Paraguay “Some R&R”: Nathaniel’s POV
Surprisingly, rest and relaxation are hard to come by on a year long trip in Latin America. Some may think our trip is solely chilling on...
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A Pan-American Journey
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- Jan 9
- 13 min
Chapter 18: Fin del Mundo / Tierra del Fuego
About two hours from Rio Gallegos on a bad ripio road, there is a place where you can live with penguins. At first glance there is...
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- Jan 7
- 10 min
Chapter 17: Landscape Architecture / Patagonia
We did not escape the clutches of Puerto Montt easily. Our transmission cooler had developed a crack and was leaking fluid. What would...
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- Jan 4
- 5 min
Bolivia: “When the going gets tough…” Nathaniel’s POV
After many blog posts describing all the happy times and phenomenal places we have experienced, I think it’s time one of our posts...
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- Dec 31, 2023
- 10 min
Chapter 16: The Argentine Line-up / Northern Argentina
It is election time in Argentina, and in Buenos Aires that seems to form a plausible excuse to protest. Most of the protests seem...
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- Dec 13, 2023
- 13 min
Chapter 15: A Long Left Turn / Paraguay
John Steinbeck says that a journey has a personality of its own, that it is debatable whether you take the journey, or the journey takes...
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- Nov 9, 2023
- 14 min
Chapter 14: A Bag of Limes / Bolivia
We left Peru through a narrow side street that got us around a blockade. There are stuffed mannequins with political slogans hung by...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 11 min
Chapter 13: Stone Trails / Peru Part 2
Our return to the dusty town of Huaraz tears us abruptly from our mountain dreams. The Duramax seems to be acting up and is throwing...
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- Oct 25, 2023
- 6 min
Peru: “More than Machu”: Nathaniel’s POV
What do you immediately think of when you hear… “Peru?” Can I take a wild guess? I’ll bet you thought of Machu Picchu. It is totally...
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- Oct 25, 2023
- 8 min
Chapter 12: Andes / Peru Part 1
We have encountered the Andes. Like the raised backbone of some buried prehistoric creature, they form the spine of the continent. Where...
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- Sep 16, 2023
- 12 min
Chapter 11: Crossing the Line / Ecuador
By Paul Fast It’s early May many years ago, and my father and I are in an alleyway, knocking on the back door of any restaurants we can...
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- Sep 11, 2023
- 9 min
Chapter 10: Finding Hope / Colombia Part Two
By Paul Fast The van bounces down increasingly worse roads. We are on the way to visit El Progresso, a Level 1 “Communa” on the margins...
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- Sep 2, 2023
- 4 min
Ecuador “All you need”: Nathaniel’s POV
The official slogan of Ecuador is: “All you need is Ecuador.” How fitting. Ecuador is one of the smaller countries on the globe, but boy...
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- Aug 19, 2023
- 1 min
UPDATE: New Blog Revamp!
The official North to South blog has been updated!
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- Aug 1, 2023
- 5 min
Colombia 2.0: Nathaniel's POV
Big City or Small Town? This legendary debate has been the source of many dinner conversations during our travels throughout the second...
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- Jul 20, 2023
- 14 min
Running From Derumbes / Colombia Part 1
By Paul Fast I don’t know how to write about Colombia. This is not a land that reconciles itself cleanly into the neat bundle of a 3000...
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- Jun 21, 2023
- 5 min
Colombia 1.0: Nathaniel's POV
Colombia is a country reborn. Let me elaborate. Since our grandparents and great-grandparents can remember, the name "Colombia" summons...
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- Jun 6, 2023
- 9 min
Panama Week #9/10/11: Nathaniel's POV
It's a scorching 35 degrees, the sun at its full glory is beating down on my back, my bare feet are pock-marked with blisters the size of...
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- May 28, 2023
- 11 min
Chapter 8: The End of a Road / Panama
By Paul Fast The camper is melting. It’s 35⁰C, 90% humidity and even the Panamanians are sweating. The soft EPDM gaskets have hit their...
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- May 10, 2023
- 6 min
Chapter 7: Travellers not Tourists / Costa Rica
By Paul Fast The compass is pointed south again. For some reason, I find myself mildly agitated every time the compass heading shows...
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