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Long distance traveling by land

June 14, 2025 by

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Our experiences on the trip to Patagonia and the route to the North from Montevideo to Cartagena have made us realize that the concept of long distance traveling by land (now called “overlanding”) is a concept in flux. The differences from when we travelled around the world in 2011-12 till now are notable (and in […]

Drama on route to Barranquilla

June 10, 2025 by

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At this stage, following one of the main roads in the direction of the Caribbean cost, we were several times stopped by locals protesting everything from lack of water to security. At one time, we were stopped by a large group of mainly men (some quite young) with stick in their hands forcing us to […]

Inspired by other Overlanders, but still in doubt

March 27, 2025 by

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As so many times in life, we are also now doing the opposite of most others.  Many travelling Europeans are now returning from their various expeditions to park their more or less expensive and well-equipped vehicles (some of them litterally as cabins mounted on 4×4 trucks) at UY-Parking in Montevideo, while we are heading out. […]