Sudan Wadi Halfa, Egypt Abu Simbel, Qustul Overland Border Crossing procedures.
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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...
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...
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