SAND SKIING IN PERU
14- 27 May 2026. Descending out of the mountains we dropped nearly 4,500 metres, below the clouds and down to the Pacific Ocean. We’d spent less than 48 hours in Chile before heading to the border with Peru. A trip to the supermarket to fill the pantry, as we knew supermarkets along the coast of […]
BOLIVIA’S BLOCKADES
BLOCKADES #2 and #3 10-13 May 2026. From last nights camp on a quiet patch of land far from the road we watched the sun go down and light up the sky brilliantly. Back on the road early the next morning we enjoyed roughly twenty kilometres of smooth pavement before, at the toll booth, it […]
UYUNI, BOLIVIA – THE WORLDS LARGEST SALT PAN
OUT OF ARGENTINA – INTO BOLIVIA 4-9 May 2026. The plan had been simple enough: drive to Uyuni then on to La Paz where we would leave the camper at a campground outside the city, and spend a couple of nights in a hotel exploring the chaos and energy of the capital. But Bolivia had […]
OUR LAST WEEK IN ARGENTINA
It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted a blog. While I’ve enjoyed the break from writing, I’m discovering that time on the road quickly blurs together. More and more, I find myself scrolling back through photos just to remind myself where we’ve been and what we’ve done. SALTA 28 – 30 APRIL. […]
THE PUNA DESERT ROUTE, ARGENTINA
19 – 28 April, 2026. The Puna Route had been on our radar for a while—a remote, high-altitude crossing whispered about in overlander circles. From Belén, we set back out into the vastness, climbing steadily, past Laguna Blanca where we stopped for lunch before pushing on towards the tiny community of El Penōn, where we […]
NORTHERN ARGENTINA
15-18 April. From Chilecito we continued north, winding through valley after valley and a string of charming small towns where life appears pleasantly simple. Early morning start from Fiambala we passed the giant statues guarding the town gateway, passed sleeping parakeets perched on the wires, and into the sunrise breaking the horizon. The road leading […]
BACK INTO ARGENTINA
11 – 15 April. We are yo-yoing back and forth across the borders at a dizzying pace, but least we are hitting a different location each time. Now that the truck is fixed and 99% of the oil leaks are plugged, we can continue on our journey. Our truck is European, so there are very […]
A WEEK IN SANTIAGO, CHILE
RUTA 40 HALF WAY POINT, ARGENTINA 3 – 10 April. From our last laundry stop we continue along the Ruta 40 North. Stopping at the half way point on the 40 in Chos Mall. Ruta 40 runs over 5,000km along the spine of the Andes, from La Quiaca on the Bolivian border to Cabo Virgenes […]
NORTH FROM BARILOCHE, ARGENTINA
BACK INTO ARGENTINA 28 March. An early start meant driving straight into the rising sun—blinding at times—and a near miss with a couple of sheep casually wandering down the middle of the road. The border crossing itself was straightforward. Exit Chile, enter Argentina. First to Migration, then to Aduana, once more back into Argentina. Only […]
LLANQUIHUE, CHILE
A WEEK IN LLANQUIHUE Kauffmann Mercedes-Benz has dealerships and workshops throughout Chile. We dropped Bruce off for our 8:30am appointment, and the mechanics got to work straight away. By 9am, they’d confirmed the front mounts weren’t damaged—but the supporting crossmember bracket had failed, likely due to a bolt that had loosened over time. It was […]
PUERTO NATALES TO PORTO MONTT, CHILE
SOMETHING IS BROKEN 12 – 20 March 2026. Leaving the park, we made our way back to Puerto Natales. The original plan had been to drive north via Argentina’s Ruta Nacional 40—long, remote, and legendary. But somewhere between the wind, the roads, and the growing sense that something wasn’t right, we knew we didn’t want to risk […]
O TREK: DAY 6 – 8, CHILE
DAY 6: CAMP GREY TO PAINE GRANDE ASCENT: 398m DESCENT: 275m DISTANCE: 11.5 km TIME: 3h 10 March. After yesterday’s effort, we gave ourselves permission to sleep in—finally crawling out of the tent around 8am. Even that felt optimistic. Feet, calves, quads… everything complained. My feet especially, at least for the first five minutes, until […]