Mexico
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POSADA Posada de Tampico Hotel Tampico RVs park in rear car park. $15USA Water only.
22,27 -97.875255 15 22-01-06
1ROAD 1Road side parking.
Reasonable views. Park to right of cafe to avoid big trucks in the night. 26,06 21,91 -99.915940 997 22-01-06
TOWN S Town square/football pitch Real de Catorce 2km before tunnel. Too low for us. Better camp site 1km on. 26,38 23,69 -100.858465 2633 24-01-06
JUST O Just off main road

26,57 23,64 -101.966882 2041 24-01-06
DEL BO del Bosque Hotel Zacatecas Proper RV park with electricity and water. $20 per night. 26,7 22,77 -102.619750 2408 25-01-06
BY A S By a school on #54 Moyahua
26,91 21,26 -103.157948 1178 26-01-06
1MERCE 1Mercedes Truck Garage Guadalajara
27,05 20,65 -103.359250 1571 28-01-06
ON BEA On beach! El Faro Down a small dusty track 27,4 18,39 -103.528327 13 29-01-06
GREAT Great camping spot!
Not used by us
18,2 -103.118190 20 30-01-06
PLAYA Playa Linda? Camping. Ixtapa Free area. Lots of RVs and crocodiles!
17,68 -101.645718 16 30-01-06
DIAMAN Diamante Trailer Park Acapulco Large RV park full of Canadians 28 16,79 -99.797068 16 31-01-06
OFF MA Off main rd. 100m near river.
Locals say fine to camp here. 28,28 16,33 -98.015368 60 02-02-06
2ROAD 2Road side parking area.

28,52 17,3 -97.661703 2135 03-02-06
HUAMEL Huamelulpam Ruins
Worth a look. Also fine church.
17,4 -97.600633 2251 04-02-06
YANHUI Yanhuitlan Big church!


17,53 -97.344243 2155 04-02-06
ROAD S Road side track just outside town

28,68 17,28 -96.877025 1714 04-02-06
TRAILE Trailer Park Oaxaca Water electricity and sewage. 150 Pesos 28,72 17,08 -96.710893 1607 05-02-06
CHURCH Church and monastery
Teposcolula
17,51 -97.488623
06-02-06
YAGUL Yagul Ruin
Worth a walk to the top. 45 min. Big car park. $3.00USA
16,96 -96.448965 1708 07-02-06
MITLA Mitla (public car park)

28,79 16,93 -96.358952 1726 07-02-06
DONA C Dona Chica Restaurant
Good food. Nice staff and sign the book. No parking nearby.
16,92 -96.363128
08-02-06
SIDE R Side road in town

29,09 16,56 -94.612058 62 08-02-06
CAMP D Camp down by boats
Great river trip ~$15.00 pp 2 hours. Good cafe. 29,32 16,74 -93.035027 410 09-02-06
BONAMP Bonampak RV Park San Cristobal de las Casas $16.00 USA Grass water and power 29,4 16,73 -92.653555 2129 10-02-06
MAYA B Maya Bell RV Camp
Nice restaurant. $10.00 per van. Take minibus to ruins. 29,63 17,49 -92.038212 88 12-02-06
GOOD O Good off-road area to park for the night
No litter. No people. Just before park entrance. 29,97 18,38 -89.894812 218 14-02-06
DEBLIZ Debliz Hotel
Car park at front. Nothing special. Buy a beer. Free parking. 30,14 18,51 -89.416527 270 15-02-06
HACIEN Hacienda Tabi
Great place to camp. But only open part of the time.
20,27 -89.512302 49 16-02-06
RESTAU Restaurant (not open when we camped)
Grotto behind restaurant. 30,46 20,25 -89.460148 96 16-02-06
2MERCE 2Mercedes Truck Garage
Not visited. Just passed.
20,92 -89.705837
17-02-06
RAINBO Rainbow RV Park Merida Inside ring road at ~8.5km on Progress Rd $20USA per van! 30,61 21,04 -89.630102 36 17-02-06
ON GRA On grass outside police station.

30,82 20,74 -89.316718 28 19-02-06
DOLORE Dolores Alba Hotel Chichen Itza Road side hotel with pool $10 USA per vehicle 30,93 20,66 -88.549532 36 20-02-06
EL MIR El Mirador Tulum On beach. Simple camping $10USA per van 31,1 20,21 -87.431022 28 21-02-06
RV PAR RV Park/Hotel Rio Indio Right by sea. $10USA per van per night 31,36 18,78 -87.671620 6 23-02-06



























Belize
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OUTSID Outside Celestes Restaurant Corozal On the waterront. Opposite RV park. 31,53 18,38 -88.396023 11 25-02-06
JUNGLE Jungle River Tours (RV & Restaurant) Orange Walk Down by river. Novelo Brothers  $10USA per van 31,58 18,08 -88.556908 12 26-02-06
BABOON Baboon Sanctuary Info Centre
$2.50USA per person per night 31,76 17,56 -88.534768 40 27-02-06
SOUTH South Park St (Nr Radison) Belize City On street by band stand. Police say OK to stay. Spent 2 nights. Very quiet. 31,81 17,49 -88.182172 8 28-02-06
COCKSC Cockscomb Basin Reserve
$10.00USA per van on helipad
16,78 -88.459417 79 02-03-06
PRIVAT Private waste ground near beach Placencia Owner said OK 32,04 16,51 -88.366023 13 03-03-06
FUEL W Fuel Water


16,98 -88.297568
05-03-06
IAN AN Ian Anderson Adventure Lodge Thing
You can camp for $5US per person
17,17 -88.682935 78 06-03-06
RV CAM RV Camp San Ignatio Seen from road but not used
17,14 -89.088847
06-03-06
WELDIN Welding work done here


17,08 -89.135598
06-03-06



























Guatemala
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BY THE By the lake side. El Cruce Just off dirt road. Picnic tables by water.
17 -89.704795 134 06-03-06
BY LAK By lake just over bridge. Dirt road by shore. Flores

16,93 -89.889712 105 08-03-06
GRASS Grass area by road.
We were stopped here by road closure till 06:00 32,67 15,79 -89.934598 172 08-03-06
LANQUI Lanquin Camp at Office For Semuc Champey Cost $5.00USA per person 32,76 15,58 -89.990545 328 09-03-06
PARQUE Parque Nacional Las Victorias
Can park for $3.00 USA per person. 32,82 15,48 -90.382827 1335 10-03-06
BY ROA By roadside (not recomended)
Stopped by road works 32,94 15,33 -91.006667 1702 11-03-06
STOPPE Stopped for lunch!
Stuck on street by market! Not a recomended stop.
14,94 -91.112367 2106 12-03-06
CAR PA Car park of Hotel Tikal Los Encuentros
33,05 14,85 -91.149840 2586 12-03-06
HOTEL Hotel Vision Azul (or a better one 300m into town by lake) Panajachel $12.00 USA per van. Very sharp turn. Go into town and return 33,07 14,75 -91.164278 1576 13-03-06
GOOD T Good trailer park by lake Panajachel About $13 USA per van
14,74 -91.161712
14-03-06
IN TOW In town at public parking. Antigua Lots of one way streets and width restrictions! 33,19 14,56 -90.735530 1558 14-03-06
PARKIN Parking near bus station Antigua It looks like you could camp here.
14,56 -90.740965
15-03-06
MERCED Mercedes Benz Garage Guatemala

14,6 -90.552803 1508 15-03-06
PRIVAT Private house.
Do not visit 33,25 14,55 -90.574975 1404 16-03-06



























El Salvador
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GEO TH Geo Thermal Field Ahuachapan We just parked in the trees.
13,91 -89.815207 816 17-03-06
ON LOW On lower terrace by lake. Suchitoto Cost about $2 per day. By boats. Road very steep but OK. 33,64 13,95 -89.016698 266 18-03-06
VOLCAN Volcano Park Camp Area Off CA12 Very rough road for last 1.5km 4x4 only? $0.70 per person 33,52 13,83 -89.629053 1851 18-03-06



























Honduras
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BY ROA By road side.
Large parking area. Good views. 33,76 14,47 -89.071977 2016 20-03-06
LARGE Large flat area by road La Entrada
33,88 15,05 -88.761597 496 21-03-06
CIGAR Cigar Factory Santa Rosa de Copan Tour well worth $2.00 USA
14,77 -88.777667
21-03-06
PARK H Park here and walk into town. Copan Ruinas Town not suited to RVs!
14,84 -89.153268 622 22-03-06
HACIEN Hacienda el Jaral For Copan Ruinas Camp at waterpark. Cost 5.00USA per person 33,96 14,87 -89.060177 687 22-03-06
NEAR T Near thermal springs Gracias Last 200m for small 4x4 only. 34,11 14,56 -88.569448 920 23-03-06
LOS RE Los Remos Hotel Pito Solo Great camp site. By lake. Good English $5.00 per van 34,29 14,79 -87.983110 664 24-03-06
MARTHA Martha's Comedor (Diner) Arizona Arizona Large car park. Let us camp no charge. 34,47 15,69 -87.326685 41 25-03-06
BUTERF Buterfly Muesum Turning La Ceiba

15,77 -86.788753
26-03-06
BRISA Brisa del Mar Hotel Corozal Low wires mean you must park by entrance. Near Sea 34,57 15,79 -86.681483 22 26-03-06
CRISTO Cristopher Columbus Hotel Trujillo See Campamento RV park far better.
15,93 -85.939597 18 28-03-06
CAMPAM Campamento RV park Trujillo On beach. Great place to stay! $5.00 USA per van 34,76 15,91 -85.988312 17 29-03-06
DIPPSA Dippsa Fuel Station La Union

15 -86.712727 718 31-03-06
LA UNI La Union


15,02 -86.709826
31-03-06
SABA Saba


15,52 -86.226966
01-04-06
SIGN T Sign to Tegucigalpa


15,44 -86.466002
01-04-06
PARK T Park Turistico Valle de Angeles Cost $1.20 USA per person 35,18 14,14 -87.039495 1299 01-04-06
SANTA Santa Lucia


14,12 -87.112720 1512 02-04-06
PRIVAT Private plot on beach. Cedeno Just luck the guy said we can park. Do not count on it! 35,39 13,17 -87.431982 22 02-04-06



























Nicaragua
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MOTEL Motel la Finca (Rooms by the hour!) Outside Leon Grass parking area to side. Secure $6.00 per van 35,81 12,47 -86.864847 141 04-04-06
ON LAK On lake beach. Momotombo Black sand. Buy a beer at the cafe. Great views! 35,71 12,4 -86.609967 65 05-04-06
SCHOOL School that let us park (Weekend only) Leon Just luck the headmaster said yes.
12,43 -86.883538 112 07-04-06
VOL MA Vol Masaya NP Visitor Centre
About $6USA per peron admission and camping
12 -86.148540 343 09-04-06
TOURIS Tourist Park Granada $2 USA by lake shore.
11,92 -85.939360 60 10-04-06
ON BEA On beach
Did not camp. Too noisy at Easter but OK other times?
11,26 -85.874862 23 12-04-06



























Costa Rica
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2CAFE 2Cafe car park by the sea. San Juan del Sur
36,1 11,29 -85.902978 35 12-04-06
DELFIN Delfin Trailer Park. Cereceda Only just in use. On main rd. $7 per van 36,23 10,66 -85.469235 155 13-04-06
LA COL La Colina Lodge Monteverde Parking for about 3 RVs. Rough road last 35km.  $10 per vehicle. 36,35 10,3 -84.809447 1418 14-04-06
CHEESE Cheese Factory Monteverde Tour at 9:00
10,3 -84.809460 1417 15-04-06
PARKIN Parking lot in town. Monteverde Not camped on but might be OK?
10,32 -84.823752 1351 15-04-06
SKY WA Sky Walk/Sky Track Monteverde No camping!
10,34 -84.809800 1608 15-04-06
PRIVAT Private grass area just off road. Guadalajara Owner was happy for us to park. No charge. 36,42 10,56 -84.965618 682 15-04-06
3OBSER 3Observation Lodge (Visit but can not park here) Volcan Arenal Great views. Stay till dark then go down and park just outside gate.
10,44 -84.710106
17-04-06
2OBSER 2Observation Lodge Gate Volcan Arenal Can park just outside gate or by river. 36,48 10,44 -84.716710 601 17-04-06
1OBSER 1Observation point (Wild Camp?) Lake Arenal Great view over lake. Up steep narrow road to grass platform. Not used but looks good.
10,52 -84.868000
17-04-06
JUST O Just outside Volcan Poas Park.
On the entry road. Park closes 15:30 36,62 10,17 -84.231943 2502 17-04-06
ROUGH Rough grass area by side of road. Zarcero Not great but it will do. 36,69 10,18 -84.380682 1684 18-04-06
BELEN Belen Trailer Park For San Jose A real RV park. 36,77 9,98 -84.178432 954 19-04-06
MERCED Mercedes Garage Autostar Vehiculos San Jose

9,95 -84.093752
20-04-06
BOTANI Botanic Gardens (Orchids)
Parked on the dirt road opposite car park. 36,85 9,84 -83.888303 1402 22-04-06
SNAKE Snake Exhibit Nr Eslabon Well woth a visit!
9,9 -83.627582
23-04-06
1CAFE 1Cafe car park by sea Cahuita No charge.
9,74 -82.838967 36 23-04-06



























Panama
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LARGE Large grass area by fire station Chiriqui Grande No charge. Good place to park. Town not very attractive! 37,23 8,95 -82.142108 34 24-04-06
CINDER Cinder bus park. Chupamper Not pretty but free. 37,53 8,1 -80.811407 75 25-04-06
XS MEM XS Memories RV Park and hotel Santa Clara Cost $15 per van. Source of shipping information.
8,39 -80.110292 47 26-04-06
BARWIL Barwil Agencies Panama City Shipping to SA. Car park outside office.
8,98 -79.522112
27-04-06



























Colombia
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24 HOU 24 Hour secure carpark Catagena By sea. May not be here long. 37,88 10,4 -75.556028 15 03-05-06
ACPM F ACPM Fuel Station
We tipped the guard $5. 38,31 9,37 -73.533767 71 05-05-06
SANTIA Santiago Montoyta's House Bogota Personal friend. 39,09 4,79 -74.065325 2588 09-05-06
BAMBUS Bambusa Hotel Armenia Personal friend. Do not use without permission. 39,45 4,4 -75.774712 1168 10-05-06
MERCED Mercedes Garage Cali

3,45 -76.512852 997 12-05-06
MOTEL Motel Mondomo Restaurant and motel no charge. 39,71 2,84 -76.543330 1373 12-05-06
COUNTR Country House Pasto Big restaurant with good secure parking (No charge) 40,04 1,16 -77.293625 2823 13-05-06



























Ecuador
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LA LUN La Luna Hostel and Camp Site Otavalo Not much space (we got three 7m vans in but only just) $3 per person. Great place! 40,29 0,2 -78.286423 2934 15-05-06
EL REC El Recreo Mall Quito We were allowed to park overnight. Taxi to centre is $4. 40,46 -0.252723 -78.524492 2840 16-05-06
MERCED Mercedes garage (Not the main one) Quito Autec the official Mercedes dealer is at S00.107667 W78.479028
-0.259862 -78.522930
17-05-06
HOSTER Hosteria San Mateo Camping Saquisili Well signed by PanAm. $6 per person with llamas grass and flowers! 40,53 -0.796510 -78.617605 2965 17-05-06
CENTRA Central bus park Banos The police said OK to park here. 40,64 -1.395647 -78.424322 1833 18-05-06
#1ROAD #1Road side. Owner charged $2 per person. Guasuntas
40,81 -2.230803 -78.825037 2624 19-05-06
FRIDGE Fridge repair (Just in case you need it too!) Riobamba

-1.671596 -78.657963
19-05-06
CABANA Cabanas Yanuncay Cuenca Main gate low but a bigger one in 100m! 41,03 -2.905722 -79.028150 2587 20-05-06
#2ROAD #2Road side. Not great but level and room for three. Loja
41,25 -3.982312 -79.244068 2262 22-05-06
#3ROAD #3Road side. Room for four vans. Great views. Macara
41,42 -4.319333 -79.940778 1093 23-05-06
#4ROAD #4Road side. Room for three vans. Great views. Macara Used as lunch stop but fine for night
-4.106426 -79.825422 908 23-05-06