In September 2018 we bought a van in Canada with the aim of driving it to South America and selling it off. Once on the road, we realised we’d fallen in love with our new little home on wheels! Plans were quickly rethought. We ended up driving around Central America, exploring the jungles, beaches, and Mayan ruins. Check out our journey below! Or skip the writing and just see our photo highlights.
Day 0 – Preparing for Central America September 24, 2018 - We last posted daily during our Norway Cycle Tour and have been quiet since then. Over the past weeks we...
Day 1-5 – From Canada to Mexico September 24, 2018 - Day 1 After a goodbye breakfast with Andrew’s Dad, we set off from Vancouver to the US border. After an...
Day 6-8 – Crossing The Wall September 27, 2018 - Day 6 – Bad car day After posting to the blog yesterday, we thought we had everything under control to...
Day 9-11 – Down to Mazatlan October 2, 2018 - Day 9 – San Carlos to El Fuerte After a last dip in the pool, we set off from San...
Day 12-13 – Tequila! October 3, 2018 - Day 12 – Mazatlan to Tequila After another hostel breakfast, we headed back out onto the road. This time, heading...
Day 14-15 – Ancient Teotihuacan October 5, 2018 - Day 14 – The drive to Teotihuacan We forgot to crack the windows last night so we awoke in our...
Day 16-17 – Cholula October 8, 2018 - Day 16 – Teotihuacan to Cholula We woke up and Viki finished the end of her permanent residency application. It...
Day 18 – 20 – Oaxaca October 11, 2018 - Ps from last post. While we were sleeping in the van in Cholula we were rather rudely awoken when a...
Day 21-23 – Nature exploration in southern Mexico October 12, 2018 - Day 21 –Hierve El Agua “hot” springs My fever went down over night and I woke up with just an...
Day 24-26 – San Cristobal October 15, 2018 - Day 24 – Canyon del Sumidero We awoke after a nice night’s sleep in our secure parking area and cooked...
Day 27-28 – Crossing into Guatemala October 17, 2018 - Day 27 – Crossing into Guatemala It was a couple hours drive to the Guatemalan border from the waterfall parking...
Day 29-32 – San Marcos and Lake Atitlan October 20, 2018 - Day 29 – Yoga and coffee in San Marcos It rained all night and we quickly understood why it’s low...
Day 33-35 – Acatenango volcano hike October 24, 2018 - Day 33 – Iximche and local dinner We departed San Marcos with the aim of going to Antigua. We did...
Day 36-37 – Antigua and crossing into El Salvador October 28, 2018 - Day 36 – Antigua Antigua was the historic capital of Central America under Spanish rule from 1543 to 1776. It...
Day 38-40 – Surfing at El Zonte October 30, 2018 - Day 38 – Surfing in El Zonte El Zonte is totally a surfing town, or more like a surfing village....
Day 41-42 – Santa Teresa Hot Springs November 1, 2018 - Day 41 – Santa Teresa Hot Springs After our final “desayuno tipico” or “typical breakfast”, we packed our bags, got...
Day 43 – Copan November 4, 2018 - Day 43 – Copan With a long day ahead of us, we rose early (partly because we felt a bit...
Day 44-46 – Rio Dulce and Livingston November 4, 2018 - Day 44 – Along Rio Dulce to Livingston It was four or so hours driving to the town of Rio...
Day 47-48 – Flores and Tikal November 6, 2018 - Day 47 – Flores After a good nights sleep at the gas station, we set off on the four hour...
Day 49-50 – Palenque November 9, 2018 - Day 49 – Back into Mexico With a six hour drive ahead of us, we left Flores bright and early,...
Day 51-53 – Puebla November 12, 2018 - Day 51 – Driving to Puebla Today we drove 600km. We didn’t think we’d make it the full 10 hours...
Day 54-56 – La Malinche and Mineral Del Chico November 14, 2018 - Day 54 – Climbing La Malinche Volcano Knowing that we would have a big hike ahead of us today, we...
Day 57-58 More driving and Jerez November 18, 2018 - Day 57 – Another long driving day We awoke this morning to a terrifying sight. Our car was covered in...
Day 59-62 – Hot springs and ziplining in the Copper Canyon November 20, 2018 - Day 59 – Long day driving to Mapimi It was rather loud last night as we had been parked right...
Day 63-64 – Basaseachi waterfall and car repairs November 26, 2018 - Day 63 – Basaseachi waterfall We woke up early and had our usual breakfast of muesli before heading off. The...
Day 65-66 – Back to the USA November 27, 2018 - Day 65 – Back to the USA We were excited today. After two months south of the border, we were...
Day 67-68 – Arches National Park November 30, 2018 - Day 67 – Arches National Park Last night we made it to within a two hour drive of Arches National...