After a good night’s rest in San Cristóbal de las Casas, we were up early to get a move on. Today’s drive would include a border crossing, so we wanted to get a nice, early start. As the sun was just starting to rise, we walked back down the hill 2 1/2 blocks to where…
We got up with the sun and the roosters to start our drive for the day. We sure did love Casamar and Puerto Escondido and were sad to see it in the rear view. Today we were headed to San Cristóbal de las Casas, one of the oldest mountain towns in Mexico. We had a…
Along this trip, Nikk and I have noticed many patterns… Mexican roads never stay nice for long… food tastes better with a beach view… and when the Air BnB falls through, it is frustrating at first, but usually for the best! As we left Acapulco, we continued south toward Puerto Escondido. I was so excited…
The drive to Acapulco started out like most of our other Mexico drives – figuring out how to get out of a city (sometimes taking a wrong turn or back-tracking a bit because of the traffic patterns that we aren’t used to) followed by stretches of highway dotted with small towns. This drive was particularly…
I think most everyone’s introduction to Zihuatanejo is from Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption. I know it was mine. Leaving Manzanillo in the morning we continued to head south. A short 268 mile, 6 hour drive ahead of us we settled in for another day in Chivo. We rolled into our…
Throughout all of our planning, Nikk and I had decided we wanted to spend two days in Puerto Vallarta to relax a bit. What better way to relax than at the beach?! So with a full day to ourselves and no driving planned, we promptly set up under a big umbrella for a full day…
Day 4 – Mazatlan to Puerto Vallarta This was for sure a day we have been looking forward to. Our AirBnB in Mazatlan wan’t too near the beach so we didn’t get to see it until we left that morning. We left at 9am and decided to take a drive through town on our way…
Our night’s stay in Navajoa was great, but we were ready to hit the road and keep moving on our journey. We had a hearty breakfast to start the day, eating once again by the pool at the hotel. The drive itself was uneventful, but gorgeous. Mexico’s landscape is so different than anything we’re used…
Another bright and early start today! After a good nights sleep in Nogales, we grabbed a quick bite to eat – refried beans and eggs for Nikk and fruit and a bagel for Shannon – and hit the road again. We purposely planned our first day’s drive to arrive in Nogales because the border to…
Meet Chivo, our 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL. This is our only vehicle and our transportation to Costa Rica. We ordered Chivo especially for this trip. We suffered through the winter without heated seats and the coveted heated steering wheel knowing we were driving to Costa Rica in the Springtime. Chivo is Spanish for Goat. It…
We are Nikk and Shannon – and we love all things BEER and BEACHES. We originally started this blog to capture our journey moving from Colorado to Costa Rica, but now we’ve got a new adventure – driving the PanAmerican Highway from Alaska to South America. Join us and follow along for fun!
