Old40Dog
Rising Sun Member
AWESOME! On the bucket list of trips to do! Keep on posting! Thanks!
HoboGoesRogue: Road Trip through Southern South America
- Thread starter coax
- Start date
Mmmmmm San Pedro de Atacama. Reminded me a lot of Taos.
Also, my brother once tried to "help" start a campfire with white fuel in San Pedro de Atacama. We had to get rid of it anyway, so I think those Germans were very surprised to have someone just come up and dump white fuel on the fire. But it got going!
Keep the pics coming!
Dan
Also, my brother once tried to "help" start a campfire with white fuel in San Pedro de Atacama. We had to get rid of it anyway, so I think those Germans were very surprised to have someone just come up and dump white fuel on the fire. But it got going!
Keep the pics coming!
Dan
Old40Dog
Rising Sun Member
SO COOL! I'm so JEALOUS man! Keep the updates coming!
Will have a short break in the updates as I wait for arrival of more family down here. Leaving to hit the carretera austral in a few days, and should have more pics once I have internet. Gets kinda remote down there...excellent!thelal
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Meet ya 'sooooon'
Corey
Great photos. Glad its working out for ya
Hoping to see you some time down South and we can meetup
What prices are you seeing for gas?
In Denver this week on a "weight reductio"n (prev. trailer issues) and some 'improvements' from Christo/Robbie/Tim etc.
Brendan
see http://TheLongWayHome.us
Corey
Great photos. Glad its working out for ya
Hoping to see you some time down South and we can meetup
What prices are you seeing for gas?
In Denver this week on a "weight reductio"n (prev. trailer issues) and some 'improvements' from Christo/Robbie/Tim etc.
Brendan
see http://TheLongWayHome.us
Wow! Hope the trailer is all fixed up and you are able to get back rolling. Though in Colorado there is no shortage of great cruiser shops on either side of the divide. I'm sure those guys will get you all squared away for the trip south.
Gas is pricey here. About 800CLP per liter. Works about to about 5 bucks a gallon here in Chile. Bolivia was a bit cheaper; I paid 7 bolivianos per liter, so about 3.70 a gallon, though some folks reported having trouble being able to buy gas at all. The official rate is more expensive at over 8 bolivianos per liter.
I'll be in the south for a while, but most likely shipping the car back north around april next year. Depending on how fast you are coming down would be great to meet up. Happy to chat on skype sometime if you want some info on Chile and Bolivia, and can put you in touch with some friends that are doing the whole drive right now if you need central america info.
Corey
Gas is pricey here. About 800CLP per liter. Works about to about 5 bucks a gallon here in Chile. Bolivia was a bit cheaper; I paid 7 bolivianos per liter, so about 3.70 a gallon, though some folks reported having trouble being able to buy gas at all. The official rate is more expensive at over 8 bolivianos per liter.
I'll be in the south for a while, but most likely shipping the car back north around april next year. Depending on how fast you are coming down would be great to meet up. Happy to chat on skype sometime if you want some info on Chile and Bolivia, and can put you in touch with some friends that are doing the whole drive right now if you need central america info.
Corey
All,
Figured some of you might enjoy a quick summary of the first half of my trip through Southern South America in an 80 series. A bit of tech and a bunch of pictures. Some are dupes as I posted this over on Mud as a summary of the first half of the trip.
Puerto Valparaiso:
Shipping Container:
Headed North:
Laundry:
Northern Desert:
Bolivian Dust:
Figured some of you might enjoy a quick summary of the first half of my trip through Southern South America in an 80 series. A bit of tech and a bunch of pictures. Some are dupes as I posted this over on Mud as a summary of the first half of the trip.
- # of Countries Visited: 3
- # of border crossings with car: 3 (+ 1 initial entry)
- Port of Entry: Puerto Valparaiso, Chile
- Most friendly people: Everywhere.
- # of bribes asked for: 0
- Miles driven since start: ~11,000
- Highest Elevation: 5007 meters, Southwest Bolivia
- # of people who offered to by the cruiser: ~11
- # of Flat Tires: 1 (slow leak from sharp rocks in road)
- # of nights spent in homemade roof top tent: ~60
- # of loose fasteners on the 80: 2 (Pitman arm bolt and frame side front panhard bolt)
- Most commonly used tool: Tire Jack
- Number of lost tools: 1 (1/2 ratchet)
- Number of times reconnecting the DS rear parking brake shoe: 4 (spring got over-compressed and wouldn't keep the cable taut)
- Most expensive gas: 900 Chilean Pesos per litre (~USD$5.70 a gallon)
- Average gas mileage: 14mpg
- Weight of vehicle: ~6100lbs
- Attempted break-ins: 1
- # of times stuck: 0
- # of times almost stuck in beach sand: 1
- # of times winch used: 0
- Most used gear: Pressure cooker and the partner steel stove
- Most useful gear: OsmAnd GPS software on Android.
- First piece of gear to fail: Google Nexus 7 (battery died after 2 months)
- Other travelers met driving 80 series: 0
- Most unhappy with: my job valving my Fox Shox. Horrible on washboard.
- # of times re-valving shocks: 1
- Coldest temp: ~20f (Bolivian Desert)
- Warmest temp: ~90f (San Pedro de Atacama, Chile)
Puerto Valparaiso:
Shipping Container:
Headed North:
Laundry:
Northern Desert:
Bolivian Dust:
Inukshuk
Rising Sun Member
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing
4runner
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Nice.