Herbie’s World Tour

Herbie is still “sitting on the dock of the bay”, waiting for his ship going to Columbia. Domi took another walk through town and got some more shots of Veracruz for you.

As we’ll be in Veracruz until February 8, we have the perfect possibility to explore this city. Therefore we want to share with you our impressions. This is just the first part of it.

Today we had to say “good-bye” to Herbie. Even though not all bureaucratic requirements are conformed yet, we already brought our beloved Volkswagen to the port. We are sorry that we can’t post any last pictures of “Ocho” before he is going to be on his way to South America. Read more…

We wish you, Flo, a happy, happy birthday! We are so grateful to know you! Thank you for being a friend! Yours, Domi & Zainab

Unfortunately our ship, named “Global Leader”, is delayed. It was supposed to arrive in Veracruz on January 29 in order to leave the port on the following day. They changed the schedules and the vessel will now depart on February 2. It will reach Cartagena, Columbia, eight days later, on Read more…

Today we finally reached our destination: Veracruz. On our way down along the coast we took some photos with Herbie. The Gulf of Mexico provides many breathtaking spots. Coco palm trees and banana plants wherever you go. Yesterday we stayed at a very nice hotel at a beach of Costa Read more…

Today we visited the archeological site El Tajín – an ancient Hispanic city in Mexico. It is located just besides Papantla de Olarte in the state of Veracruz. We enjoyed walking around in that huge area with different kinds of pyramids. Tajín was one of the most important cities in Read more…

We are almost there! Tomorrow we’ll probably reach Veracruz. It’s getting pretty warm as we are heading further South. But unfortunately also the humidity is climbing. We prefer dry regions but it is great to have a kind of summer all year long on our travels. Domi uses to say Read more…

Today we crossed the Mexican border in Brownsville, Texas, entering the city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas. Mexico is a federation of 31 free and sovereign states. Tamaulipas is one of them. This country is known for one of the strictest gun laws on earth. Therefore it is illegal to carry Read more…

It was getting more and more tropical as we were heading South on Highway 77 after passing San Antonio and getting off Interstate No. 10. We took a break at the very last public rest stop just right after the small village named Sarita, Texas, for having coffee with dates Read more…

We had beautiful weather and a big blue sky accompanying us while touring on freeway 10 further East. Unfortunately we got a pretty strong head wind too, so the gas mileage was not as good as it used to be. We took one of our breaks from driving at a Read more…

Last night was still pretty rainy. We got it warm inside our nice little apartment at the motel in Benson, Arizona, but Herbie was left alone outside. Our overnight stay in Arizona was great. The owner of our room told us that he bought such a brand new Volkswagen Beetle Read more…

We were thrilled to found us among “the world’s greatest collection of unconventional, crazy and original travels and journeys that kick ass”. You can find it by following Kickass Trips (or clicking on the image below). Today we made again about 300 miles (or 500 kilometers) by driving all the Read more…

We started at six o’clock in the morning driving South on Highway 395. On our way down we met an old guy with his motorhome and a Volkswagen Bug in tow at a gas station. What you can see here is very common for the US – the motorhome is Read more…

Tomorrow, Saturday, we’ll leave Ridgecrest, California, early in the morning heading East through the entire Southwest of the USA and Mexico in order to ship Herbie from Veracruz to Columbia, South America. Down there we want to follow the so-called Pan-American Highway to very bottom of Chile. We’ll try to Read more…

We wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2012! The Love Bug in front of the so-called Salvation or Love Mountain in Niland, Southern California.

Herbie is enjoying the sunsets out here in the desert. In fact our camp is located in the Mojave Desert of California. A big sky and these huge landscapes are creating an incredible atmosphere – and the best thing is, there is no humidity at all! When we got back Read more…

From Ridgecrest, California, where we are now, via Brownsville, Texas, to Veracruz, Mexico, Herbie will have to drive 2,350 miles (or 3,780 kilometers) to get on a vessel in order to be shipped to Columbia. This is actually our plan for January! “That’s one small step for a man, one Read more…

We wish you a “Merry Christmas”!You’ll find today’s issue of the Austrian newspaper “Heute” in which we are sending our Christmas wishes to our Austrian fellows, friends and family members. If you don’t have the chance to get the printed version here’s a copy and a link below to the Read more…

We’re planning to go to South America next, in order to continue Herbie’s World Tour. We’ve already driven across all 48 lower United States, we went to Canada and traveled through Mexico and all Central American countries. There is just South America left. But why haven’t we been there yet? Read more…

Today we had a blast! We set up a meeting with a young guy called Kyle from Palmdale. We got to know him via www.lovebugfans.com. Since the age of 12 he owns a VW Bug which he transformed himself into an awesome Herbie replica. Here you can see Kyle with Read more…

“The News Review” – a weekly newspaper here in Ridgecrest, California – brought out a nice story about us and Herbie “The Love Bug” going around the world in today’s issue. The article is written by Linda Saholt.

We got a brand new blog: www.herbiesworldtour.com Herbie is fully reloaded and we are back on the road in order to explore the world together. As we are members of “DLV Aircooled Community” you’ll still find our latest posts of our ongoing trip around the globe on here too.

Herbie and the camper are doing quite well now. So we’d be ready to go to South America. But we decided to stay in California for Christmas. We turned on some Christmas lights and people who pass by are enjoying the show.

    December 2, 1983, Domi was born in Vienna, Austria. Until the age of fourteen he was living in a small town called Weidling, which is a part of Klosterneuburg, where he moved with his family afterwards. Domi was raised together with his five brothers and two sisters.   Read more…

Herbie was taking his first ride after installing the new starter. Today’s destination was Inyokern, the so-called “sunshine capital of America”, a little town with less than a thousand inhabitants just outside of Ridgecrest.  

We got it as a gift for the premiere of “Herbie – Fully Loaded” at a drive-in theater in Gross Enzersdorf in August 2005. That drive-in theater is originally called in German “Autokino Center Wien” and is by the way the only one of its kind in Austria.

We got salt and pepper as a present from a so-called “snowbird” in Somerton, Arizona. The term “snowbird” should describe people from the US or Canada who spend a large portion of winter in warmer areas. They often carry their homes with them as campers like “salt and pepper” or Read more…

Today I drove to the next gas station here in Ridgecrest, California, to get something to drink for Herbie and I was surprised how cheap it was. I just paid 2.99 bucks per gallon which would be normally 3.79 in this town. A gallon has 3.79 liters, so one liter Read more…

We wish all of you “Happy Thanksgiving”! As we are vegetarians we won’t eat a turkey so we’ll have organic Medjool dates by Berryman farms in Bard, California, raw Californian almond butter and New Mexican pine coffee.

In 2010 and 2011 we traveled all across the 48 continental United States. Before we started we bought a road map where we high lighted every route we took. As an example you see Arizona (below) – one of our favorite states so far – with all the yellow high Read more…