Como se dice

I was travelling from the UK to Chicago and then onto Santiago overland, but when I got to Panama City I realised how much further I had to go and was knackered and skint to boot. So I flew home.

  • 309 days (02 Mar 2004 - 05 Jan 2005)
  • 32437 km (20155 miles)
  • 12 countries
  • 87 entries (34788 words)
  • 425 photos
  • 4.1 ratings (537 votes)
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Day Journal date: Country Place Title Distance Media Rating
1 Mar 02, 2004 21:52 United Kingdom Reading » Pack your bags! 0 km 5 (1 votes)
28 Mar 30, 2004 12:41 United Kingdom Maidenhead » Ooooh Matron! 23 km 4 (1 votes)
36 Apr 07, 2004 08:00 France Paris » Vive la France 389 km 4 (49 votes)
37 Apr 08, 2004 03:30 United States Chicago » Chicago - just to be original 7048 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
38 Apr 09, 2004 00:20 United States Minneapolis » The Empire Builder 7620 km 2 (1 votes)
40 Apr 11, 2004 01:00 United States Minneapolis » The Wedding of the Year 7620 km [*] (5) 4 (49 votes)
43 Apr 14, 2004 01:00 United States Duluth » Lake Superior 7839 km [*] (4) 4 (49 votes)
44 Apr 15, 2004 20:00 United States Chicago » Another bloody transit 8492 km [*] (1) 4.5 (4 votes)
45 Apr 16, 2004 18:00 United States Seattle » Coffee City 11284 km [*] (4) 4 (49 votes)
55 Apr 26, 2004 19:56 Canada Vancouver » Oh Canada 11476 km [*] (11) 4 (49 votes)
63 May 04, 2004 17:30 Canada Vancouver » Snow Patrol 11476 km [*] (7) 4 (49 votes)
77 May 18, 2004 20:30 Canada Vancouver » In and around Vancouver 11476 km [*] (11) 1 (1 votes)
84 May 25, 2004 18:01 Canada Whistler » Go whistle 11568 km [*] (6) 2 (1 votes)
85 May 26, 2004 19:00 United States Los Angeles » LAX(ative) 13390 km 4 (49 votes)
85 May 26, 2004 21:38 United States San Diego » Americas Finest City 13569 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
89 May 30, 2004 16:00 Mexico Tijuana » Border Town Hell 13594 km 4 (49 votes)
89 May 30, 2004 21:00 Mexico Rosarito » More border town hell. 13616 km [*] (4) 4 (49 votes)
91 Jun 01, 2004 18:30 Mexico La Paz » Somewhere nice at last 14738 km [*] (6) 2.8 (10 votes)
96 Jun 06, 2004 05:30 Mexico Los Mochis » Back to the mainland 14961 km [*] (3) 5 (1 votes)
96 Jun 06, 2004 15:30 Mexico El Fuerte » The Fort 15041 km [*] (4) 5 (2 votes)
97 Jun 07, 2004 15:30 Mexico Creel » Barrancas del Cobre - The Copper Canyon 15219 km [*] (4) 5 (2 votes)
98 Jun 08, 2004 16:00 Mexico Creel » Exploring the Copper Canyon 15219 km [*] (11) 4 (49 votes)
102 Jun 11, 2004 23:30 Mexico Chihuahua » Small dog 15400 km [*] (2) 4 (49 votes)
107 Jun 16, 2004 23:38 Mexico Zacatecas » Zacatecas 16140 km [*] (6) 4.1 (20 votes)
111 Jun 21, 2004 15:30 Mexico Zacatecas » Callejoneato 16140 km [*] (6) 3.6 (5 votes)
114 Jun 24, 2004 22:00 Mexico Guanajuato » More kulcha' 16379 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
117 Jun 27, 2004 09:00 Mexico Puerto Vallarta » Back to the beach 16798 km 4 (49 votes)
125 Jul 05, 2004 18:30 Mexico Puerto Vallarta » Still at the beach 16798 km [*] (11) 4 (49 votes)
129 Jul 09, 2004 18:30 Mexico Zihuatanejo » Billy No Mates 17310 km [*] (5) 4.3 (3 votes)
132 Jul 11, 2004 23:00 Mexico Acapulco » AcapulcNO 17504 km [*] (4) 4 (49 votes)
133 Jul 13, 2004 15:30 Mexico Puerto Escondido » Lazy days 17828 km [*] (8) 1 (1 votes)
140 Jul 20, 2004 12:30 Mexico Oaxaca de Juárez » Heading North again 17967 km [*] (15) 4 (49 votes)
145 Jul 25, 2004 18:00 Mexico Oaxaca de Juárez » Monte Alban 17967 km [*] (10) 2 (1 votes)
146 Jul 26, 2004 01:30 Mexico Oaxaca de Juárez » Fiesta Nacional de Mezcal 17967 km [*] (11) 4 (49 votes)
146 Jul 26, 2004 13:30 Mexico Oaxaca de Juárez » Guelaguetza 17967 km [*] (10) 4 (49 votes)
151 Jul 31, 2004 20:00 Mexico Puebla » Welcome to Dave and Nathe's Hostel !! 18239 km [*] (4) 4 (49 votes)
153 Aug 02, 2004 18:00 Mexico Puebla » Back in the real world 18239 km [*] (7) 3.7 (3 votes)
153 Aug 02, 2004 22:00 Mexico Cholula » Spot the Pyramid 18250 km [*] (5) 4 (2 votes)
155 Aug 04, 2004 21:00 Mexico Mexico City » Big, Bad D.F. 18347 km [*] (5) 3.7 (10 votes)
158 Aug 07, 2004 18:00 Mexico Mexico City » Teotihuacan 18347 km [*] (7) 1 (1 votes)
160 Aug 09, 2004 21:10 Mexico Mexico City » Old friends 18347 km [*] (6) 4.3 (6 votes)
162 Aug 11, 2004 15:30 Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez » Canon de Sumidero 19050 km [*] (4) 3.3 (8 votes)
164 Aug 13, 2004 19:30 Mexico San Cristóbal de Las Casas » Scrub your back missus? 19102 km [*] (3) 1.7 (3 votes)
167 Aug 16, 2004 16:00 Mexico Palenque » Jazz in the Jungle 19213 km [*] (7) 4.7 (26 votes)
168 Aug 17, 2004 16:00 Mexico Palenque » Waterfalls 19213 km [*] (3) 4 (49 votes)
169 Aug 18, 2004 11:00 Mexico Mérida » Traveller stereotypes? Guilty as charged 19670 km [*] (9) 4 (49 votes)
172 Aug 21, 2004 16:00 Mexico Chichén-Itzá » David Hasselhoff would have been proud 19784 km [*] (9) 2 (1 votes)
173 Aug 22, 2004 01:30 Mexico Cancún » Does anyone speak Spanish? 19973 km 4 (49 votes)
173 Aug 22, 2004 18:00 Mexico Isla Mujeres » Island of Women 19985 km [*] (8) 4 (49 votes)
181 Aug 30, 2004 19:30 Mexico Playa del Carmen » More loafin' 20059 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
191 Sep 09, 2004 18:00 Mexico Tulum » Yet more loafin' 20120 km [*] (5) 4.1 (20 votes)
193 Sep 11, 2004 02:08 Mexico Chetumal » Adios Mexico! 20330 km 5 (1 votes)
193 Sep 11, 2004 18:00 Belize Belize City » You´d better belize it 20444 km 4 (2 votes)
194 Sep 12, 2004 22:00 Belize Caye Corker » Hurricane!! Well, sort of. 20477 km [*] (8) 4 (49 votes)
199 Sep 16, 2004 23:00 Belize San Ignacio » I love horses, they're my friends. 20604 km 4 (49 votes)
199 Sep 17, 2004 21:00 Guatemala Flores » Flores and Tikal 20694 km [*] (9) 5 (1 votes)
203 Sep 21, 2004 00:00 Guatemala Cobán » Semuc Champey 20864 km [*] (9) 4 (49 votes)
204 Sep 22, 2004 00:00 Guatemala Cobán » Will the real Eddy Salomon please stand up? 20864 km 4 (49 votes)
207 Sep 25, 2004 22:00 Guatemala Guatemala City » Gone in 60 seconds 20960 km 4 (49 votes)
208 Sep 26, 2004 21:00 Guatemala Antigua » Volcan Pacaya 20984 km [*] (11) 4.4 (6 votes)
215 Oct 02, 2004 23:00 Guatemala Panajachel » I'll give ya a monkey luv. Nothin less than a pony 21089 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
217 Oct 05, 2004 21:00 Guatemala San Pedro La Laguna » The Bread Mafia 21137 km [*] (5) 4 (49 votes)
226 Oct 14, 2004 16:30 Guatemala Chichicastenango » Market Day 21169 km [*] (6) 4.2 (5 votes)
239 Oct 27, 2004 11:00 Guatemala Antigua » Donde esta mi tarjeta de credito? 21227 km 4 (49 votes)
240 Oct 28, 2004 11:00 Honduras Copán » Salva Vida!! 21400 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
242 Oct 30, 2004 00:30 Honduras Utila » Scuba doober doo 21679 km [*] (7) 4.9 (33 votes)
251 Nov 08, 2004 20:00 Honduras La Ceiba » Where's my paddle?...Where's Pablo? 21714 km [*] (5) 4 (49 votes)
252 Nov 09, 2004 19:14 Honduras El Paraíso » Race to the border 21928 km 4 (49 votes)
253 Nov 10, 2004 16:00 Nicaragua León » 80s Timewarp 22091 km [*] (7) 1.5 (4 votes)
261 Nov 18, 2004 20:00 Nicaragua Granada » Monkey not so Magic 22207 km [*] (10) 3.9 (5 votes)
268 Nov 25, 2004 21:00 Nicaragua San Juan del Sur » Say 'Aaaaaaah!!' 22283 km 4 (49 votes)
269 Nov 26, 2004 18:00 Nicaragua San Juan del Sur » Bahia Majagual 22283 km [*] (14) 3.8 (9 votes)
272 Nov 28, 2004 22:00 Nicaragua Rivas » Sleepless Nights 22304 km 4 (49 votes)
273 Nov 29, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica Liberia » Walking off the excess 22403 km [*] (6) 1 (1 votes)
276 Dec 02, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica Sámara » I love this place!! 22487 km [*] (7) 4 (49 votes)
285 Dec 11, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica San José » Urban life 22570 km 4 (2 votes)
288 Dec 14, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica Dominical » Surfers Paradise 22744 km [*] (8) 4.8 (6 votes)
290 Dec 16, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica San José » Back to the big smoke 22918 km [*] (3) 4 (49 votes)
293 Dec 20, 2004 00:00 Costa Rica San José » Saprissa - Alajuela 22918 km 4 (49 votes)
294 Dec 20, 2004 22:00 Costa Rica Puerto Viejo » The bus ride from hell 23172 km 5 (1 votes)
294 Dec 21, 2004 20:00 Costa Rica Sixaola » Don't listen to the cynics 23194 km [*] (2) 4 (49 votes)
295 Dec 22, 2004 19:00 Panama Bocas del Toro » The lion that roared 23240 km [*] (5) 5 (1 votes)
298 Dec 25, 2004 16:00 Panama Bocas del Toro » There's no such thing as a free lunch? 23240 km [*] (6) 4 (49 votes)
300 Dec 27, 2004 21:00 Panama Boquete » The bus ride from hell - part 2 23258 km [*] (5) 1 (1 votes)
302 Dec 29, 2004 21:00 Panama Panama City » End of the line 23560 km [*] (8) 4 (49 votes)
308 Jan 04, 2005 03:00 Venezuela Caracas » One last story for the diary 24954 km 3.5 (2 votes)
309 Jan 05, 2005 13:30 United Kingdom Heathrow » Home 32438 km 4.4 (9 votes)
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