VERACRUZ, MEXICO
THE WAITING GAME 20-25 JULY. Stepping off the bus in Veracruz at 5:30 p.m., we were immediately hit by a wall of hot, thick, sticky air. I’m guessing it was 35°C+, although it felt considerably hotter. Ordered an Uber to our hotel, an older, tall purple building right across from the sea. The unimpressive outside […]
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
After nearly eight months in South America, stepping off the plane in Mexico City felt like entering a different world. Taking the metro we made our way across the city, resurfacing in the lovely neighbourhood of Polanco, our home for the next week. 13-20 July. The city was buzzing, not only with its usual energy, but with […]
MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
CHARLEY Our last post by Charley was something else! It blows my mind how much she has grown. Her insights and experiences are her own, and that post was 98% her own writing — I just helped a smidge with a little grammar and flow. Thanks for your comments; we all appreciate them and feel […]
FLYING HIGH: CHARLEY’S 15TH BIRTHDAY IN JERICÓ, COLOMBIA
20 June. HaPpY 15th BIRTHDAY CHARLEY! Our little girl is growing up. What a privilege it’s been to see her growth and development this past year. So much change, she’s beautiful, growing into the person she’s always been. Discovering her talents and passions through writing. Not that I could get her to post a travel […]
BACK TO COLOMBIA
REWINDING A LITTLE 9 July. It’s 5:30am. I’m awake early again. Too many things running through my head to sleep. The truck ships in 2 days, there’s paperwork to organize, flights to book, insurance to arrange and endless jobs to tick off before we leave South America. We’re sitting in Cartagena, back where this adventure […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]