Follow The Road 2007

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START: January 2006
Countries visited:
Central America : Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,
Panama, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Honduras,
El Salvador
Caribbean : Cuba
South America : Venezuela, Colombia,
Ecuador

We hitch-hike
Sleep in a tent or with locals
No plans
No expectations
No time limits
We want to see as much as possible
We don´t know when we are “comming back”

Our budget
$5 per person per day
19 months on the road:
Only $320 for transport (50% in Cuba)
Only $350 for accommodation (50% in Cuba)
$

Transport

BELIZE

MEXICO

VENEZUELA

MEXICO

VENEZUELA

MEXICO  CUBA

CUBA  PANAMA

COLOMBIA

Accommodation

Military zone GUATEMALA

Restaurant MEXICO

Marinas (militar) MEXICO

In the fields Veracruz, MEXICO

Hiding in the bushes CUBA

Behind the petrol station PANAMA

Guardia Nacional (military) VENEZUELA

Bomberos (firemen) VENEZUELA

Hall of fiestas MEXICO

Old school MEXICO

NICARAGUA

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

COLOMBIA

Accommodation
Local people!
Alcaldias – Municipalities
Military zones, police, firemen
www.CouchSurfing.com
www.HospitalityClub.org

People

MEXICO

GUATEMALA

COSTA RICA

VENEZUELA

EL SALVADOR

MEXICO

VENEZUELA

MEXICO

PANAMA

MEXICO

BELIZE

Best friends of people

BELIZE

GUATEMALA

PANAMA

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

Children

GUATEMALA

BELIZE

PANAMA

HONDURAS

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

BELIZE

COLOMBIA

BELIZE

GUATEMALA

BELIZE

EL SALVADOR

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

Only $1.25 US!

Learning

Massage & healthy living BELIZE

Driving a truck BELIZE

Sailing MEXICO, CUBA, PANAMA

Milking a cow COSTA RICA

Bread in the fire COSTA RICA

First aid for sailing MEXICO

Working with cement BELIZE

Painting big signs BELIZE

Cheating the ants BELIZE Sweet water

Making coconut milk BELIZE

mini Projects

Garden of Fernando BELIZE

The Puppet BELIZE

Finding the family BELIZE  EL SALVADOR Fernando BELIZE March, 2006 Cesar EL SALVADOR April, 2007

Building a church EL SALVADOR Juan Duran is searching for another Evangelical church, which would help to build a church for his community.

Publishing books of Arquimedes VENEZUELA Arquimedes is searching for a publisher of his 9 books:
Mitos alegoricos de la Gran Sabana
La Peninsula de Araya: Geologia, Flora
Historia de la Mascara
Mitos y leyenda de los genitales
Sucre, Ecce Homo, biografia
Fauna e Idiosincrasia (3 tomos)
El Absurdo (novela)
El Mercarder de Almas (cuentos)
Churum-Meru (novela)

Random Pictures

PANAMA

COSTA RICA

Illegal crossing of Belize-Guatemala border

Washing the face GUATEMALA

BELIZE

MEXICO

Hitch-hiking in PANAMA

MEXICO

PANAMA

Mystical COLOMBIA! THANK YOU! www.FollowTheRoad.com

How do we finance our trip?
2005 working in Denmark
6000 EUR put into Investment Fund
Interests support our expenses
Today we still have about 3000 EUR
Once in 2 months – we write a blog for www.CoolWorks.com - $50 US
Occasional jobs (reparing yacht, etc.)
Working online on commercial Internet project
… and Don´t forget, we need only $10 US a day!

Encouragements
Do not expect anything!
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Every experience, whether it is good or bad, is valuable.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

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