November 30, 2013 “The scariest road we have been on so far. Would hate to drive it after dark. Arrived at Caleta Tortel just as the sun was setting. We are spending the night in the car, in the freezing…
Driving in South America
July 23, 2013 “Chris does ALL the driving. I have not driven even one block in South America…and I do not plan to. I have said many times “I’m glad you are doing the driving” and I mean it…the drivers…
Our first brush with police corruption
April 26, 2013 “What a drag. We were stopped by a policeman, actually a small group of them. The guy who walked up to us ran through a list . . . we had everything. So they thought up something and “fined”…
Hundreds of vintage cars in Uruguay.
February 15, 2013 “I was amazed at how expensive it is to buy a car in Uruguay. A ten-year-old car costs as much as the same car new in the US. We were surprised to see so many vintage cars…
Our car cleared customs in Uruguay
January 4, 2013 OMG!!! Our car is ours!! It is sitting on the street below!! Finally! It took forever to get it through customs. We had planned to be in Piriapolis by now. I had forgotten how much stuff we…
Our car arrived in Uruguay…but customs won’t release it.
December 16, 2012 “ “Yea! Good news – our car has arrived. Bad news – there may be a problem getting it through the port. We have already talked with our agent 6 times today.” We tracked our car on http://marinetraffic.com…
We chose a Toyota 4Runner for our South America Drive
December 15 “I can’t wait for our car. We feel so stranded in Montevideo. It is too expensive to rent often. We thought our vehicle would be here and we would be on our way to other parts of Uruguay.…
On our way to Uruguay…South America. Car packed. Dogs in. Front door locked.
November 14, 2012 “We will be pulling out of our driveway at 6pm. The car is packed. The dogs are fed. I have my “Bucky” in the front seat. Chris likes night driving. We have an 18 hour drive since…
Shipping our car to Uruguay
November 5, 2012 “We just paid for our car to be shipped to Montevideo, Uruguay. Chris made the reservation just 4 days ago. It feels like we are cutting it close since our flight leaves in 11 days. The cost…
Not your typical blog. Not your typical travelers.
This is pretty much verbatim what is written on the “About This Blog” page. I just felt I needed to say it out loud. This blog will not be like other travel blogs, posts and publications (like International Living) where you…
Bought airline tickets for us and our 2 dogs to Uruguay
July 2012 “We bought our plane tickets to Uruguay, the dogs too! We fly November 15th – Miami, Florida to Montevideo, Uruguay. It was more expensive than we thought. We could fly roundtrip to Europe 2 ½ times with the…
South America with our two dogs: Journal entries of our drive
Join us as we drive through South America with our two dogs. Have you ever thought about leaving everything behind? Flying off to a foreign country. Possibly bringing your 2 dogs. Possibly shipping your own vehicle. Starting with no set…