January 2012

Yesterday we were a little bit shopping and Domi bought himself a new hat. We asked for the biggest size but the one we got was still too small until the seller reshaped it. In the following you can get more impressions of the metropolis on the Golf of Mexico.

More images from Veracruz on the Golf of Mexico as we’re staying here until February 8 while Herbie’s getting shipped to another part of Latin America: Cartagena, Columbia.

Herbie’s ship, the “Global Leader”, got another delay. This is quite frustrating! Every day of traveling is like meeting a new challenge. You have to go through it, because there is no other way out. Therefore we are still in Veracruz waiting for the vessel’s departure. But we’ll go by Read more…

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…