Sep 04

Driving to Ushuaia – we made it! (Lago Fagnano to Ushuaia)

April 8, 2010.  Today was a big day for us.  After 633 days on the road and 25,112 miles (40,734 km) of driving in Central and South America, we were finally arriving in Ushuaia (population 100,000), considered to be the “southernmost city in the world.”  Making the day even better was that we were driving [...]

Author: chad
May 08

Splashing through Fuegian rivers, Paso Bella Vista, Tierra del Fuego

There are certain places Volkswagen buses shouldn’t be.  Today we discovered two of them.  First, a little background on the day.  There are two official border crossings in Tierra del Fuego where cars and people can cross from Chile to Argentina and vice versa.  The primary, more heavily traveled crossing is on the north end [...]

Author: chad