01-Nov-2009 3:13 PM At the grocery store Ali and I were picking up a six-pack of Sol non-alcoholic beer when a couple of young ladies in tight fitting Sol clothing approached and told us they were having a promotion. For buying their beer they were giving us a water bottle. … Read More
October 2009
01-Oct-2009 8:50 PM Yesterday we left the Bay Area and headed east to a new Bum friend’s house for a little work on the car. This new friend just happened to have a ’64 Porsche parked in his garage and had offered to help me replace our windshield seal. He … Read More
September 2009
01-Sept-2009 1:29 PM This morning we went down to the doctor’s office to inquire about our new bill. I stayed in the waiting room while Ali went in to billing. Within a couple of minutes I could hear voices being raised. There was no glass breaking or loud screaming though, … Read More
August 2009
02-Aug-2009 11:16 PM Man do we ever hate to fly. There is no worse mode of transportation to travel in. Granted you just don’t have a choice sometimes, but if we have the choice of driving 2000 miles or flying we’ll be hitting the road. Our flight from England started … Read More
Cost to Drive the Americas
What’s an epic drive like this cost? Here is our answer. This is truly every penny we spent from start to finish. (figures in USD) 28 countries, 59,734 miles, 525 days on the road, and 371 nights spent in the bus 1958 Volkswagen Panelvan (restored) 13,600 engine, transmission, … Read More
Borders
This is a breakdown of exactly what was involved in taking our ’58 VW bus through the borders of Central & South America in 2008/2009. Also included is shipping information between Panama and Colombia and from Argentina to Germany. U.S./Mexico Border We’ve been through a couple of them, but the … Read More
April 2009
april 1 2009 : torres del paine, chile, south america Crossed the border once again this afternoon, this time just down the road from Torres del Paine National Park. This place is the hikers mecca, which for us doesn’t really mean much. We did know there would be some killer … Read More
March 2009
march 1 2009 : puno, perú, south america The sky today had to be the most sharply pure we’ve ever seen. All along the road we just pulled over to take in the colors and the clouds that almost didn’t seem real. The drive ran along the altiplano at around … Read More
February 2009
february 1 2009 : huanchaco, perú, south america Peru’s landscape is more varied than we would have ever imagined. When we entered town last night we came straight out of a scrubby desert. Leaving out the other end of town we were immediately in rolling green hills with sweeping curves … Read More