Double Indemnity
So as mentioned yesterday here are the details for the insurance office in Buenos Aires. The lady in the office who speaks English is really helpful and will talk over the phone or via Email.Ana Kolarik (name of lady)Seguros Rivadavia…
Houseboat
Matilda is on here way on the boat and the boat is underway and so are we. We’re moving into an apartment.http://argentinaconsultant.com/apartment/carranza/Its barely cheaper than the hostel,,,,in fact not really cheaper at all as the hostel were giving us two nights…
Breakfast Club
At the moment its nice. A cup of tea or two and a light breakfast. What will we think of it in a 22 (or more) days….$200peso per night small room with an even smaller toilet. You’d really have to…
Flightplan
After an epic flight(s) yesterday we are here,,,,,,I say we, as Matilda is still in Port Elizabeth in South Africa.We are in South America in Buenos Aires.The flights went without much excitement. I ate 8 airline meals in the 27…
Out Of Africa
Thanks to: The LR4x4 Forum Members, Mike and Margaret, Chris Parsons, Intercontinental Hotel Staff Cairo & Aqaba, The Staff at Marriot Sharm, The guide with the wire like wiskers at Karak, Mustafa & Family, The Police Mess Musoma, Dragonaires & Guy &…
Titanic
Some problems with the money transfer to pay for the shipping now sorted and the receipts stamped by customs for the stuff we’ve purchased whilst we were/are in South Africa we’re almost good to go. Matilda is in a container…
Hotel Splendide
We’ve managed to find a hostel in BA for a princely sum. Hopefully its OK. My trusted trip advisor says it is but you can’t tell sometimes as they all seem to give everything loads of stars for no reason.…
Clear And Present Danger
Just like the film. See the action live….The wait in Port Elizebeth,,, which we were not told about makes me angry. We could have saved a LOT of money had we been told !!!! 10 days of hotels to be…
Disaster Move
I’ve forgotten to mention quite a few things on the blog recently and its been family asking questions thats reminded me. We got back the £12,000 for the carnet we managed to swap over in cape town SARS office. The…
The Mechanic
A few productive days!We’ve been back to the Garage to have the transfer box looked at again so they took it out again…..the thing was leaking again. Looks like the O ring on the inter shaft was duff. It was…
Panic Room
So we are back in Cape Town at the camp site where we’ve stayed quite a few nights already. Problem is we lose the car next Friday. What do we do then? The current idea is rent an apartment for…
Ghost Ship
So we’ve finally booked the shipping to South America (Cape Town to Buenos Aires) with stuffing (loading the car into) the container on the 16th November. The car should be in SAm by the 21st December. The cost for this…
Convoy
Last night we slept in a Truck Stop just like the ones you’ve all seen. It wasn’t too bad actually and half the price of any of the rubbish camp sites in the area. The showers were hot and the toilets…
Deliverance
So yesterday we finally met up with Henning (and Fridah) in George. We had some food and chatted about our adventures. We also delivered his medication, maps and stickers he’d ordered whilst “online shopping” at the “overlandbirds shop”. I didn’t…
The Bank Job
Major update on the cost page with the 12 Month cost analysis. Our trip in numbers is slightly amended.Still waiting for a few shipping quotes buwe have another back and its much more than the others.Julie is formulating some other information…
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