Travel Resources
- Panam riders group
- travel.state.gov
- Canada – no major issues listed
- Mexico – get a tourist card at the border (FMM); travel warning with information about various states
- Guatemala – hepA, hepB, yellow fever, typhoid vaccinations recommended; high crime rates
- El Salvador – travel warning; dengue, malaria
- Honduras – travel warning; yellow fever required; dengue, malaria, immunizations recommended
- Nicaragua – dengue
- Costa Rica – yellow fever required; malaria, dengue
- Panama – yellow fever, vaccinations; avoid Darien province
- Columbia – travel warning; rabies, malaria, dengue
- Ecuador – yellow fever, vaccinations; tropical diseases
- Peru – rabies, altitude
- Bolivia – visa photo; yellow fever certificate; malaria, dengue, rabies
- Chile – no major issues listed
- Argentina – hepa, yellow fever, typhoid, rabies
- Centers for Disease Control Consider: Hepatitis A (Latin America), Hepatitis B, Malaria, Rabies (Central America), Typhoid (Mexico, Central America), Yellow fever (Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina)
- http://wikioverland.org/Panama_to_columbia_car_ferry_xpress former ferry from Panama to Columbia
- Baja Divide
Insurance
- IM Global Travel Insurance
- World Nomads recommended on Thorn Tree
- Obamacare Physical Presence test requirements while insurance usually doesn’t cover you out of the country, you are still required to get insurance unless you meet the physical presence test
Recent cycle touring journals in Latin America
- blazingsaddles2016.com – Lizzie and Ali cycling from Cancun to Quito
- panamericana.bike – Urs cycling from Inuvik to Ushuaia, departed June 2015 (in German)
- end2endadventure.com – Andrew and Matt cycled from Deadhorse to Ushuaia from June 2014 to June 2015
- – Robert cycled from Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia in 2014
- – Albert cycled from Ushuaia to Cartagena, departed March 2015 to October 2015
- www.pennyfarthingworldtour.com – Joff cycling from Toronto and going south on a penny farthing bike, departed June 2014
- tdaglobalcycling.com/south-american-epic – Tour d’Afrique trip from Cartagena to Ushuaia, July 2015 to December 2015
- theridesouth.com – Paul cycling Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia, departed August 2013 to May 2015
- www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/elviejoloco – Axel cycled 9854 miles though South America, from January 2013 to December 2014
- www.contoursofacountry.com – Ruth and Will, Rio to New York, 28683 km, departed July 2013 to April 2015
- www.cyclingtheamericas.com – Stacey Gibson and Ali Burke cycled from Anchorage to Ushuaia, departed April 2012 to March 2014
- journals.worldnomads.com/margitpirsch – Margit and James, cycled from San Francisco to Ushuaia, departed May 2012 to May 2014
- www.cycloexpeditionamericas.com – Cycle trip from Inuvik to Ushuaia, departed June 2012, arrived March 2014 (French)
- www.panamericantour.net – Paul Gareau cycled from Inuvik to Ushuaia, departed June 2009, arrived December 2011, 928 days
- familyonbikes.org – Nancy and family cycled from Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia, departed June 2008, arrived March 2011
Crazy Guy on a Bike, Mexico and Central America
- California to Honduras
- Phoenix to Panama
- Myrtle the Turtle Trike Tour
- Due South
- Southbound and Around
- Our long honeymoon
- LA to South America on two tandems
- Mexican Highlands by Bicycle
- Neat Stuff with Spencer
- Epic Cycle Journey
- Philtrons Pedal South
- Saga Southbound
- That next big trip
- Riding South on Two Wheels
Mike’s other cross continent rides
- A bicycle ride across America (1992)
- A bicycle ride across Canada (1997
- One year by bicycle (2001)
- A bicycle ride across Eurasia (2007)
- A bicycle ride across Africa (2013)
Other related cycling journals
- – JWST World Bicycle TourScott Acton cycles from Niwot to Prudhoe Bay