Category: South America
4Runner Roadtrip – Adios South America
Once we had Sebastian’s paperwork sorted it was time to leave Gualeguaychú, Argentina and enter Uruguay. We had a semi-firm ship date for the 4Runner which put us on a tighter schedule than we like. Crossing the border it was imperative that we get a physical copy of our Temporary Import Permit which had recently […]
4Runner Roadtrip – More Argentina and the Atacama Desert of Chile
Continuing our push North in Argentina our next destination was a little tourist town called Tilcara. Leaving Salta we had a little bit of a navigation error and ended up driving through town rather than around town. Driving through most towns in South America can be pretty stressful with traffic and motorbikes and pedestrians. On […]
4Runner Roadtrip – Northwest Argentina
After our extended time in Merlo it was time to move on. Our first destination was a little farm in a verdant valley surrounded by the desert called Finca La Media Luna. It was a bit rustic made even more rustic by the fact that the local village that supplied power was not providing power. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
