Panamerican Highway – Where we have been
Just a quick view of the journey.
Who we are, what we do …
… we are two IT-Professionals, Stefan aged 44 and Dominik 40 (at the current moment in time 😉 ). We have been with the company for 18 and 13 years. What began as colleague relationship in 2010 developed into a friendship, with our first 2 month trip back in 2015, backpacking through South East Asia – there will be a post about this in the upcoming weeks. Already there we were entertaining the idea to buy a car, but well…
North America – USA and Canada
[29/06/2024 – 06/11/2024[ Four months have passed since we left the Americas for home. It took a while but it is high time to write the recap about our time in North America. Especially with all the things going on over there right now. Things like cutting the National Park Service. But before we get into that let´s talk about border crossings. Border Crossings: Of all the borders we have crossed in the past the one from Mexico to the…
Panamerican Highway – week #49 – EOT (end of transmission)
[30/10/2024 – 06/11/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT This is it, the last leg of our journey, and while in the past – slow – weeks we have already started to reminisce about our journey it hits much much more once we I saw the silhouette of Manhattan´s skyline.Things that came to mind. The road from Tecka (Argentina) to Chaiten (Chile), traffic in La Paz and Lima. The fact and luck that we not once needed any…
Panamerican Highway – week #48 – still at the coast
[23/10/2024 – 30/10/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT This is our second to last week, and we are not riding as much currently as we have been the past 10 months. Which gives time to let this journey sink in and also think about what needs to be done once home. While full normalcy will take till January, i realize that the homecoming is indeed the harder part of the journey. During our previous trips it was…
Panamerican Highway – week #47 – relaxation and the coast
[16/10/2024 – 23/10/2024] Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT As we are slowing down, we basically only had five more days at the beginning of week 47 and by the end only three more riding days, we are starting to recap. While, i at least, have some troubles to grasp the enormity of what we have done. 13 countries, some 50’000 km, it is not just the journey but the time away from home. Especially with the election…
Panamerican Highway – Central America and Mexico
[18/04/2024 – 29/06/2024[ Expectations After four and a half month in Southamerica, we moved towards Central America. Expectations for Central America have been much more mixed then for Southamerica. None of the upcoming countries either one of us has travelled to before, and aside from what (usually German) media is writing about these countries, we did not have much more information. With Panama and Costa Rica being the safest countries, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala do have a rather bad rep…
Panamerican Highway – week #46 – cities and rain
[09/10/2024 – 16/10/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT Not too much to say about our last week. Two things: Wednesday: Toronto Today was the first time in a long time where we indulged into sightseeing by walking. And what can i say, Toronto did not disappoint. Cities with a body of water are always good, but in Canada it seems like these body of water are being incorporated as parks and general recreation areas. Where in some…
Panmerican Highway – week #45 – indian summer at the great lakes
[02/10/2024 – 09/10/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT Let’s talk about the U.S. National Parks. Literally the first money we spent was on the “America the beautiful National Park Pass” which costs 80$ and gives you access to all fee areas in the national parks. If you want to camp in. national park additional fees apply, and you do need to reserve a campground. Most of the campgrounds we stayed at only had pit toilets no electricity…
Panamerican Highway – week #44 – last service – 3000 km more to go
[25/09/2024 – 02/10/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT This will come as no surprise to either of you, but the U.S. are a nation of drivers. Why is it important to state the obvious, well as Stefan and myself are frequently walking, we have noticed the way people look at us, out of their cars. Mostly with pitty, sometimes even with a hint of disgust, or at least that is how i feel about it. Fun thing…
Panamerican Highway – week #43 – Old White Men Part II
[18/09/2024 – 25/09/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT Well now that our flights are booked, this journey is undeniably coming to an end. Not yet however, and we still have some way to go, and discover all the wonders, both the US and Canada have to offer. And there are quite a few, the landscape ones you can read and look at, but the thing I found most interesting this week was a discussion we had with…
Panamerican Highway – week #42 – old white men
[11/09/2024 – 18/09/2024[ Our Last Week – Whenever You Read IT 7 days of straight riding. Starting in Calgary and ending in Grand Junction (Colorado). Even though we never left the Rockies the landscape changed completely. Yet again. Stefan and me got talking a bit about the U.S. and the self-image of some of its citizens. The greatest country under god, and everyone is free. The religious topic is somewhat a constant. Churches of different denomination at every street corner,…