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| Roadtrippin.com | This site has a resources section for people taking extended road trips to exotic locations, and a roadtrippers section full of stories and tips collected from people on the road. |
| VW Vagabonds | Well known site with information on traveling the Pan-American highway, along with answers to common questions. |
| Drive Me Loco | The "Gringos guide to driving to Costa Rica", along with advice and an FAQ. |
| Panama or Bust | Information and book sales on Mexico and Central America. |
| Ramble Writer | Offers information to travelers, soon-to-be travelers, or readers who are just interested in travel in Central and South America. |
| Globespots | A honest travel inspiration website featuring places you probably want to travel to. |
| Americas Overland, The Driving Handbook | This book (published in June 2008) covers driving through 16 countries: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Boliva, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. The Handbook is the culmination of 4 years of research and contains information and forms (shipping and border crossing) collected up through April 2008. It is specifically written for driving cars, campers and motorhomes through the Americas with advice on a wide range of topics. |
| Campers Trailers.org | Australian Campers/Trailers is a non-profit organization that connects people who want to chat about camper trailers, travel or just camping in general. Members come from all walks of life, but have a common interest in the great outdoors. Includes camping, repairs, upcoming events, new and used camper trailer purchases, and trip reports. |
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| Southbound Hound | Good information on traveling with pets through Central America. 30% of Southbound Hound's net-profits generated through the sale of prints, individual images and the image collection will be donated to a non-profit animal rescue group. |
| Freedom Thru Movement | Good information on traveling by motorcycle through Central America. |
| Bodes Well | Jason and his family are driving from California to Ushuaia. |
| Austin to Argentina | Two guys in a 1995 Honda Accord completed a trip from Austin, TX to Argentina. Great advice post on doing the trip yourself. |
| The Darien Plan | Blog about traveling from USA to South America in a 2008 Honda Element with an integrated pop top camper. |
| Joydrive | Blog about driving from Canada to the tip of South America in a 1991 VW Golf. |
| Zooey en Rianne | Traveling and surfing from USA to Panama in a 1986 Toyota 4-runner 4x4 (in Dutch with some English) |
| Path to enlightenment | Jesse left California after being laid off to pursue a dream trip to explore places for surf (mainly), learn a second language & get some cultural perspective. |
| Alaska Patagonia | Emmanuelle and Marius are following snow dumps from Alaska to Argentina, backcountry skiing and mountain climbing their way through North, Central, and South America. |
| Bo 'n' Louise | Round the world tour on motorcycles, starting from the US to South America |
| Two for the road | A trip log for Adam & Grace's motorcycle journey through Central and South America |
| Southbound Explorers | Ashley and Moreno are driving from Vancouver, BC to the tip of South America |
| 95 Degrees South | Kacey and Dave left the US on July 27th, 2009 headed south to Ushuaia in their '95 Toyota Tacoma |
| 99 Days To Panama | An exploration of Panama by motorhome - good information on planning, borders, and camping |
| Adventure Learning Foundation | This educational site is about increasing cultural understanding and follows the foundation's founders as they explore the world. The World of Wonders Project follows them as they now drive their vehicle around the world, to date through 40 countries. The country pages include their travel journal, photos as well as camping information for other world travelers. |
| Wander Globe | Travelog of Scott's travels in Latin America with Dante, his VW pop-top camper van. Has useful Tips and Tricks for the road as well as suggestions for VW modifications. |
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[edit] Recommended travel guides
Buying books can get quite expensive. Try getting new books that have overviews (like one book each for South and Central America) that will be up to date, and then look for used books on individual countries you are interested in. Alibris has a particularly good selection of used books available online.
- Lonely Planet: Mexico - Comprehensive travel guide on Mexico.
- Lonely Planet: Central America on a Shoestring - a good budget traveler's overview of Central America. The maps aren't great for drivers, but it's a good list of cheap hotels, food, and things not to miss.
- Lonely Planet: South America on a Shoestring - a good budget traveler's overview of South America. Likewise, the maps aren't great for drivers, but it's a good list of cheap hotels, food, and things not to miss.
- Rough Guide to Central America on a Budget Nicely compliments the Lonely Planet shoestring guide.
- Rough Guide to South America on a Budget Nicely compliments the Lonely Planet shoestring guide.
- Traveler's Guide to Mexican Camping - Book written mostly for the RV crowd, but good for anyone doing a lot of camping in Mexico.
[edit] Recommended Reading
Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.
A careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island.
A global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race.
Paul Theroux's travelog about taking trains from Boston, Massachusetts to Patagonia, Argentina in the 1970s.
(Book summaries from Powell's Books)
[edit] Recommended Movies
Get in the mood for some steamy jungles, pristine beaches, banditos, and pre-Colombian culture
Story of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's 1952 journey through South America with his friend Alberto Granado.
An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle.
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family (in Spanish).
The journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and destruction of his village.
- Cidade de Deus (City of God)
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer (in Portugese)
When five landlocked Austrians road trip from LA to Costa Rico, it becomes a comedy, a philosophical diversion, and an investigation of the myth of the surfer dude itself.
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
After the army destroys their village and family, Mayan Indian peasants, decide they must flee to "El Norte" ("the North", i.e., the USA). After receiving clandestine help and advice on strategies for traveling through Mexico, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
(summaries from IMDb)
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