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…
Four places to visit in Uruguay.
February 1, 2013 The past weeks we made up for lost time visiting other places along the coast. Now that we have our car, we can go anywhere. We drove to Punta del Diablo, almost at the top of Uruguay.…
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.…
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…