John writes: after an enjoyable evening, including a nightcap on the 50th floor overlooking the bright lights of Panama City, our intrepid team decided to retake the Darien Gap as the weather was looking favourable on the Caribbean coast. Leaving at 7am, we said adios to the slick world of Panama City and back to … Continue reading Day 21 Monday 15th October: Mind the (Darien) gap →

Mike writes: waking up to Panama's 21st century skyline was a bit of a shock after El Salvador. Lois and Alexandra's lovely apartment in Punta Pacifica is our base for the next few days exploring Panama. It has great views of both the city and the sea, plus pelicans swooping past the balcony regularly, at … Continue reading Day 20 Sunday 14th October: Panama City – the old and the new →

Chris Writes: We awoke at what are our usual times now ranging from 04.30am – 06.00am depending on how many people are in the bedroom that night [the budget doesn’t always allow to have a room each and we usually have to share]. Remembering that after our excellent lunch at Beto’s yesterday, that we hadn’t … Continue reading Day 19 Saturday 13th October: ‘Four countries down and seven to go’ – But still on the Warm up →

John writes: our day started with a beautiful balcony view down river towards the Pacific surfers paradise. A quality breakfast was marred by loud gringos so we escaped for a day to go local amongst the El Salvadorians. Retracing last night's steps, we walked along the coast seeing huge rollers crashing onto very black beaches … Continue reading Day 18 Friday 12th October: Living ‘La Vida Loca’ →

Mike writes: After a very adventurous couple of days in Rio Dulce, we remembered it was a road trip and returned to the dockside to collect the Cayenne. Time to say farewell to Guatemala, a fantastic country that far exceeded our expectations, helped in no small measure by the Carlows' hospitality. Today's target was El … Continue reading Day 17 Thursday 11th October: Coast to coast →