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Traveling the Americas with a Kid

Join us on the road as our story unfolds…

We have been on the road for 1858 Days. After four years and 79’000miles, we are now traveling through South America! USA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and these days in Argentina… :-)) You can read everything about our adventures here and or watch our YouTube videos. Enjoy!

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#51 The Colombian Goodbye Tour

We made it back to civilisation! After 17 days in the wilderness, WhatsApp messages were ringing through, the smooth asphalt beneath our wheels felt like silk and entering Puerto Gaitàn was like stepping into a…

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#50 The Orinoco Expedition

The “Orinoco Expedition” was one of our biggest trips within the trip! We are currently writing an article about it for “Overland Journal” Magazine and can therefore not publish it here on our website. Please…

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#49 Return to Colombia

El Dorado airport, Bogotá- Arrivals. We stand outside the main doors of the terminal building, still clothed in the thick layers we slipped into 24 hours prior; 8’442 km away. It is Christmas Eve, and…

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#47 Our journey to the Overland Fest

On one of our Overlander get-togethers in Cartegena, Colombia’s first-ever ‘Overland Fest’ came into conversation. It was going to be held in Puerto Berrio about six weeks from then, why not all reunite and attend?…

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#46 Arrival in South America

When driving the Panamerican highway, many overlanders plan in a year. With us, it takes a tad bit longer- try three years longer- and that’s only halfway, and we’re not including Canada and Alaska either!…

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#45 Panama

Panama- our final destination in Central America. We did indeed cross over the Costa Rica/Panama border with no drama at all. Those fears of being detained once again because of a lack of entry stamp…

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#44 Costa Rica Part 4

With an action-packed tour of the country behind us it was time to make our way to Panama. We decided to take the Quetzal mountain pass again down to Uvita, stopping at a wonderful trout…

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#43 Costa Rica Part 3

With our Swiss family, we had always had a bit of a reputation for being late. In fact, back in Switzerland, Richie’s sister, Nicole, would cleverly set her time to about an hour before schedule…

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#42 Costa Rica Part 2

So, how did our Drone end up at a butchers in San Jose? Well, a friend of ours, Mar, used to work in Switzerland with Abigail. She is Costa Rican and she and her Swiss hubby,…