4Runner Roadtrip – Argentina and Iberá Wetlands

After crossing back into Argentina via the super fun ferry from Paraguay, we headed to Posadas for a two day respite in a really cool cabina. I didn’t want to leave; it didn’t hurt that they had upgraded us from just a room to an actual cabin. From there we spent a night in a […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Argentina & Paraguay: The Misiones Province

After an overnight flight from Madrid to Montevideo we were ready to resume our ‘light’ overlanding in South America. We spent two nights in Montevideo before going to pick up the 4Runner from the guys at UY Storage where she had been stored for the winter season. Aside from being a bit dusty, the 4Runner […]

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RV Roadtrip – A Few Months of Slow Travel in France and Spain

After a couple of months in the States we were ready to get back to Peppa and RV life in Europe. We hadn’t really planned anything out but were planning on taking things slow and just enjoying France and Spain. We flew into Paris and stayed near the Latin Quarter which is a part of […]

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California is Dreamy; Some Wild Wyoming

We arrived in SFO a little bit before midnight after an uneventful flight from Panama. We had to fly coach with Sebastian and were thus excluded from the adult drinks service on Copa. Also, there was no gluten free meal option available for this particular route. Fortunately for Shani, there is a rotisserie place in […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Argentina Part 4 & Some Uruguay

We had a lovely few days in San Martín de los Andes wandering around, walking by the lake and enjoying drinks out in a pretty idyllic setting just taking in all of the beauty of the region. But time ever marches on and we needed to keep moving as we had a flight planned back […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Chile Part 1, Argentina Part 3

Leaving Ushuaia, we were heading up to the Torres Del Paine region in Chile, something we were really looking forward to.  Our route would take us back to Rio Grande and then cross the border for a stay back in Punta Arenas. Just outside of Rio Grande we had to stop at the largest shrine […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Argentina Part 2

With a new goal in mind we headed south. Our first stop was back in Esquel, it’s such a lovely spot and we stayed at the same place just out of town. The next sections of our road trip involved a lot of scenic but pretty lonely drives even though we were on the famed […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Argentina Part 1

We arrived in Argentina without fully finalizing our plans, not that plans are ever final for us. We usually have a better idea than “Let’s go see some penguins!” but that was about as far as we had gotten. We had a few housekeeping chores to take care of and so that needed to partially […]

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4Runner Roadtrip – Uruguay

After a long flight from California, we landed in Montevideo sometime after midnight and then had all of the customs and pet import procedures which all went smoothly but put us to the hotel sometime around 3 am. It was pretty rough. We had to be up early as I had to visit to the […]

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RAV4 Roadtrip – Colorado to California

After our little train trip from Amsterdam to Munich we headed back to the States for some family visits and a bit of provisioning for our South American tour.  Our first stop was Colorado to visit my family and to get the adventure dog some tests that are required to bring him into Uruguay. This […]

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