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Sudan Wadi Halfa, Egypt Abu Simbel, Qustul Overland Border Crossing procedures. (Note if you have recently crossed this border and have some additional information on the costs & process etc. please help us to keep this post up to date and leave a comment with the details or post in our Overland...

Gonder to Metema road In December 2015, there has been frequent fighting between local tribes along the road, at times this has led to the road being closed in both directions for up to a week or more, or the requirement to travel with military/police escorts. We went through on the first day...

Here was our experience crossing the Mexico-Guatemala Border at Ciudad Cuauhtémoc-La Mesilla. Leaving Mexico – Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 12:30pm. Border at Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, 2 hours south of San Cristobal De Las Casas Objective: Cancel temporary vehicle import permit, have deposit refunded...

Toyota Tequila and Tacos! On our way to the end of the Americas continent. Been on the road a bit more than 3 months and heading south. One Australian male and one welsh female, driving a 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser, which is "armoured, lifted, locked and loaded" and thats not meant in a gun toting...

We found the Nicaragua to Costa Rica border crossing quite time consuming. Normally an exit is quick and easy, but when a few coach loads of tourists turn up and it’s lunch time, you can end up waiting and waiting….. The Costa Rica side was quite straight forward especially if you follow the...

We found the Honduras to Nicaragua border crossing quite relaxed, exiting Honduras was a breeze and entering Nicaragua was not difficult at all. The local kids gave us a chance to practice our Spanish and kept us entertained while the paper work was processed. Honduras Exit Immigration The...

We woke early to cross from El Salvador to Honduras and then on to Nicaragua, 2 border crossings in one day! We had read that these borders were a bit of nightmare, with lots of photocopying needed, possible RHD issues, an overlanders worst nightmare. The reality is these borders are no...

We decided to cross from Guatemala into El Salvador at the Valle Nuevo/ Chinamas border at it was the closest entry to the Ruta de Flores, and also much quicker than following the Pan Am to the border. There are three border crossings between Guatemala and El Salvador as shown on the map below...

We were expecting the Melchor de Mencos border crossing from Belize to Guatemala to be trouble free. Exiting Belize was easy; we paid the exit fee, had the passports stamped, cancelled the Temporary Import permit and we were off. The issues happened on the Guatemalan side when the computers went...