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A good few nights wild camping and driving quite quickly we stayed one night in a rather expensive campsite in Hotel Huanchaco Gardens Hotel. It was OK. I’ve posted some photos. For the price is could have been better but it was quiet so probably worth it.I might not have mentioned the attempted robbery in Puno in Peru. Well We’ve…
The problem with Machu Picchu is its a clear as mud how to get there and what stuff costs. So…. Drive to Santa Theresa and camp in the little campsite. Camping is 5 SOL but they do have some rooms for the same price. Location on our MAP. The next day in the afternoon get a Taxi from Santa Theresa…
I know which I’d rather have…..can you guess…. one of them is so cheap and they other not so much. After one of them you feel full and the other your wallet is empty…. After leaving La Paz we stopped in Copacabana and camped in the beach. Henning stayed in the most expensive hotel in town as always. He…
We’ve been in Oberland too long and should be leaving tomorrow. We’ve finally been caught up by Henning and we’ve had a meal and a drink. He’s been filling us in on his adventures in both Africa and South America. He’s having the time of his life same as us. He’s not met many travellers so it must be a…
Oh how I hated this series but only after it ended. I wasted so much of my life watching it….the worse ending of all time. Anyhow, our receipt number for the $160usd each isn’t being accepted by the system CSC so helpfully created. So we cannot book our appointment ! As is the way of things like this we are…
Today we went to pay for our USA B2 visa…..$160usd each. The process is long and made even worse by the “IT” systems in place. There are two systems to log on to and complete various “hoops” to apply for the visa. The fee is not refundable and you have to convince them you are not going to stay in…
There you have it. “Death Road” completed. To be honest its not scary at all. The road is wide enough and not busy. There’s worse tracks in Morocco….much worse and much more scary although not a beautiful.The start turn of the death road is just after KM54 on the main road and if you make it to the bottom you…
The other day we stayed in Cochabamba, a medium sized town spread over a large area. We stayed in a cheap hostel in the centre as they had parking. It was only 100BOL for the hostel which is about £10. The Wi-Fi didn’t work but no problem for one night. We left at around 10:30 the next day to find…
Julies recent double trouble with her cut to the hand and toothache have turned out fine. The hand in healing and the toothache is gone thanks to the Antibiotics. We are going to try missing the next pain medication dose and just take the antibiotic to make sure theres no pain left. The anti-inflamatory properties of the pain meds will…
Julie has a (mother of all) toothache and has had it for a few days. She can’t sleep due to the pain and of course its a holiday weekend. Luckily the owners of the campsite know people and got one to open so she’s been checked out and the “Dr.” says its an infection. So we have some horse tablets…
We met our first overlanders for ages in Uyuni and theres a photo of their self built truck below. Pretty amazing what you can do with an old army flat bed Iveco. We went and messed around on the salt flats. We got Matilda a bit salty so she needed a wash. The pressure washer from hell managed to soak…
There we were driving round town in Tarija and a policeman jumps out and asks for the driving licence of the “conductor” (driver in English). He’s at Julies side of the car as always. I hand my licence to Julie and she hands it to him. He then asks for Julies licence not mine and is rather insistant and looks…
So there we were…..surrounded. Six of them…..we were in trouble….They pulled up in there car and lept out…..We’d only just woken and I was still half asleep. We were sleeping in a petrol station….oh golly…..But we wern’t that worried as they are Jehovah Witnesses. I got my copy of Awake in English and turned down Watchtower. Strangely its mostly about…
Our 500th day passed and we’re leaving Brasil for the final time. We’ve met some nice people here of the last few days. It must be the area. They’ve looked after us well and we’ve had a party. Thanks to the Bikers Hostel in Iguacu we are ready for the next part of our trip.Did I mention we went to…
Some of you may be wondering where we are going and why and for how long. Well,,,considering the pound has just dropped its pants to the other currencies of the world we may be home sooner than later. I’ve no idea why the pound is so weak considering the Euro and Euro Zone are in such a bad shape. The…
Bit of a paddle in the Salt Flats on the way across the top of Chile/Argentina. We travelled to almost 5000meters. I should point out that the lavish lunch Julie is smiling about was a) to use our remaining Chilian Peso’s b) to use the Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi failed as this is probably what caused the blog entry to dissapear.…
So after 1.5 hours typing the blog Weebly decided to delete the post entirely whilst I was uploading the photos. This is one of the many bugs of Weebly. The developers seem unable to find any of the ones I report and ask me to send in web capture video. Do they know where I am ! If you don’t…
Update of Photos in the Photos section. Just dumped loads in there so its a right old mess….. Has been difficult to find Wi-Fi Internet. Finally found some in Antofagasta in the Mall. Slept on the side of the road last night after driving round trying to find a shower for hours. Fianlly found the local sports field next to…
This time we’re not on our way to see Charley Boorman or his TV series of the same name but we are rushing north to see the last few days of the Dakar. Hopefully !!!! I have along way to drive tomorrow as the stage isn’t really where it should be. Its a long way north. Luckily we found some…
Just sat on the side of the road and a Defender 90 turns round and comes back to see us…..One free shower later and a chat about all sorts and thanks to Raul Alvarez Klein we are on our way. Who said the South Africans have the title for most hospitable??? That would have been me…..Chile is catching up.We also…
We made it into Chile. We were actually nearly denied entry due to food we had. The same food which had already been in twice ! The guard was hot on the food but not, it seems, on the steering wheel. I still need to give a full rundown of whats happened but i’m on the clock here so will…
We have so much to tell you but the internet is so slow. Main points are that we’ve been denied entry to Chile due to Matilda being Right Hand Drive. This is a new one on us….nothing on the internet but the rule is legitimate. We have the embassy on the case and if they’ve just started enforcing the rule…
We came to summer in argentina didn’t we? Who would have thought this is their summer! Anyhow, we came to the end of the Andies and not the one on the end of your armies! That one never gets old….or does it. You tell me. We were hoping to get into the National Park after gates closed and so we…
So here we are at 14 months….Started the trip north on the anniversary of the trip. So how long to get to the very north I wonder. Theres talk of running out of money and buying a Dodge van….We talk a lot of rubbish sometimes. We are looking with envy at the huge Dodge vans rolling round Chile. Some bikers…
The other day on our way to Ushuaia we saw an overlander on rollerblades pushing a cart. I think he was Swedish due to the flags. We honked and he waved. He was about 45km from Ushuaia so we think it would have taken him at least another day to get here. Possibly he arrived today, who knows. I’ve searched…
So for some of you it came and went and for some of us its still here. What am I on about? The 21st December 2012. The End of the World ?? Seems like it didn’t happen…..or did it? We are nearly at our destination. Somewhere not quite a far south as Doncaster is north. However what I can tell…
We are very happy in the car and our full size double. Its actaully better to sleep in than a normal double. You don’t fall out if you get to the edge so it feels bigger. It also have probably 5cm (more maybe) of additional width but i’m not sure what the window to window width inside the back of…
New apartment. Looks nicer in the photos. …
So as mentioned yesterday here are the details for the insurance office in Buenos Aires. The lady in the office who speaks English is really helpful and will talk over the phone or via Email. Ana Kolarik (name of lady) Seguros Rivadavia (Insurance Company Name) 1054 Bernardo de Irigoyen (road its on) Phone 11 5167 2400 Email: AKOLARIK@SEGUROSRIVADAVIA.COM(its a few…
Matilda is on here way on the boat and the boat is underway and so are we. We’re moving into an apartment. http://argentinaconsultant.com/apartment/carranza/ Its barely cheaper than the hostel,,,,in fact not really cheaper at all as the hostel were giving us two nights free. So the apartment works out more expensive, just. The hostel also comes with breakfast and the…