Dog-friendly travel

Yes, you can travel overland with your dog(s)! We have met many travelers in the Americas with their dogs, and most of them were like us–not the richest, not the most organized, not the most Spanish-speaking. If you want to…
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The Best Travel Bag in the World

People planning their own trips always want to know what gear we recommend. Over the next few weeks, as part of our post-trip roundup, we’ll be sharing some of our stories with critical gear–I wouldn’t exactly call them ‘reviews,’ just…
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Anti-climax

Machu Picchu is not an easy place to get to. If you’re coming from anywhere outside Peru, your best-case scenario is a flight into Lima, a flight from Lima to Cusco, a two-hour train ride to Aguas Calientes (aka Machu…
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To Lima and beyond

We ended up staying five nights in Lima, accomplishing important things like: showering, doing laundry, taking Milo to the vet, visiting the mechanic, SUSHI, and meeting our new friend Miguel and a bunch of other Westy owners. We also enjoyed…
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Have dog, will travel…slowly

A month after first arriving in Panama City, we are still in Panama City. This has to do with three things: Our recent trip to California, the Darien Gap shipping process, and The Dog. To be fair, Milo has not really cost us a ton of money so far on this trip. He eats what we eat, and vet visits...
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Campsite Movie Night? C’mon, Really?

I did something on my last trip that I never thought I’d do: found an amazing little perch about 500 feet above a gorgeous valley which extended from horizon to horizon, set up camp, grilled a fantastic pork chop, poured myself a Maker’s Mark, and finally… fired up the movie...
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Observations from a First-time Overlander

My family has always been tent campers and backpackers. We love roughing it. When the gang at Central Overland invited me to head to New Mexico and Colorado for ten days I jumped at the chance, but I didn’t think I’d be exploring random backcountry roads in a Lexus with heated...
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Panama

We have sort of trucked through Panama pretty quickly. We hit the 10-month mark of our travels in Boquete, the highlands, where we enjoyed the cool weather and worked out some van problems.   Boquete is a strange place because it’s filled with gringos. Gringolands mean one thing to...
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Bits and bites, nine months in

Today marks nine months on the road, and we have been observing this milestone by holing up in an air-conditioned hotel in Granada. The current mood has a bit to do with travel fatigue, a bit to do with heat exhaustion, and a whole lot to do with a whole lot of bites. Something I didn’t do...
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Familiar grounds

For the first time since Baja (or backtracking our few times through San Cristóbal), we have arrived in a place that I’ve visited before–Nicaragua. Back in 2008, in the summer between my first and second years of grad school, I came to Nicaragua for two weeks with two friends...
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Embrace Surprises While Traveling

If you ask me, I think the surprise factor in travel is underrated. While many folks I know choose to spend time planning out every detail of a trip so surprises can be eliminated, I usually fly by the seat of my pants.  Most days on the road, I get the wheels spinning without knowing...
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A Few Tips on Tipping Around the World

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Ten Tips for Making Friends While Traveling Overland

Just because it’s the road less traveled doesn’t mean you’re the only one on it. Traveling overland can be very rewarding, but it can also mean a lot of long, lonely miles far from home.  This is true whether you’re solo or riding with a co-pilot or two....
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