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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Thasos to Rotterdam
After all of the adventures going across Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and back we were ready for some down time. The border debacle had really cemented this notion and we (Shani) found us a very chill spot on the Greek isle of Thasos. Three days turned into three weeks of doing almost nothing. The guys running […]
4Runner Roadtrip – A Race Across Turkey and a Holiday in Greece
With our time in Georgia finishing up and our doctors appointments set in Turkey, we reluctantly left our sea side town. We were quite curious to see the Black Sea from the Turkey coast line. Our plan was to spend a few weeks, maybe more going across the top of Turkey and finishing our loop […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Republic of Georgia Part 2
The crossing from Armenia to Georgia was much less eventful than crossing the first time. Shani did have to cross on foot again and Armenia did make sure I hadn’t accumulated any traffic or parking fines but the entry into Georgia was about as simple as could be. Showed the agent my passport and car […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Armenia
Our plan had been to spend several weeks or even a month in Tbilisi but the doctor visits weren’t panning out and the nice ‘center of the center’ apartment was booked solid for the next month. So we decided it was time to road trip around Armenia for a while. The border crossing was a […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Republic of Georgia Part 1
After leaving the peace and tranquility of Pınar Kır Evi we were set to cross the border into (the country of) Georgia. From our brief visit to Hopa a few days earlier, we knew that there were going to be a lot of 18-wheelers parked along the side of the road queued up for their […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Turkey Part 3
After leaving the Rain Hotel we had just a short amount of coast and then we were headed inland and north into Eastern Turkey. It was this section of our trip that things took a noticeable turn towards social conservativism. The majority of the women we saw were dressed much more modestly and the price […]
