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April 2012

Herbie's World Tour

Stuck at the Border

We literally stuck in the border town San Antonio in Venezuela, because the custom office is closed on weekends. We reached the border on a Saturday morning. After we got our immigration stamps we wanted to apply for the vehicle permit. But the Venezuelan custom office was closed – like Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Colombia, we’ll be back!

A lot of slow trucks, countless construction sites and extremely steep roads Herbie had to manage the last days, while we were heading northeast towards Venezuela. It was very exhausting driving an average speed of 12 mph (or 20 km/h) for hours. We passed Barbosa, Bucaramanga, Pamplona and Cúcuta – Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 April 2012 ago
Meetings

Meeting in Orth an der Donau

By DLV Blogger, 11 years28 April 2012 ago
Meetings

1st Altblech Friday Night Cruising Vienna 2012

 

By DLV Blogger, 11 years28 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Final work

The last days we finished the work on the Mexican. A lot of screws were replaced by stainless steel screws. The new steering knuckles slammed the bug 6cm! A bit too close, isn’t it?! Pictures of the finished bug will follow!

By DLV Blogger, 11 years27 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Go Herbie Go!

Herbie brought us back to Colombia. We left the Pan-American Highway heading east towards Venezuela after we passed cities like Pasto, Popayán and Cali. We were driving right through the heart of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá. Our plan is to visit Venezuela before we’ll put Herbie on a vessel going back Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years27 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Evacuation Route

After spending the night in Latacunga, we followed our “Evacuation Route” out of Ecuador, passing Quito, Cayambe, Otavalo and Ibarra, crossing the border in Tulcán. We left the country with carrying more than 25 gallons (or 100 liters) of gasoline and we’re still running on it, as gas prices in Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years27 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Quickly repairing the rear fender of the ‘66

By DLV Blogger, 11 years26 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Demounting Flo’s trailer

By DLV Blogger, 11 years26 April 2012 ago
Trips

Trip to Budapest #2

Flo and his dear friend Lisi made a trip to the capital of Hungary. Flo and his bug already knew the way because they had been there in the past as we had reported. It was a wonderful and funny trip. “Thank you Lisi for the day! I’m really looking Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years26 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Thirsty?

Domi loves drinking fresh coconut juice. Herbie prefers gas without ethanol instead. One coconut ($ 1.00)  is more expensive than one quart of gasoline ($ 0.38). Ecuador has the cheapest gas prices we’ve experienced in America so far. A complete full tank for our Love Bug costs just 15 US-Dollars Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years24 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Banana Republic

We just entered Ecuador on our way back north. Although this country is not a “Banana Republic” within the political discussion, it has definitely the biggest banana production in the world. Below you can see “Herbie goes bananas” while the sun was setting. The Love Bug reached the border between Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years23 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Long Way Back Home

Herbie continued riding the longest road on earth, the Pan-American Highway, heading further north on Peru’s Highway No. 1. We passed cities like Chimbote, Trujillo and Chiclayo. Lambayeque is the name of the town where we stopped for the night. The “Pan-Am” along Peru’s coast is full of sand dunes Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years22 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

The deadline is approaching

…and no end is in sight! Yesterday we painted the tank and the stabilizer and today we have assembled the axle and welded the spare wheel recess on a few points.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years21 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Hands Upon The Wheel

Our final destination after South America will be the Mojave Desert in the Southwest of the United States. We are not there yet, even though the landscape of Peru’s coast looks quite similar to the area around Herbie’s camp in Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA. Today we were following the “Pan-Am” Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years21 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Peruvian Dune Buggy

After catching up with new post on Herbie’s World Tour, checking the motor oil level and tire pressure, we hit the Pan-American Highway again. We left Camaná, heading north and passed Nazca and its desert and stopped for the night in Ica. Peru’s coastal desert dunes and the Pacific ocean Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years20 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie’s Vanilla Sky

Go west, Herbie! We traveled all the way across the Andes with altitudes over 14,850 feet (or 4,500 meters)  to the west coast of Peru again, passing Puno at Lake Titicaca, Juliaca and Arequipa, ending up driving in Camaná at the Pacific ocean. In Puno we met Juan Carlos, a Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Crossing Bolivia Again

After riding Herbie on unpaved roads across the Bolivian jungle while it was dark during the night and police men asked us for money, we finally reached Santa Cruz de la Sierra and moved on to Cochabamba and La Paz towards Peru and Lake Titicaca.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Back to the “Routes”

We were actually planning to go all the way back to Colombia by heading across Brazil on Highway No. 319 reaching Venezuela. Unfortunately we had to change our plan. The Brazilian Highway No. 319 is well-known for one of the worst “roads” in the country. And as we have the Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Brazilian Cemetery

We entered Brazil coming from Paraguay. On our way through Brazil we passed a junk yard for old Volkswagens. But it was more like a burial site for “Fuscas” – that’s how they call Beetles in this country. Rest in peace!

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Idyllic Paraguay

The soil is red and the people are very nice – we traveled through Paraguay on Highway No. 3 towards Brazil, after meeting Jorge, his wife Natalia and their friend Osvaldo, in Asunción. Paraguay was an unexpected beautiful surprise!

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Heart of South America

Jorge Ortiz, an air-cooled Volkswagen fellow from Asunción, and his wife, Natalia Florentin, as well as his friend, Osvaldo Espínola, president of Classic VW Club Paraguay, welcomed us in Paraguay – the “Heart of South America”. Jorge showed up with his totally new renovated red VW Beetle made in Wolfsburg. Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

New accessory for the ‘66

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Rust prevention on Flo’s bug

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

The paint job is almost done

After sandblasting we changed the contract joints and painted the steering knuckles and suspension arms of the ‘84 Mexican!

By DLV Blogger, 11 years14 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Herbie made a long way riding from General Güemes on Highways No. 34, 81 and 11 to Clorinda, at the border to Paraguay. Tomorrow we’ll enter this country in the heart of South America. Although we won’t spend much time there, we’ll have a very warm welcome. Jorge Ortiz from Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years11 April 2012 ago
Videos

Digging In The Deeps Of Vimeo

By DLV Blogger, 11 years11 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Red Rock Argentina

As we were heading north on Highway No. 68 from Cafayate to Salta, we passed a truly amazing area full of red rocks. This region is also well-known for its unique wine production, benefiting from the low-humidity mild weather. We stopped for the night in General Güemes, a city east Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years10 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Cruising across Catamarca

We spent the night in Fiambalá, after crossing the Argentinian border via “El Paso de San Francisco”. On the next day we cruised across Catamarca, one of Argentina’s provinces. Remote and vast landscapes accompanied us on our way southeast.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years10 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie’s Dakar Rally

The Love Bug made it! The border between Chile and Argentina levels 15,505 feet (or 4,726 meters) and its way up there is called “El Paso de San Francisco” – the toughest section of the world famous Dakar Rally. Paved roads were hard to find and the weather was windy Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years10 April 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

The work goes on….

By DLV Blogger, 11 years8 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Atacama Desert

Herbie is driving through the driest area on the earth – the Atacama Desert in Chile. We’re heading further south besides the Pacific ocean. Right after we’ll leave the “Panamericana”, climbing the Andes a very last time.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years7 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Republic of Chile

After meeting the President of Bolivia, we finally entered Chile at Colchane and headed downhill towards the Pacific. We are now following the coast line further south, before we’ll cross over to Argentina.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years7 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Till the End of Roads

Herbie made it to the end of the road in Bolivia. According to our maps and the natives we’ve spoken to, the street towards the border should be totally paved and in perfect condition, but we got surprised! We had to drive parts of it on an unpaved path for Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years7 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Leaving Oruro in Bolivia

After spending three nights in Oruro, in the South of La Paz, we’re going to leave this town for good, heading towards Chile. Tomorrow we’ll probably cross its border. We had a good time in Oruro, taking a rest from rallying across the Peruvian Andes. We stayed at an old Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years4 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

¡Bienvenidos a Bolivia!

We spent our last Peruvian night in a small town named Juli and entered Bolivia right besides Lake Titicaca. Bolivia is obviously different: Here you get two different gas prices, one for the natives and one for foreigners like us. The so-called “international price” is three times higher. Meanwhile we Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years3 April 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

El Cóndor Pasa

We listened to Simon & Garfunkel’s version of El Cóndor Pasa – originally a Peruvian folk song, which means “The Condor Goes By” – while we were climbing passes higher than 14,000 feet (or 4,000 meters) and visited cities like Cusco and Puno, right at Lake Titicaca. Tomorrow we’ll enter Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years1 April 2012 ago
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