The route will begin in Venezuela and circle South America in a clockwise direction. The primary reason for this is climatic.

What follows is a list of the countries we will pass through on our journey. Click on any country name to see that segment of the itinerary.

	First Reach (southbound)	Km
	United States	6151
	Venezuela	1465
	Brasil	9476
	Paraguay	442
	Argentina (Tierra del Fuego)	5337

	Second Reach (northbound)			Third Reach (northbound)
	Chile & Argentina	8134		Panama	739
	Bolivia	1850		Costa Rica	710
	Peru	3320		Nicaragua	360
	Ecuador	554		Honduras	605
				Guatemala	652
				Belize	444
				Mexico	5489
				USA

The total planned route kilometers are 45,728, or 28,414 miles. Of course our route may vary depending on road conditions, weather, and political coups.

The details of this route are being worked out via our mailing list. If you have experiences that you wouldn't mind sharing, we'd love to hear from you.

Ground Rules

1. Travellers will ship their vans from North America to Venezuela. While the trip will officially start at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, unofficially folks can start anywhere and we'll have a second starting date and meeting place in Venezuela.
2. We'll drive south through Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
3. We'll spend both Christmas and New Year's 2001 in Ushuaia.
4. Heading north, we'll travel the western route, with an inland detour through Bolivia.
5. On the northern trip, we'll ship our vehicles from Colombia to Panama, and drive north through Central America and Mexico.
6. The trip duration will be in the 7-8 month range.
7. We'll rest at least one day for every 6 days of travelling. This has the double advantage of keeping us sane and allowing us to do laundry, stock up on groceries, etc.
8. We will try to keep daily travel to under 300km.

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