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Why did they take this trip? "We were flying from Alaska to Montana for Christmas and calculated the costs of plane tickets to visit family members around the country that year. It was a lot of money! After a thorough discussion about the importance of family, travel, and the fact that we were both turning 30 in 2012, we decided we needed to embark on an epic journey. In the past, we had discussed sailing around the world. There were a few problems with that, most importantly neither of us know how to sail (although Ken makes his living on the ocean, albeit in much bigger boats with motors), we did not own a sailboat, and Anaka gets horribly seasick. For some reason Ken knew a random... more
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We'll walk you through the typical bribery scenario: getting pulled over, description of the (likely) bogus infraction, threat of a multa (fine), request for a bribe, and how you can avoid paying the bribe.
Getting pulled over by the police - typical scenario
If you travel for any length of...
The entire network of roads in North, Central, and South America connect, except for a 50 km (30 miles) gap between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap. The Darien Gap has been crossed a handful of times by international teams, but is now considered too dangerous to cross due to rebel...
As you are most likely aware, road conditions in Latin America are (in general) much worse than road conditions in the United States and Canada. Most Latin American roads are small, two lane roads with little or no shoulder. The main roads generally are navigable by any vehicle (you don't need a...
If you are driving into Mexico, Central, or South America, you may want to get a four wheel drive, or more importantly, a car with extra clearance. This doesn't mean you have to have a 4x4 or a jacked up truck. We have profiled lots of roadtrippers driving the americas in everything from a...
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We've added a new feature that will allow you, DTA roadtrippers, the ability to report spam. While our kick-ass anti-spam machine Mollom catches most of the spam, some does slip through the cracks. If you see a forum post or comment that you think is spam, click on the Report Spam link and we...
After meeting up with Tom and Kelsey in Vancouver, Kristin and Chris were lucky enough to spend a couple of days with Caren and Rory just before they crossed the US/Mexico border on their way into Baja. We shared a couple of dinners and heard some of their already amazing stories about their...
Recently the Canadian contingent of DTA met up with some roadtrippers starting their Pan American roadtrip from Vancouver to Argentina. Rory and Caren, from New Zealand and Australia respectively, are two well-seasoned travellers. These two have been all over the place from Hong Kong to...
Keep sending your friends our way! We had a great time getting to know Tom last night, who was referred to Drive the Americas by our good friend Stu. (Stu has settled down in Nicaragua and hopes to open a hostel in San Juan del Sur - if you're passing through definitely drop him a line). We...
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