Three years around the World - an adventure with our Land Rover Since April 1st 2009 we've been on the road with 'Bee' our trusty Land Rover on our very own Grand Tour of the World. So far we've travelled more than 55,000 miles across The Americas stopping for adventures (and the odd mis-adventure) along the way. Our journey so far has taken us from the USA's east coast, across Canada, up to Alaska and the Arctic Ocean and then south back down through the mountains, forests and deserts (and the occasional beach) of western USA. | ||
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Right now our sights are set steadfastly south as we make our way through Central and South America. Later in the year we'll ship the Land Rover from Chile to New Zealand and eventually on to Singapore. From there we plan to drive the length of China, Mongolia and Russia and find our way back home via Scandinavia. In all extending the trip to around 3 years. We'll be camping all the way in our heavy canvas 'Sibley' Bell tent - 'camping with sole' as someone once put it ! To see what we get up to - go to The Journey page or for an overview take a look at the Gallery and Map pages. | ||
Our journey took us zig-zagging across the Amazon - from hot steamy jungle to crocodile infested swamps and fabulous clear water swimming holes. Brazil has been a great feast for the senses and a major test of Bee’s strength and durability. Day after day of brutal potholes, super slippery mud, and many many many dodgy wooden bridges left us all rather tired, sore and with rather more rattles than before. Bee took the brunt of it though, so whilst she took a rest, Emma and I took the plunge into the eery depths of The Abyss. In Brazil that means; rappelling 70 metres in to a cave, a scuba diving around the World's largest cones in 80 metres of ultra-clear water and then a long long climb back up the rope to the cave entrance ! After a brief stop in Paraguay for repairs and supplies we travelled on to Argentina; mostly for good steaks and good wine, but also to visit the incredible Iguazu Falls and to put together our next adventure. Following in the spirit of the 1994 Camel Trophy, we'll be undertaking our very own varient; The 2010 Caramel Trophy. We'll be travelling the route of the 1994 event as best we can, along the back roads of Paraguay and Argentina to Chile’s western shore. Our event will include Special Stages to determine the best expedition pudding, criteria to include - ease of finding ingredients, simplicity of preparation, consistency under varying conditions and yummyness. . . Looking forward to the Desserts of Northern Argentina ! | ||
What's New ?Since the last update we've updated two chapters covering
all of our time in Brazil and introducing our
next great adventure the 2010 Caramel Trophy
! In terms of dates, these two chapters cover: 1st
July - 27th July 2010.
Note: There is a bug in Picasa's slideshow widget at the moment - sometimes when you click the big green 'Play' button on my slideshows it redirects to a new page (the photo in Picassa Web Albums). Until this is fixed (I've alerted Picasa), simply click at the very bottom edge of the slideshow, rather than the big green triangle. | ||
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Website Last Updated: 11th August 2010 |
Plus we couldn't resist a return north to Canada for a
real winter camping experience and to get in some of that ski
touring that we had been dreaming about. 
Today we're at Iguazu Falls in Argentina but the main
story for this update is Brazil.