Leaving Pamplona and the hospitality of Philip behind, we had aimed to cover some distance and head south as fast as possible. However traveling through the windy cliff-hugging road in Cañón de Chicomocha, between San Gill and Bucaramanga, was one…
For those of you that have been following our trip from the beginning, you know that somewhere in this sun-soaked, dramatic part of Colombia’s Caribbean coast is the most northern point of this trip. Starting from the dense jungles of…
Where were we in last month’s post? Oh, yeah, Guatapé. Well, having a great host and a beautiful homey place to stay didn’t exactly help us make the decision to leave. So we extended our stay for an extra week.…
As we mentioned in our previous post, leaving San Agustín behind, we had planned to take over the adventurous route to Caño Cristales, a river located in la Macarena in the province of Meta. Until the mid-2010s, this area was…
Although we could see the Volcán Cotopaxi from the Quilotoa lake, its bulk and symmetrical cone took on an entirely new dimensions when we followed local advice and picked to experience it within the bounds of its own national park.…
Introduction The list bellow was designed for unsupported global travel in developing countries.Developed countries have most of the resources available, so some of the items on this list are not required. The specific pack list is based on full time…
Truth to be told, we were enjoying Lima a lot, but after eleven days, the time had come to move on. We had heard about a place further north on the coast named Tortugas that meant to look like…
When we crossed the border from Bolivia back into Chile, we had mixed feelings. Relief, as we were away from the bad roads, the dust and the cold. Happiness, as we were heading to the sun on the coast that…
...|.. STUPID PASSES ..|... <<NEWS FLASH>>CURRENT SCORE 9 EACH !! <<NEWS FLASH >> Invented in Mykonos in July 2014 the month before I jumped from living and managing 5 star resorts around the world for over 13 years to…
Crossing the Argentina-Bolivia border north of Humahuaca, as I read the night before on the internet, was meant to be a painful long process. So the next day we arrived prepared. In reality though, everything went rather smoothly and after…
Although this topic has been mentioned many times and probably read even more on the internet, based on our own personal experience and after reading a similar article by tuckstruck.net we decided to put together this tip post about foreign…
Marked as a highlight of all of South America and although super touristic, a must see of Brazil’s South is Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. This area is where Brazil and Argentina meet and where Río Iguaçu after its route of…
We were sad to say so long to Buenos Aires but the journey goes on. So after embarking the ferry, we headed 50km to the east bank of Río de la Plata and back in Colonial’s Unesco World Heritage Barrio…
NOTHING DAYS Here is my biggest tip for your best long term overlanding travels. You don't need to plan them but YOU MUST HAVE them …. “ Nothing days “ Seriously they are…
To start things up and as we described in our last post, further in our plan was to travel between the towns of La Serena (in Chile) and San José de Jachal (in Argentina), a distance of 381km via a…
Our story with TD Overland Crew starts back in our previous trip. While in “The Epic Journey” and in our attempt to cross from Iran to UAE, we met Daniel, “the crazy Czech”, from Prague. Together we watched our vehicles…
Do it now !! Just having one day under the weather and you again realise it's now or it could be never like this again !! Never younger Never more able Never more energetic and more able to fall over…
When traveling in a continent like South America, no matter how much research you have done, you always get caught by surprises. Sometimes good, sometimes bad but keep in mind: these are the moments that you will most likely remember…
With 2 year plan and an uncountable sights to see and visit we had to split the trip in 4 legs.Bellow are the links to the maps with the sights. 11th North to 55th South LEG 1(The Beginning) by alibaba2000gr…
The pre departure stage of every overland trip is probably one of the most stressful ones. As we faced this back in 2014-15 when we were getting ready for "the epic journey" we came up with a group of check…
