Rainy Costa Rica

As the truck was now in order and our hotel room was becoming much too comfortable, we set off for the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.  Who could resist the tropical beaches, warm breezes, and fresh seafood?  We were pumped to start the journey. We blasted out of San Jose, only missing one or two […]
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Glory to Desk – Our First Month Home

To be honest, our first month home was a bit of a whirlwind.  Within a week we had found a new place to live and bought a truck.  By the second week we had visited all of our immediate family and moved the necessary belongings into our new home.  We were both back to work by […]
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The Best Camera For Overlanding

  The best camera is the one that’s with you. – Chase Jarvis   One of the most common questions from those reading our blog is, “What camera do you use?”  Sure, almost all analog or digital photos go through some sort  of post-processing, but you always have to start with a good image.  Getting […]

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2014 NW Overland Rally Recap

Our 2014 NW Overland Rally experience started about 10 minutes before we were supposed to talk about our Vancouver to Costa Rica trip.  Traffic at the border and along Highway 2 added a couple of extra hours to our journey.  We rolled in at 6:50pm, just in time for our 7:00pm presentation and finally allowing the organizer, […]

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Northern Costa Rica

We get it Costa Rica, you’re beautiful.  You have lush green rainforest, white sand beaches, bright blue oceans, and deep red sunsets. After crossing the border we headed straight for the Junquillal Bay Wildlife Refuge for a night of camping on the beach.  We arrived and were told it was $19 per person to camp. […]

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Nicaraguan Home Stay

After leaving Somoto we made our way to the town of Esteli in search of information about a possible homestay.  We stopped in at Hostel Luna’s affiliate tour company, Treehuggers […]

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Hiking Somoto Canyon, Nicaragua

After our escapades at the Honduras-Nicaraguan border we didn’t have much daylight left to make it to the Somoto Canyon.  We did however pull into the town of Somoto where we […]

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Honduras: The Murder Capital of the World

With a reputation of being the murder capital of the world who wouldn’t want to go to Honduras?  During our volunteer prep back home in Vancouver we had the choice between […]

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Volunteering with the Honduras Child Alliance

The next stop for us was El Porvenir, where we would be situated for a week volunteering with the Muskoka Foundation and Honduras Child Alliance.  Prior to our departure from […]

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Goodbye Belize, Hola Guatemala: Tikal Ruins

After our adventures in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve we made our way down the mountain into the town of San Ignacio and the Clarissa Falls Resort and Campground. […]

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I Can’t Belize We Left Mexico

Yes, we did it.  Funny blog post name about Belize:  Check!  We spent 4 months in Mexico and, although we loved it, were ready to explore some new territory. As […]

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The Oliver Family Visits the Yucatan

After leaving the jungle in Palenque we started on the long trip to Playa del Carmen.  We had a few days before Ash’s parents were flying in and meeting us […]

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Palenque – Welcome to the Jungle

We stopped at a great little campground (Rancho Camping San Nicolas) in San Cristobal de Las Casas where we met Shannon and Josh from The Next Adventures and Wilson, Sarah, […]

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Oaxaca and the Pueblos Mancommunados

Our plan after Mexico City was to head to the colonial town of Puebla to try the famous mole poblano and then continue on to hike the dormant volcano Ixtaccihuatl. […]

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Mexico City – I Want to Ride My Bicycle

After our trip to the amazing pyramids in Teotihuacan, we parked the truck at the RV park and hopped on a bus bound for Mexico City. The bus ride was […]

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Teotihuacan Pyramids

The ruins of Teotihuacan were the first that we saw on our trip. Finished in 100AD, the Pyramid of the Sun towers over the site and is the third-largest pyramid […]

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La Penita Market

La Penita Market 8am-Noon every Thursday We were told by more than one person that we had to go check out the market in La Penita.  By 8am the vendors […]

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Rincon De Guayabitos

We love Rincon De Guayabitos.  So do the Mexicans.  Tourists from the inland cities poured into Guayabitos and covered the beaches, surrounded the taco stands, and cranked up the volume […]

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Baja California Summary – 39 Days In Paradise For $1386

You need three things to spend 39 days adventuring through Baja California: 1.  The AAA Map for Baja This map showed all of the small places that a lot of […]

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Missions, Mudbaths and Machetes

It may sound weird to our friends and family back home who are dealing with the rain, snow, and sleet right now… but we were beached out and, as John […]

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