One of my best college friends and I decided we were going to adventure the entire stretch of South America, through Central America and then up the PCT over the course of about 6-7 months via bus and motorcycle (ended up not doing the PCT because we ran out of money).

We get into Ecuador thinking just a few short bus rides (http://i.imgur.com/kVVqZuX.jpg) will have us through Columbia and at the border of Panama.

We got our asses laughed at so hard when we were asking about how to get through this "weird jungle area" -- asking the dumbest questions like "where are the roads?" "how about hiking trails"

Lesson learned and ended up just flying over it. But highly recommend traveling that area of the world if you ever get a chance. Some absolutely gorgeous areas, and I think it's still relatively under-appreciated