at Chacchoben

On Sunday morning, Tim and Marisa met us at our apartment, packed and ready to hit the road. After we loaded our bike, the four of us said good-bye to Playa del Carmen and headed towards the Belizean border. The plan was to visit the Mayan ruins at Chacchoben on our way, stop in Chetumal […]

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