This looks like it is going to be an valuable group. My husband and I lived on Ometepe Island 2003-04. Now, we are planning a permanent move to Central...
Have a safe trip. Remember, the rainy season from May through October can become severe at times: 2. ATTENTION Amendment: - Recent landslides on the CA 1...
... sightseeing tour or vacation so ... best roads. What are your ... My husband and I just arrived in Panama after driving our van from the Wilmington NC...
... <lapalmarosa@> ... the ... We are thinking/planning to drive down and back from Panama Jan 07- Mar07. We own property in the San Carlos area and have...
Welcome to the group! Ometepe was one of our favorite places once we got around the rough roads. Have you been there since they've been paved? We assume...
Hi Michael and Nitza, You need the original title for your vehicle. A registration in the states is useless. If you are importing a vehicle to Panama that is...
Last winter on our trip throughout western Mexico, we had a problem getting our propane tanks filled in Chiapas and Oaxaca states, but not farther north. We...
View http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/auto/international/importreq/TBR2006.pdf you will require an Adobe Reader, Panama's requirements for importation of vehicles,...
Our car title was all that we needed in all countries to cross the border. We also used our passports and provided an international driving license that we...
Read the fine print..my other reply was for persons driving ONE WAY TO for relocation/residency in Panama with vehicle, not travelling to and return. For those...
We have had no problem getting propane in Central America with our OPD valve equipped tank, other than on some occasions the propane distributor's connector...
Thanks We only had the problem in Chiapas and Oaxaca. I found an adapter to fill OPD tanks from the automotive propane stations but it is a little pricey at...
You can't obtain propane in Nicaragua except in Managua..we tried and tried. They simply do not have the right adapters for built-in tanks. GEORGE BAINES...
We converted our 2000 class C with a v10 to run on Propane. We are now in Guatemala and have had absolutely no problem getting propane for our installed...
I have solved my adpter problems in the following way: I am not sure you will need any adapters. We found the problem only in southern Mexico (Chiapas and ...
I plan to move to Costa Rica in January of 2008. This is when I will leave the USA. My goal is to pull a 12' box trailer behind my SUV. Inside will be my...
How is your Spanish? You might need all your powers of persuasion. We do know of one man who made it with a motorhome and a tow car but it was not easy. Most...
Interesting that you are dealing with the same situation that I am...I have a small motorhome towing a 14' enclosed trailer also with an ATV in it. I also have...
The smartest thing to do would be to contact the nearest Costa Rican Consulate or even better to go in person, the new residency laws are going into effect...
Filling with propane was a problem for us until I hit on a simple solution. The attendant at a propane shop in Argentina made us a simple filling hose - one...
This message was posted today on another "go to panama" user group..hope you guys get along, but does not bother me since I live down here..Way Down South! To...
CINDURMA NICARAGUA www.cindurma.org cindurmacharity@... Now we have a Coffee Farm!!! Our Humanitarian Aid organization (non profit) based in Nicaragua...
For anyone that is in Mexico now. Heard that there was a travel advisory out for Mexico,until march 07. Would apprciate any info on what is going down there....
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_2100.html for Oaxaca City for other advisories go to http://travel.state.gov/ and click on to 'Mexico' remember...
Does anyone have any actual experience with satellite radio...xm or sirius... in southern Mexico or Central America? No rumors please, I have gotten plenty of...
When we were in Mexico and Central America 3 years ago we used a satellite radio. We had to get a direct line of sight and the reception wasn't that good ...
Brian, if you are asking about listening to music and talk radio on XM or Sirius, then I have some peripheral first hand experience. In 2004 when we traveled...
... XM ... 2004 ... fellow ... worked. I ... Kathe....thanks...that is exactly what I am wondering....the website for XM says they offer no contracts for...
... satellite ... wasn't that good ... on calling ... Harriet...thanks...I am asking about XM and/or Sirius satellite entertainment radio, not telephone or...
Things have changed a lot Way Down South in 3 years!!!!! You will be suprised. In Mexico just buy Telemex Phone Cards for the public phones, In Guatemala and...