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Off into the sunset…

January 19, 2010 in argentina by tom | 7 comments

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For the past couple of weeks we’ve been catching up with family and friends in New Zealand, preparing resumes and planning our next move—so sadly I think this will be our last post…

It’s taken us over a year and a half to drive 50,000 kilometers on the Pan American Highway. Marlin, the little red battler, our unbeatable 1991 VW Golf is safely parked and our Joydrive to South America has been completed.

It has been an awesome adventure, we’ve met some exceptional people and seen some equally remarkable things. We have at times been completely outside of our comfort zone and our understanding of this world has grown considerably.

We would like to thank everybody who helped us along the way, anyone who shared in our Joydrive online and the host of generous, helpful and friendly people that have coloured our roadtrip with their goodness. We couldn’t have imagined a more amazing adventure!

If you are driving to Latin America and have questions, feel free to contact us or check out our site Drive the Americas for great tips and advice for driving the Pan American Highway.

Joyful Find: Kristin and Chris of The Darien Plan

December 16, 2009 in Joyful Finds, Other Joydrivers, argentina by kels | 1 comment

Once in awhile, in a rare occasion some cosmic forces collide and by sheer coincidence you end up meeting some people who you know will be your friends for life. We were extremely fortunate to meet up with Kristin and Chris by chance in Puerto Escondido, Mexico and continued to meet up and hang out with them on our long driving adventure.

From Mexico to the end of the world we have managed to:

share ridiculously small spaces and not kill each other (5 weeks, 4 adults, 120 square feet and a cold shower
listen to the most amazing music mixes including Jolene and Dreadlock Holiday
ship cars from Central America to South America and have them arrive to the right port
deal with inane border bureaucracy smoothly
work the system to find the best accommodation deals
stumble through language issues with the locals (between 4 of us we managed)
survive unsafe handling of fireworks
sample as many wines as possible in South America
create the best website about driving the Americas
whine about what we miss from home
handle long blamming drives
laugh through every crazy and funny bit of it!

These two have made our trip all the more special and saying goodbye (only for now) was pretty sad but all of us know we will meet up again soon…Carnaval 2011 we hope!

Some delightful pics of our amigos we like to call “Los Rubios” (the blonde ones).