With yesterday's good news, we were eager to carry on working on the car in order to have it ready in time to leave Cartagena on Friday. As we have learnt time and time again on this project though, absolutely everything takes longer than expected, and yesterday was no different, so time was of the ...

As we now had a place to secure the car, it was just waiting to be fixed and be back on the road! We were determined to get it repaired as soon as possible, so by 8am on Sunday morning we were up and ready to get going! Nik and Toby went for the morning ...

The most important thing we needed right now was a clean, dry and secure place in which we could work on the car and get it fixed. Without this, we would simply not be able to make any progress in fixing the car's ailments. In addition, we also needed a place for us to stay ...

As you may have guessed from the title, our bad luck didn't end yesterday; we had a very solid dose of it today (Friday 17th) as well! For me, the day was very much a continuation of the day before as I stayed up the whole night watching the SRZero. It was pleasing to see ...

As the shipping of the vehicles was delayed from Panama to Cartagena (Colombia), we had an impromptu break of 9 days while we waited for the ship to arrive and the contents to be unloaded. While the break did allow for the team to catch up on a bit of sleep and to relax a ...

Today marked the first time in the entire journey so far, around 14,000km, that the team took any transport other than by road. The flight from Panama to Colombia, unless you take a long boat ride, is the only way to get across the short Darien Gap, an impenetrable stretch of jungle without a single ...

Our stay in Panama City, which consisted of 5 days, was a mixed experience of frustration, productivity and incredulity. Our first day in Panama City (Thursday) was extremely pleasant however, starting off with a press event and presentation at the brand new Panamanian Canal Authority (ACP) building first thing in the morning. Nik and Clemens ...

Today marked our final drive of the North American continent! After 65 days of the trip, of which only 37 were spent driving (the rest occupied with press events, conferences and a few days of delay) we were finally in Panama, the bridge between the Americas! As we had a 290 mile leg to reach ...