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We packed most of our belongings and stuff we felt we wanted to keep and shipped them off to Natalie’s family in
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Our first stop was to visit Gerald, Nicole, Beryl and the kids. Since we needed to have some work done on the truck close to Albany, we stayed a few days, went to Long Beach and returned.
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As always, much fun was had in Long Beach...lots of running around and good copmany.
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Next stop was visiting the Moriarty's. It was a full house. Everyone had lots of fun!!!
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Our next stop...to visit the Sierra's. We had a wonderful time, ate way too much gooood cooking and said our final goodbyes to family...
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Last stop at a place with a shower and running water...we stopped at Mike's place for longer than we expected, but had a great time, met a lot of great people, hung out, worked on the truck and prepared ourselves for the next big adventure!!
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These pictures are a little view of the ride we took along the Parkway with Mike - we spent three great days and nights camping and driving...it was truly the Royal sendoff!!
A new way to view our pics will require you to click on "?" button to see the captions. You can also view it by slideshow by clicking on the play button...
The links below are the names of the Mexican states we visited in the order that we went through them. Chihuahua is numbered I and II because we got lost in the mountains for a few days and found ourselves in the state of Sonora unintentionally. We then headed back into Chihuahua again.
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Chihuahua I
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| Nayarit
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Tabasco / Campeche
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Sonora
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| Jalisco/Michoacan
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Yucatan / Campeche
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Chihuahua II
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| Mexico DF
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| Quintana Roo
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Sinaloa
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| Oaxaca
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| Chiapas
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Don't forget to press the "?" button to read the captions
We think the pictures speak for how much we enjoyed ourselves...
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Northern Belize
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Bermudian Landing
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Placencia
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Last days in Placencia
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Leaving Belize
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Guatemala was awesome! We met so many great people, visited beautiful spots, Nat took a Spanish course and we helped save some turtles.
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Peten
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Alta Verapaz
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Izabal & Guat. city
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Puerto San Jose(12 Pics) |
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Antigua area
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Atitlan
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Hawaii
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Ah El Salvador, it may be poor and may have a bad reputation because of its past, but we found it to be beautiful. The feeling of self determination and righteousness of the people was evident in everyone we met. This shows us the true power of the people to never give up in their quest for a better life, and their tenacity in demanding justice and accountability.
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El Zonte
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San Salvador
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Bajo Lempa
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Feeling pressed for time and itching to get to South America we needed to go faster now. Maybe we'll come back to these two countries some day.
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Flying through
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We had a short and sweet visit in Costa Rica, seeing beautiful shorelines and meeting up with some fellow Landcruiser travelers. Needing to get to Colombia by Christmas, we headed to Panama after a week to have time to fix some issues with Ola and ship her to her next destination from the Panama canal. Costa Rica has many beautiful spots that we did not stop at, but we still had a great time.
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Costa Rica
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Our high hopes for providing Ola with a bit of an overhaul for the next leg of our journey were dashed when our mechanic failed to do his job. We were fortunate to have an apartment to hang out in, but we found being in Panama difficult with the set-backs and too many broken promises. We loaded Ola into a container and headed for Colombia.
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Panama
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Food, drinks, friends and family made this a very special stop on our journey. Don't believe the hype about Colombia, it's a beautiful place to visit.
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Bogota
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Samana Day 1
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Samana Day 2
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Samana Day 3
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Villa Maria / Manizales
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Cali & New Years
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Popayan
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Leaving Colombia
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We've made it to the Southern Hemisphere. We are thinking of either selling or shipping Ola in Chile, but we need to get there first. Ecuador has been short, but hard due mostly to Ola's mechanical issues. These are interesting times in Latin America though.
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6 days in Ecuador
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Thank you to all the folks in Peru and the country itself for giving us the push we needed to reenergize and continue this glorious adventure.
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Peru before Lima
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Peru after Lima
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Chile has been beautiful...a very long, but not very wide country, we've been able to stay near the coast and enjoy the many quiet beaches and meet up with more family friends in Antofagasta. The Northern desert has cool sculptures jutting from the sand and scattered historical sites. We're still searching for options to ship the truck and so far Chile might not be the place.
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Chile
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Argentina is full of fabulous opportunities to see wildlife without having to join an expedition and amazing views of snow capped mountains, glaciers and lakes. There is camping in every town; free or very cheap. We encountered the same openness with the people as we had the whole trip. This was the last South American country we visited before we flew to Sydney, Australia.
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Argentina Part 1
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Aregentina Part 2
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Argentina Part 3
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