What a LONG journey it was to finally reach Medan!!  Thank goodness hitchhiking works wonderfully in this country, though!!  I didn't t...

Quick stop in Dumai . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

So, we've finally step foot in Indonesia, though Batam wasn't exactly the place we wanted to find ourselves at . . . Had NO intention of finding ...

If you're into shopping, you definitely can't miss out on Singapore!!  I don't think I've ever seen so many shopping malls in such ...

Back in KL to take our flight to Singapore . . . But before taking off, a little stop at Elma's, another contact of ours from CS. What a breath...

Now, how in the world did I find myself in an itsy bitsy village, called Jentong?!!! Thanks to Arnaud!!! :) It kind of brought back memories f...

Ahh!! Finally can get some fresh air in beautiful Cameron Highlands!!  Did us some good, however, I could have done without the cold weather!!...

After spending a couple of unexpected, but rather glorious days with our friends in Bandar Tasek Mutiara, we finally made it to our original d...

Ok, so back on the road we were, ready for a brand new adventure!  We only had one real concern: Was hitchhiking going to work in Malaysia and...

Quick stop in Rawang . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Selamat Datang!!  Malaysia, our first country to be visited during our tour of Asia . . . truly exciting!!!  Now knowing what we k...

Finally back in Sydney, after an eventful and pretty long journey from Victoria, aka Mexico :) !!! This time, though, we had plenty of sunshi...

Although I wasn't able to celebrate my nation's birthday properly, I still think that I had one of the best 4th of July ever!! Generosity was huge...

Well, after having spent 2 very long relaxing weeks in Yamba, you bet I was ready to get back to a city!!  We still had about a week and a h...

Quick stop in Newcastle . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Coffs Harbour . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Grafton . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

What a surprise to find ourselves with a truckie in his lorry!!  Understand the aussie style of speaking?!  Lucky for me, I'd already got...

Quick stop in Port Macquarie . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Yamba, Yamba, Yamba . . . town's got a funny name, huh?!! Never thought I'd be visiting a place called Yamba, but here we are now!! Remember me pr...

Quick stop in Ballina . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Finally found the perfect weather in Brisbane!!  And what a great feeling it is! As soon as we step foot here, I knew we were going to love i...

So, we decided to take off from Sydney earlier than expected because the weather was just terrible there!  Heading for either the Gold Coast...

Quick stop in Woodburn . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Australia!! Gidday mates, coming to you live from the land down under, or better yet Oz, as the locals affectionately call it!! And yet again, an...

Another chapter in our journey has come to a close, and now we've got to get ready for yet another one to begin!!  Wow! How time has flown...

Quick stop in Ngaruawahia . . . This here is the place where one can get glimpse, and only a glimpse of the Maori Queen's Marae.  Only Maori'...

Quick stop in Hamilton . . . How lucky were we, once again, to have the perfect hitchhiking ride!!  Introducing Phil!!  A big thank you...

Quick stop in Te Kuiti, Sheering capital of the world . . . funny, huh?! Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journe...

Another adventure as we set out for New Plymouth, the last of the places to be visited during our trip in NZ!! It started off with a ride with thi...

Quick stop in Hawera . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Patea . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Wanganui . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Bulls . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Porirua . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Wellington, capital of New Zealand, as well as the southern-most capital city in the world.  Looks like, the Windy City or Welliwood, as ...

Quick stop in Dannevirke . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Waipukurau . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Taupo while making our way down to Wellington . . . Just long enough to get a few shots of Lake Taupo, which is NZ's largest lak...

Memorable times in Palmerston North too!  Who would have thought that we'd be spending the night at a Hobbit's house!!??  Well, Steve, ...

Quick stop in Napier . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Hastings . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Here we are in, Te Puke, the Kiwifruit capital of the World!!  So they say here!! :) Yeah so, lots of excitement in store for us here . . . w...

Alright, so like I previously mentioned, we had a fun-filled morning getting out of Auckland, and heading for Rotorua, which was our destination fo...

It's been a crazy morning all right!!  I don't think we've ever been so lucky with hitchhiking, as we've been here in New Zealand! Once ...

Ok, so the good news is that hitchhiking in New Zealand works rather well! We literally waited less than a minute before being picked up by this ni...

Kia Ora everyone!!!!!!!!!! Greetings from New Zealand, or better yet, Aotearoa, which is the Maori name for New Zealand and means Land of the long ...

Things are winding down in our trip around Latin America!! We've made it back to Santiago just in time to take our flight to New Zeal...

Quick stop in Vallenar . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Breezing by Copiapó . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Chañaral . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Alright, so back to Chile, in San Pedro de Atacama, for some quick sightseeing. Everyone had told us that after having visited El Salar d...

What a magical and surreal experience! So glad we decided to come back to Bolivia for this final adventure at...

Quick stop in Calama . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Ollague . . . No choice, must get ready for a very HARSH night!! Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our jou...

Quick stop in San Pedro de Atacama to check out prices for Uyuni . . . No Way José, too expensive!! Gotta keep on going . . . Our way...

Quick stop in Calama . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Breezing by Antofagasta . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Taltal . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Los Vilos . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Breezing by La Serena . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

So here we are in Valparaíso! And what a pleasant surprise!  We were thinking that it would be just another tourist...

What an exhilarating feeling knowing we've finally made it to our last country and final capital city in Latin America!!Santi...

Finally, We made it to Mendoza!! Didn't think we'd ever make it here due to the constant protesters blocking the roads around...

Quick stop in Almafuerte . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Now, who would've ever thought that we'd be staying 2 doors down from Ernesto "Che" Guevara's childhood home!!?? Not us, that's for sure!...

Hospitality, welcoming, friendly  . . . now that's the Argentina I was hoping for and expecting!! And we found it here...

Quick stop in Rosario . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Carmelo . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Nueva Palmira . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Buenos Aires aka Bs As was like being anyplace else but here! There's definitely a very european feel to this place. In fact, many a times,...

And yet another unexpected stop in our trip in Uruguay . . . this time in the lovely town of Colonia!! A nice surprise and a great way t...

Quick stop in Trinidad . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

I LOVE Uruguayans!!!! They're AWESOME people and probably the nicest amongst all our encounters thus far!!! From the very start, we've met such wo...

Quick stop in Young . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Finally, we made it to Uruguay, and what better way than to start off our adventure, than by another unexpected stop!!! Yep, we really had no inten...

Quick stop in Concordia . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Garupá . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Back in Foz do Iguaçú!!! What a relief!! Getting here was a pain and took a while, but it was worth it all!! And hey, the important thing is that...

Quick stop in Curitiba . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

São Paulo was truly a pleasant surprise for the both of us. Up until now, all we'd heard about this place was nothing but negativity . . . fortuna...

Quick stop in Campos dos Goytacazes . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

After 3 days of travelling, we finally made it back to Rio de Janeiro!!! The journey from Bahia was an interesting one and a VERY LONG o...

Quick stop in Vitória . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Teixeira de Freitas . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Itabuna . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Feira de Santana . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Oh!!! Salvador is SOOOO far away!! But guess what? We made it and things couldn´t have turned out better!! Let me just tell you how everything fe...

Breezing by Ilhéus . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Teófilo Otoni . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Muriaé . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Ben-vindo no Brasil!!!!!!!  We made it!! We weren´t originally supposed to be here for Carnaval, but hey, considering we were so close, we ...

Quick stop in Ciudad del Este . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Cascavel . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Colonia Yguazú before crossing the border for Brazil . . . well, it wasn´t intended, but hey, there´s a reason for everything, rig...

So, you´ve read all about our "wonderful" adventures through Bolivia, and now for the continuation . . . Luckily here in Paraguay the roads are p...

And just when we thought the nightmare was over . . . Nope we still had to travel another 5 hours through Bolivian territory before finally steppin...

Well, we wanted an adventure, and we definitely found it here in Bolivia!!! That´s for sure. Getting to the border was an UNFORGETTABLE trip!!&nbs...

Breezing by Camiri . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Ok, so who would´ve known that it would be so tough to travel in Bolivia?! Not us, but we quickly figured that out during this trip to Sucre!! It ...

So we finally made it to Cochabamba, and lucky for us we had a friend here to host us. We had a blast with Lizzie, who was kind enough to show us a...

Ok, ready to use our lungs because we´re now at an altitude of 4000 meters above sea level!!! As for La Paz, I personally enjoyed our visit here....

So, the original plan was to visit the Sun Island which is located nearby Copacabana; but unfortunately we had a quick change in plans when Arnaud ...

So our time in Peru is almost at its end with Puno, the last town to be visited here. And what a pleasure it was. The city itself was not too big, ...

So much to say and no clue where to start. A bit hard for me considering I´ve visited most of the places we went to while in the area of Cusc...

Quick stop in the town of Juliaca before continuing onward to Cusco; And you're not gonna believe where we slept . . . with the firefighters!!!! A ...

Magical is the perfect word to describe the experience here! Honestly, I had no clue as to what would await us during this tour, but I was so very ...

The landscape in this part of the country is absolutely breathtaking!! I was beginning to think that all of Perú was arid, but no surprisingly eno...

Quick stop in Camaná . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

And the mystery continues . . . what was the purpose of these lines??? The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, stre...

Just when we thought we were gonna finally make it to Lima . . . Nope!! We'd hitched as far as Piura, but after that it was hopeless! Everything ha...

Máncora, a lovely beach town located on the Peruvian coast. I never thought that there were beaches here! Silly me!! Too bad we didn't have m...

Quick stop in Piura before having to continue onward . . . Fortunately we managed to catch a ride as far as here. We took a quick break for lunch,...

Quick stop in Túmbes . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

What a pain in the butt!! For the first time ever, crossing the border was hell! We finally got to the border town on the Ecuadorian side, when we ...

Quick stop in Babahoyo . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Guayaquil . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quito! La Mitad del Mundo! Quite exhilarating to realize that we're in the middle of the world! Imagine, this is the only place in the world where ...

Finally in Ecuador!! Our adventure begins after a very long and uncomfortable journey, we made it! We crossed the border VERY early this morning ...

Really an unexpected stop, but an enjoyable one. We found out about this jewel from one of our rides while we were on our way to Quito . . . s...

Back in Colombia!!! And ready for some more adventures!! Forget all the negative stereotypes concerning this place! This country has to be, by fa...

Quick stop in Bucaramanga . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Cúcuta . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Quick stop in Pamplona . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

We left Mérida pretty early just in case things didn't turn our as we hoped.  We started out with a nice little hike out of town because we k...

¡Merida preciosa! We finally got to the town of Mérida after spending 14 VERY LONG hours on the bus from Caracas! I didn't think we were ever gon...

Why did we come here again?! I should've listened to a friend's advice and stayed away! Our stay in Caracas was short and sweet.  I was actual...

Where is Chavez?! A country presently divided in two - Los Chavistas and those against the infamous Hugo Chavez.  We were honestly reconsideri...

Colombia is an awesome place, but definitely not the easiest place to get a "chance", as they call it here! Hitchhiking here is a lot more difficul...

Breezing by Barranquilla . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Colombia, the first country to be visited on our South American tour, and perhaps the most dangerous . . . scared for us yet?!! Nah! For sure,...

So we ended up having to stay in Panamá longer than expected because it was rather difficult figuring out how to go about getting to South America...

Good thing we took it easy in Boquete because our journey to Panamá City was a LONG one!  We didn't think we'd make it in one day, but we did...

Not an easy morning for us!!  We certainly had our workout for today!  Started out the day with a 3km hike to get out of the city and cat...

We've made it to Panamá, home of the infamous Panama Canal and supposedly the United States of Latin America.  It's our last country before t...

We ended up having to stay an extra day in Costa Rica, in a tiny town called Paso Real because we couldn't make it to the border town of ...

We now set out for the capital, San José, and again hitching a ride was like taking candy from a baby! Facilisimo! Lots of people don't like capit...

I just keep getting blown away by Costa Rica’s beauty! Too bad the weather couldn’t have been better, but hey that only means we gotta come bac...

Costa Rica!! Pura Vida!! We reached Costa Rican territory early in the day, and lucky for us that we did because crossing the border was a huge fi...

Isla de Ometepe, the largest volcanic island in the world, is located on Lake Nicaragua and absolutely breathtaking . . . well, on a clear day...

Now in Granada, a pretty colonial town, just near Lake Nicaragua.  And strangely enough, looks a lot like Antigua Guatemala, but a la Nic...

Nicaragua, land of volcanos and lakes, and home of the FSLN! We finally made it to Nicaragua, after a very LONG day of travelling.  And we w...

Now back on the mainland, and I have to say it feels great to be back amongst all the chaos of traffic and all the screaming Hondureños! Definitel...

First thing the next morning we went to the port in La Ceiba, to take the ferry to the Bay Islands - Utila Island.  And surprise surprise, it ...

The original plan was to get off the bus in Tela and check out the beaches there, but it just wasn´t meant to be maybe.  So we paid our f...

From Santa Rosa, we continued to Copan to check out the ruins.  But to our unfortunate surprise, the visit was WAY to expensive! We weren´t e...

Rain rain go away, come on back another day! Since our arrival in Honduras, the rain has been constant, which in turn has made travelling here some...

¡Adios Guatemala! ¡Hola El Salvador !  Here we are in Guanacolandia! Kidding! To my surprise, everyone was extremely helpful and friendly . ...

Well, here we are amongst all the craziness of “Guate”.  Don’t know how to feel about being back in a big city because apparently the ca...

What a crazy and unforgettable experience we had here!  Well, the actual visit of Antigua went ok.  As usual, got around to seeing every ...

Before actually arriving at our destination, we had a quick stop in Sololá before going on our way to Panajachel.  Another pretty town, ...

Pretty hard to say, but very lovely to see!  This cute tiny town, unfortunately has been invaded by tourists, non-stop, so consequently ...

Semuc Champey, one of Guate´s major tourist attractions, was really beautiful.  The Río Cahabón was a bit brownish in color due to all ...

Onward to Cobán, in the center of Guatemala.  And what a pain it was to get there!!  The roads in Guatemala are REALLY bad, which make...

We definitely had our first frightening experience during our drive to Lanquín.  It´s only a little over 50 km from Cobán, but it took us...

So apparently the big thing to do here is check out Tikal at sunrise, so of course we had to experience it for ourselves!  One catch tho...

Ready for yet another experience.  Now in Guatemala, or as the locals say "Guate", and we can instantly feel the difference compared t...

We had a very interesting visit here, for sure.  Again the city wasn't anything memorable.  What'll stay in our memories, is our sta...

Next stop in our adventure here, Belize City. The drive down is probably worth mentioning more than Belize City itself.  The landscape was ver...

New place, new language, new people . . . new experience! I guess what surprised me the most when we first arrived to Belize was its diversity &a...

After a couple of weeks of roughing it, we headed to the beach, for a bit of well-deserved relaxation!  So off we went to the beautiful beac...

Got off to a rough start leaving Palenque this morning, but then our lucky star must've been shining on us 'cause we met one of the nicest guys e...

Quick stop in Tuxtla Gutiérrez . . . Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

We're now in the state of Chiapas, home of the infamous Zapatistas, and wow what a different feel there is to this place.  Still in ...

There's definitely a different feel here compared to previous towns we've visited so far.  The poverty is a lot more obvious, and there appear...

The Gods must´ve been angry today because Puebla was hit by a heavy hail storm, and we witnessed it all!!  Apparently it´s "hurricane season...

So, we´ve gotten back to Mexico City to celebrate its Day of Independence and partake in what the Mexicans call "El Grito".  And what a truly...

Because we had to get back to Mexico City for the big Independence day celebration, we weren´t able to hang around this town for too long.  S...

Another must-see town in Mexico.  We were absolutely blown away by the beauty of this town.  We had a blast here, and even took part in...

We decided to venture up north to visit my father´s hometown of Zacatecas, and decided to do so by, as they say here "en aventón", or in other ...

Mexico, land where the great Aztec civilization once ruled, and land of my Papi dearest!  It feels great to be back here and know that we�...

After months of planning and saving we left Baltimore for Reagan National airport on our American Airlines flight bound for Mexico, DF to star...