After more than six weeks in Mexico - a fabulous country to which you should immediately buy airline tickets - we were headed south and east on the final leg of our trip. Ahead of us, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but first, the painful necessities of insurance and border preparation. What is there to do in a dusty Mexican border town? Click here to find out.
We give up on buses, trains and planes, and buy ourselves some wheels. If you want to buy a car in the United States, here’s what you need to know. Hint: there’s some very bad news coming up for non-Americans. Click here to see what.
The truly interesting part of our trip has come to an end, and we’re on a kind of backpacker hiatus in Sydney. Still, SFTGE has had its fair share of readers. Click here to find out how you arrived.
Five months, 15,000 miles, and over 6,000 photos. One fake driving license and a multitude of cockroaches. Countless trains, buses and boats. We must have learned something. Click here to find out what.
We leave Senggigi and get ourselves some wheels. Worn down wheels with defective lights, yes, but wheels nonetheless. See how we fared in the world’s worst rental car by clicking here.
There’s a staggering amount of paperwork involved for anyone travelling on the Trans-Siberian express. You visit three countries in as many weeks, none of them entirely used to tourists. You’ll need three visas. Read on.
