Antigua, Guatemala
We entered Guatemala in the morning and met a friendly man, George, at the border. George has lived in California for over 20 years, but is originally El Salvadoran. We crossed the border together, since we were both importing our vehicles into Guatemala and had to go through the same paperwork process at the border. [...]
California, USA
We spent almost another full day in Vegas checking out some more hotels and casinos, before heading to the small town of Beatty near Death Valley for the night. We have officially given up on camping, and are staying in motels along the way now. The following day, we continued our journey north, through Death [...]
El Salvador
We made great distance on New Year’s day – since it is such a big holiday here in Central America, all the stores and restaurants were closed, and nobody was out driving on the streets and highways. We had the whole highway to ourselves most of the way, and we were able to go a [...]
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
We arrived in Las Vegas after dark, and we went straight to the strip to check out what was happening in town. After walking around for a couple of hours, we started searching for a cheap hotel. And we searched and searched and searched. Unfortunately, we had arrived in town on a weekend (Friday), and [...]
Locking Differentials
The original ’86 HJ60 did not come with factory differential lockers. We wanted them, and they had to be manually actuated. That left us with either an ARB solution, or installing Toyota lockers. I didn’t want the ARB’s – the air compressor is an extra thing to go wrong and they whole kit was expensive. [...]
New Mexico & Arizona, USA
We drove through southwestern New Mexico and camped overnight in the Gila National Forest. It rained all night, and when we packed up the tent in the morning, the mattress inside got a bit wet. The Technitop tent folds up, which is great for conserving rooftop space, but it also means that if the sides [...]
Oregon & Washington, USA
We arrived in Oregon late in the evening, and set off early the following morning. We travelled up through the eastern region of Oregon which took us past many large lakes, mountains and sparse forests. Most of the region was covered in snow and it was really beautiful. We travelled through central Washington state and [...]
Palma Sola, Mexico
We reached Mexico early in the morning, and travelled through a slow, windy road through southern Chiapas towards a tollroad. Welcome back to Mexico! The roads here are terribly slow and there are speed bumps ‘topes’ in every small town that the highway passes through … which drives us absolutely crazy! We’ve decided to travel [...]
Panajachel, Guatemala
In the morning, we went to the town of Chichicastenango for their huge Sunday market. The market was a traditional indian market with lots of different stalls selling textiles, masks, clothing, food and carved handicrafts. We spent a few hours walking around the market and then made our way to Panajachel – a small town [...]
Texas, Estados Unidos (USA)
Well, we made it to Texas late in the afternoon and spent some time at a parts store trying to figure out whether our batteries were really fried, or whether there was a chance they could be salvaged. The charge test indicated that the batteries were fine, but we’re not convinced. We hummed and haahed [...]
Todos Santos, Guatemalan Highlands
We eagerly set off for Todos Santos high high high off in the Guatemala highlands. We were eager to get away from the tourist trap places and head off to the small town that we randomly picked off the map. We drove up and up and up to about 3,700m elevation. We took a wrong [...]