This section is quite a detailed diary with all my movements across the involved countries in North America. Besides functioning as a sort of “position tracker”, it will hopefully provide extra info (timeframe, logistics, transport, fares, etc.) to anybody interested in a similar route in the future. So let’s continue the trip together !
SPAIN:
August 27, 2021, Lonigo (IT) > Venice (IT) > Barcelona (ESP)
- by car,
- by flight, ticket purchased on Vueling website, 46 Eur
August 31, 2021, Barcelona > Madrid > Punta Cana (DR)
- by bus, ticket purchased at Barcelona North Station with Alsa, 33 Eur
- by flight, ticket purchased on World2Fly website, 250 Eur
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
August 31, 2021, Punta Cana Airport > Los Manantiales 5 Km
- on foot
September 1, 2021, Los Manantiales > La Otra Banda > El Cedro > Playa Limon > El Cedro, 33 + 55 + 6 + 6 Km
- by guagua, 130 DOP
- by guagua, 190 DOP
- by mototaxi, 250 DOP
- by hitchhiking
September 2, 2021, El Cedro > Montaña Redonda > La Mina de Oro > Playa Esmeralda > La Mina de Oro > El Cedro 9 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 12 Km
- by guagua + foot, 50 DOP
- by guagua, 50 DOP
- by mototaxi, 250 DOP
- by hitchhiking
- by guagua, 50 DOP
September 3, 2021, El Cedro > Miches > Sabana de la Mar > Los Haitises National Park > Sabana de la Mar 21+ 40 + 9 +9 Km
- by guagua, 100 DOP
- by guagua, 200 DOP
- by mototaxi, 300 DOP
- by hitchhiking
September 4, 2021, Sabana de la Mar > Samanà > Las Galeras 27 Km
- by boat, ticket purchased on board, 300 DOP
- by guagua, 150 DOP
September 5, 2021, Las Galeras > Playa del Rincon > Las Galeras 6 +6 Km
- on foot
September 6, 2021, Las Galeras > Samanà > Cascada del Limon > Las Terrenas 27 +21 +25 Km
- by guagua, 125 DOP
- by guagua + foot, 100 DOP
- on foot + hitchhiking
September 7, 2021, Las Terrenas > Santiago de los Caballeros > Dajabon 163 + 149 Km
- by guagua, 400 DOP
- by guagua, 300 DOP
HAITI:
September 8, 2021, Dajabon > Ouanaminthe (Haiti) > Cap Haitien 1 +65 Km
- on foot
- by minivan, ticket purchase at Ouanaminthe bus station, 400 HTG
September 9, 2021, Cap Haitien > Milot > Citadelle Laferrière > Milot > Cap Haitien 18 + 7+7 + 18 Km
- by taptap, 100 HTG
- on foot + foot
- by taptap, 100 HTG
September 10, 2021, Cap Haitien > Labadee > Labadee Village > Paradise Beach > Labadee > Cap Haitien 12 + 12 Km
- by taptap, 150 HTG
- by boat, 100 HTG
- by boat, 750 HTG (two ways)
- by mototaxi, 150 HTG
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:
September 11, 2021, Cap Haitien > Ouanaminthe > Dajabon > Santiago de los Caballeros > Santo Domingo 65 + 2 + 149 + 155 Km
- by minivan, 350 HTG
- on foot, 100
- by bus, ticket purchased at Dajabon bus station, 300 DOP
- by bus, ticket purchased at Santiago bus station, 310 DOP
September 13, 2021, Santo Domingo > La Romana > Bayahibe, 123 + 27 Km
- by bus, 200 DOP, bus leaving near Avenida de Mejico
- by guagua, 80 DOP
September 21, 2021, Bayahibe > Boca de Yuma > Bayahibe, 45 + 45 Km
- by motorbike, lent by a friend
September 22, 2021, Bayahibe > La Romana > Bavaro, 27 + 92 Km
- by guagua, 80 DOP
- by bus, from terminal near Parque Central, 265 DOP
September 23, 2021, Bavaro > Veron > Punta Cana Airport > JFK New York Airport (USA), 18 Km
- by bus, 80 DOP
- by bus, 60 DOP
- by flight, ticket purchased on Delta airlines website, 218 USD
UNITED STATES:
September 29, 2021, Newark Liberty International Airport (NY) > McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas)
- by flight, ticket purchased on Spirit Airlines website, 85 USD
September 30, 2021, McCarran International Airport (Las Vegas) > Oakland Airport (San Francisco)
- by flight, ticket purchased on Spirit Airlines website, 85 USD
October 3, 2021, San Francisco > Grass Valley, 230 Km
- by car
October 4, 22, 2021, Grass Valley > Colfax (Stevens Trail), 23 Km
- by car
October 5, 2021, Colfax (Stevens Trail) > Point Reyes National Seashore, 233 Km
- by car
October 6, 2021, Point Reyes National Seashore > San Francisco, 60 Km
- by car
October 9, 22, 2021, Benicia (San Francisco) > Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, 562 Km
- by car
October 10, 2021, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park > Fern Canyon >Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park > Hidden Springs Campground , 9 + 15 + 160 Km
- on foot
- by hitchhiking
- by car
October 11, 2021, Hidden Springs Campground > Needle Rock (Sinkyone State Wilderness) > Bear Harbor, 67 + 4 Km
- by car
- on foot
October 12, 2021, Bear Harbor > Needle Rock (Sinkyone State Wilderness) > Benicia (San Francisco), 4 + 374 Km
- on foot
- by car
October 13, 2021, Benicia (San Francisco) > Vallejo > Sacramento > Yosemite National Park, 12 + 93 + 227 Km
- by car
- by bus, ticket purchased on Greyhound website, 15 USD
- by car, rented at Sacramento Avis, 943 USD for 1 month (+insurance)
October 14, 2021, Yosemite National Park > Shaver Lake, 95 Km
- by car
October 15, 2021, Shaver Lake > Lake Shore (Huntington Lake) > Shaver Lake, 34+ 34 Km
- by car
October 16, 2021, Shaver Lake > Bakersfield, 255 Km
- by car
October 17, 2021, Bakersfield > Ubehebe Crater (Death Valley National Park) > Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, 398 + 71 Km
- by car
- by car
October 18, 2021, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes (Death Valley National Park) > Wildrose Charcoal Kilns > Wildrose Peak > Wildrose Charcoal Kilns > Furnace Creek, 63 + 6 +6 +100 Km
- by car
- on foot
- on foot
- by car
October 19, 2021, Furnace Creek > Teutonia Peak Trail (Mojave National Preserve), 240 Km
- by car
October 20, 2021, Teutonia Peak Trail > Teutonia Peak > Teutonia Peak Trail > St George (Utah), 2 + 2 + 315 Km
- on foot
- on foot
- by car
October 21, 2021, St George (Utah) > Zion National Park, 66 Km
- by car
October 22, 2021, Zion National Park > Bryce National Park, 116 Km
- by car
October 23, 2021, Bryce National Park > Arches National Park, 393 Km
- by car
October 25, 2021, Arches National Park > Grand View Point Overlook (Canyonlands National Park) > Monument Valley National Park (Arizona), 65 + 332 Km
- by car
- by car
October 26, 2021, Monument Valley National Park > Page, 221 Km
- by car
October 27, 2021, Page > Bright Angel Point (Grand Canyon North Rim) > Desert View Point (Grand Canyon South Rim), 200 + 304 Km
- by car
- by car
October 28, 2021, Desert View Point (Grand Canyon South Rim) > South Kaibab Trailhead > Phantom Ranch > South Kaibab Trailhead > Petrified Forest National Park, 34 + 11 + 11 + 328 Km
- by car
- on foot
- on foot
- by car
October 29, 2021, Petrified Forest National Park > Safford, 378 Km
- by car
October 30, 2021, Safford > Riggs Lake (Coronado National Forest) > Clark Peak > Riggs Lake, 66 + 4 + 4 Km
- by car
- on foot
- on foot
October 31, 2021, Riggs Lake > Tombstone > Tucson, 212 + 115 Km
- by car
- by car
November 1, 2021, Tucson > Saguaro National Park, 22 Km
- by car
November 2, 2021, Saguaro National Park > Salton Sea (Sonny Bono, California), 524 Km
- by car
November 3, 2021, Salton Sea (Sonny Bono) > Joshua Tree National Park, 113 Km
- by car
November 4, 2021, Joshua Tree National Park >Humber Park (San Bernardino National Forest), 119 Km
- by car
November 5, 2021, Humber Park (San Bernardino National Forest ) > Mt San Jacinto > Humber Park > Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 12 + 12 +141 Km
- on foot
- on foot
- by car
November 7, 2021, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park > San Diego, 140 Km
- by car
November 10, 2021, San Diego > Otay Border Crossing > Tijuana (Mexico), 32 Km
- by car + bus
- on foot
MEXICO:
November 12, 2021, Tijuana > San Ignacio (BCS), 850 Km
- by bus, ticket purchased at ABC office in Autobuses ABC Plus; Terminal 5 y 10, Tijuana, 1612 MXN
November 13, 2021, San Ignacio (BCS) > Santa Rosalia, 76 Km
- by bus, with Aguila, ticket purchased onboard, 100 MXN
November 15, 2021, Santa Rosalia > Loreto, 197 Km
- by hitchhiking
November 17, 2021, Loreto > La Paz, 356 Km
- by hitchhiking
November 18, 2021, La Paz > Playa Balandra & Tecolote > La Paz, 27 + 27 Km
- by hitchhiking
- by hitchhiking
November 19, 2021, La Paz > Isla Espiritu Santo > La Paz
- by boat
November 20, 2021, La Paz > Todos Santos > Cabo San Lucas, 82 + 76 Km
- by bus, with Aguila, ticket purchased in La Paz 8 de Octubre bus station, 160 MXN
- by bus, with Aguila, ticket purchased in Todos Santos bus station, 125 MXN
November 22, 2021, Cabo San Lucas > San José del Cabo, 33 Km
- by bus, ticket purchased onboard with La Ruta del Desierto, 37 MXN
November 23, 2021, San José del Cabo > La Paz > Pichilingue > Mazatlan, 186 + 19 Km
- by bus, with Aguila, ticket purchased in San José del Cabo bus station, 180 MXN
- by hitchhiking
- by boat, ticket purchased on BajaFerries website, 1020 MXN
November 25, 2021, Mazatlan > Guadalajara, 483 Km
- by bus, with Tim Premier, ticket purchased at Tim Premier stall, 500 MXN
November 27, 2021, Guadalajara > Tequila > Guadalajara, 69+ 69 Km
- by bus, with Tequila bus, ticket purchased in Guadalajara Antigua Terminal bus station, 100 MXN
- by bus, with Tequila bus, ticket purchased in Tequila bus station, 100 MXN
November 28, 2021, Guadalajara > Ajijic > Chapala > Guadalajara, 54 + 8 + 50 Km
- by bus, with Chapala Plus, ticket purchased in Guadalajara Antigua Terminal bus station, 60 MXN
- by bus, with Chapala Bus, ticket purchased onboard, 9 MXN
- by bus, with Chapala Plus, ticket purchased in Chapala bus terminal, 58 MXN
November 29, 2021, Guadalajara > Morelia, 289 Km
- by bus, with Primera Plus, ticket purchased online, 482 MXN
November 30, 2021, Morelia > Silao > Guanajuato, 170 + 23 Km
- by bla bla car, 128 MXN
- by bus, with Primera flecha amarilla, 30 MXN
December 2, 2021, Guanajuato > San Miguel de Allende > Querétaro, 54 + 63 Km
- by bla bla car, 70 MXN
- by bla bla car, 50 MXN
December 4, 2021, Querétaro > Ciudad de México, 212 Km
- by Urbvan, ticket purchased online on the website, 320 MXN
December 5, 2021, Ciudad de México > Teotihuacàn > Ciudad de México, 48 + 48 Km
- by bus, with Teotihuacàn bus, ticket purchased at Mexico Norte bus station, 52 + 52 MXN
December 8, 2021, Ciudad de México > Puebla, 135 Km
- by bla bla car, 110 MXN
December 9, 2021, Puebla > Cholula > Puebla, 13 + 13 Km
- by local bus, 10 MXN paid onboard
- by local bus, 10 MXN paid onboard
December 10, 2021, Puebla > Oaxaca, 339 Km
- by bus, with ADO, ticket purchased online on the website, 650 MXN
December 11, 2021, Oaxaca > Puerto Escondido, 316 Km
- by bla bla car, 250 MXN
December 13, 2021, Puerto Escondido > San Antonio > Zipolite, 57 + 13 Km
- by minivan, ticket purchased onboard, 50 MXN
- by hitchhiking
December 14, 2021, Zipolite > Mazunte > Zipolite, 5 + 5 Km
- by hitchhiking
- by hitchhiking
December 15, 2021, Zipolite > Oaxaca, 259 Km
- by minivan, with Lineas Unidas, paid at Zipolite terminal, 300 MXN
December 17, 2021, Oaxaca > Monte Alban > Oaxaca, 7 + 7 Km
- on foot
December 18, 2021, Oaxaca > San Pablo Villa de Mitla, 45 Km
- by bus, from Central Station, paid onboard, 20 MXN
December 19, 2021, Mitla > Tlacolula > Santiago Matatlan > Mitla, 13 + 15 + 11 Km
- by bus, 10 MXN paid onboard
- by taxi, 20 MXN
- by pickup taxi + tuktuk, 17 MXN
December 20, 2021, Mitla > Hierve el Agua > Mitla > Oaxaca, 16 + 16 + 45 Km
- by pickup taxi, 75 MXN paid onboard
- by hitchhiking
- by hitchhiking
December 21, 2021, Oaxaca > Tuxtla, 563 Km
- by bus, with OCC, ticket purchased at ADO booth in Central Oaxaca, 824 MXN
December 24, 2021, Tuxtla > Sima de las Cotorras > Tuxtla, 57 + 57 Km
- by car
December 25, 2021, Tuxtla > San Cristobal de las Casas, 59 Km
- by bus, with OCC, ticket purchased at OCC bus station, 53 MXN
December 27, 2021, San Cristobal de las Casas > Comitán, Chiapas, 93 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), from OCC bus station, 60 MXN
December 28, 2021, Comitán, Chiapas > Tziscao , 60 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), from Montebello Station, 70 MXN
December 29, 2021, Tziscao > 5 Lagos de Montebello > Antelà > Tziscao, 35 Km
- on foot
December 30, 2021, Tziscao > Las Nubes > Tziscao, 69 + 69 Km
- by minivan + truck, 70 + 40 MXN
- on foot + minivan, 70 MXN
December 31, 2021, Tziscao > Comitán, Chiapas, 60 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), 70 MXN
January 1, 2022, Comitán, Chiapas > Las Margaritas, 20 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), 20 MXN
January 2, 2022, Las Margaritas > Emiliano Zapata, 121 Km
- by minivan, 120 MXN
January 3, 2022, Emiliano Zapata > Laguna Miramar > Emiliano Zapata, 6 + 6 Km
- on foot
- on foot
January 4, 2022, Emiliano Zapata > San Quintin > Ocosingo, 1 + 132 Km
- on foot
- by minivan, 110 MXN
January 6, 2022, Ocosingo > Agua Azul, 63 Km
- by minivan, 50 MXN
January 7, 2022, Agua Azul > Roberto Barrios, 74 Km
- by minivan, 50 + 50 MXN
January 8, 2022, Roberto Barrios > Palenque, 32 Km
- by minivan, 50 MXN
January 9, 2022, Palenque > Chetumal, 485 Km
- by bus, with ADO, ticket purchased at ADO bus station in Palenque, 538 MXN
January 10, 2022, Chetumal > Mahahual, 142 Km
- by bus, with ADO, ticket purchased at ADO bus station in Palenque, 120 MXN
January 12, 2022, Mahahual > Bacalar, 105 Km
- by minivan (Foraneo), 90 MXN
January 14, 2022, Bacalar > Cenote Azul > Bacalar, 5 + 5 Km
- on foot
January 18, 2022, Bacalar > Belize Free Zone (Belize) > Chetumal (Mex) > Bacalar, 35 + 35 Km
- by minivan, 50 MXN
- by shared taxi, 50 MXN
- by shared taxi, 15 BZ
- by shared taxi, 250 MXN
- by shared taxi, 70 MXN
January 22, 2022, Bacalar > Chetumal > Palenque, 485 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), 50 MXN
- by bus, with ADO, from Chetumal terminal, 788 MXM
January 24, 2022, Palenque > Tenosique > El Ceibo > El Ceibo (Guatemala) > El Naranjo, 80 + 57 + 1 +31 Km
- by minivan (colectivo), 90MXN
- by minivan (colectivo), 50MXN
- on foot
- by hitchhiking ( X 2)
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