The King And I
Today we went to the shipping agent to complete some paperwork and pay some money. At the moment we aren’t filled with confidence that they are 100% used to shipping overlanders. They don’t speak a work of English but we…
Jehova’s Witnesses Again!
We seem to have a knack of finding them….Those of you in the know will recognise the magazine as the Jehovah Witness publication. The hotel receptionist was reading it so I snatched it. English version. Now handed back for someone…
Boats Boats Boats
If only it was this simple….Time again for finding a shipping company to take us across and area where we are not allowed to go. This is the way of things. We need to ship over the Darien Gap and…
Fast And Furious 92
Last night we stayed in a Mobil/Esso station over the oil drain pit. Armed guard watching and a little cafe where we could eat. Problem was in the morning we needed to move at 7:15am for two lorries to do…
Shakira Shakira
Last night we stayed for free with an lovely Australian man at his Garden Nursery. He’s got quite a huge plot of land near Ibarra, Ecuador and sells thousands of plants wholesale style. He has a nice spot to park…
Spiderman
More on the spider when i upload the photos tomorrow.There I was going under the car an this little fella….(LARGE fella) decided to happen by. Not sure what he is or if he’s a biter but I didn’t stick around…
The Good Samaritan
Today we managed to find some partially used drive flanges thanks to Rusty’s local Land Rover garage. We’re staying with Rusty and Laura who we met on the internet. They’ve been so generous like many others we have met on…
Gone In 60 Seconds
A good few nights wild camping and driving quite quickly we stayed one night in a rather expensive campsite in Hotel Huanchaco Gardens Hotel. It was OK. I’ve posted some photos. For the price is could have been better but…
Moving On
We should be on our way again today. Thanks the Club Germania in Lima for our stay. Trying to find the boss man to say thanks but if we can’t find him we’ve said it here. I wonder if i…
Breaking News
I’ve decided to ditch the Facebook posts to my personal page. So all future posts should be copies to the OverLandBirds Facebook profile. I hope the changes work….!This of course means I need to post somethings twice and effectively doubles…
Iron Man
We are staying in the Club Germania in Lima and its pretty damn OK. For free we have a flat car park , security, a Cafe and the best showers since Eldoret Africa. If we want to use the pool…
The Beachpart 2
As I`ve said before we hate the beach….Paracas was OK. Pisco is crap. So there you have it. For the first time in ages were are in an internet cafe doing internet stuff. So no photos as I don`t plug…
The Riddle
The problem with Machu Picchu is its a clear as mud how to get there and what stuff costs. So....Drive to Santa Theresa and camp in the little campsite. Camping is 5 SOL bu...
Picque Macho Or Machu Picchu
I know which I’d rather have…..can you guess….one of them is so cheap and they other not so much. After one of them you feel full and the other your wallet is empty….After leaving La Paz we stopped in Copacabana…
European Vacation
We’ve been in Oberland too long and should be leaving tomorrow. We’ve finally been caught up by Henning and we’ve had a meal and a drink. He’s been filling us in on his adventures in both Africa and South America.…
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