When the couple was in Panama, they needed to figure out a way to get on a ferry that wasn't technically allowed to carry the van at the time. Panama and Colombia have no road connection, so they needed to ship the van between the countries.

Levi said:

"We played to each other's strengths — Jakob did all the organization and mapped out all the places we needed to stop by to get approvals, while I used my Spanish and my shameless ability to beg people to convince them to help us. It certainly didn't hurt that it was the night before Christmas, but incredibly we ended up with the only car on a 500-car ferry. It ended up saving us a boatload of money."

The ferry actually had to turn perpendicular to the dock just to let the Sprinter on.