South & Central America content

The basic procedures for crossing borders In Central America are as follows: First you need to get your passport stamped out of the country your leaving at migración (migration) and than get your vehicle permit and the permit for yourself cancelled at la aduana (customs). Upon entering the next country you get your passport stamped in at migración and than go to la aduana for permits for the vehicle and yourself. The amount of time and money you spend doing this simple process can vary considerably.
I drove my 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 from Northern Michigan down To San Jose, Costa Rica in the fall of 2008 to finish some dental implant work I had started there in July and to enrol in a Spanish Learning School for 3 weeks while doing a "homestay" with a Costa Rican family.
The border crossing information is designed to help the novice who may not speak very much Spanish or has never gone through border crossings in Central America develop some strategies to do so, thus saving time and money. The rest of the site's goal is to also inform and maybe entertain. The focus is not just about a motorcycle trip, rather it is about reflections on the different countries and people I experienced as well as why I sought dental care outside the U.S. and wanted to find a Spanish speaking school. It’s really about me learning how to do a blogging site while on the trip, working on becoming a better writer and the adventure of learning about Latin America. Simply put, I want to learn while perhaps helping others learn, remembering that it’s not always important as to what mode of travel you arrive in, but that you simply arrive.

A Motorcycle Adventure In Search Of The Improbable It's 2008. The world enters economic meltdown. A global flu pandemic looms. An historical US presidential election is taking place and, somewhere in the Americas, a lone Irishman is coaxing his temperamental Italian motorcycle through another electrical breakdown…

My story about my trip, left Canada end of December 2009, still going (March 2010)

Too young to retire, not enough money to get where you need to go? Some planning and desire for challenges take this young Mexican girl and her Canadian man across the Americas. Join us as we travel North to South with "MD Moto Adventure Researchers".

From December 2009 through the spring of 2010 I'll be traveling by motorcycle from Boulder, Colorado through Mexico, Central America and South America.
The purpose of this trip is simple- to live in the moment, enjoy life, see the world, make some great memories and maybe learn a thing or two along the way.

Alex decided to spend the money he earns to improve his experience, not his situation. 'Without a Tether' is a website and blog describing his journey from there, and supplying information on cheap living and traveling with a motorcycle.

Detailing Dan's solo drive along the Pan American Highway from Northern Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego in his 2000 Jeep TJ.

Bruce and Jean running away (again), this time 6 months + to go from Canada to somewhere in South America, maybe Ushuaia, maybe not. One on an Aprilia Pegaso Trail, and the other on a 10 year old XJR1300(SP).

The journey of two Latinos exploring Central and South America on Sidecar, while they help Bruce Organisation to educate street kids and eradicate poverty.