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 […]
FLORIÁN – BARICHARA – MOMPOX, COLOMBIA’S COLONIAL HEART
I realize that once more I’m writing after the fact. So much has happened in these past few weeks, there’s been not time or energy to write. So I’ll continue to play catch up. Thanks to you all for taking the time to read our posts and follow along on our journey. Hearing your comments […]
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 […]
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY – by CHARLEY
Almost Two Years! That’s how long it’s been since we left. On November 2nd, 2024, we packed up our lives, climbed into the truck, and drove away from the place we had called home. I was thirteen years old. I knew we were about to go on an adventure, a 650 day, lifetime adventure. This […]
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. […]
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 […]