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Heh, heh, it's cold out right now so I'm ok... she'll probably notice when we turn back North and the weather starts getting warmer... probably about partway of the way back up Argentina I'd say...
Landcruiser Heaven, 5 days in the Bolivian deserts...
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Thanks for sharing! Great write-up
Excellent writeup and glad you got it back together and running. If you experience any more turbo issues, the beauty of your setup is you can always remove it and run it naturally aspirated.
Great story and I am vicariously living on the edge of my seat as well from it!
I met a German couple in Moab a few years ago in a 70 series camper that was moving north. He was telling me how he set the throttle adjust on, somehow ratcheted the wheel in place, and went into the back and made a cup of coffee. Pretty neat, very very cool...
Great story and I am vicariously living on the edge of my seat as well from it!
I met a German couple in Moab a few years ago in a 70 series camper that was moving north. He was telling me how he set the throttle adjust on, somehow ratcheted the wheel in place, and went into the back and made a cup of coffee. Pretty neat, very very cool...
Wow, Im jealous...
My girlfriend and I envy you!
BTW=The conspiracy to overthrow her is kinda useless, trust me, she already knows your next step, probably even before you do... Women...
My girlfriend and I envy you!
BTW=The conspiracy to overthrow her is kinda useless, trust me, she already knows your next step, probably even before you do... Women...
Anyone heard from these guys?
No sign of them for a while....hope everything is ok down there?
No sign of them for a while....hope everything is ok down there?
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All is well! We're still alive and making our way slowly South in Argentina, currently getting drunk daily sampling local wines for cheap in small town wine country.
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Glad to hear it. Yeah the wine there is really nice. If you have time see if you can take time to head down to Mendoza. The country side was a little scraggly looking when I was there last but the vineyard tours and the good wine for cheap was spot on.
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We are about two days drive away from Mendoza and headed straight for it. Two days for my little 3b at least... somebody else might do it in one.
On that note, I discovered the other day that sometimes when your GPS asks "fastest route or shortest route" shortest route is not always faster. You see, I always assume that "fastest route" is designed for people who drive faster than I do, and since my gearing, fueling, weight loading, and aerodynamics pretty much limit me to no more than 100kmph I usually figure "shortest route" is actually going to be faster for me since I'm not going to increase my speed to take advantage of the "faster route". I learned my lesson yesterday when I spent half a day driving about 80km on a windy cliffside mountain road with a dirt surface. It looked more direct on the map! (non-topo that is)
And yes, I found some GPS-routable maps for Argentina and Chile downloadable for free on the internet! So awesome!
On that note, I discovered the other day that sometimes when your GPS asks "fastest route or shortest route" shortest route is not always faster. You see, I always assume that "fastest route" is designed for people who drive faster than I do, and since my gearing, fueling, weight loading, and aerodynamics pretty much limit me to no more than 100kmph I usually figure "shortest route" is actually going to be faster for me since I'm not going to increase my speed to take advantage of the "faster route". I learned my lesson yesterday when I spent half a day driving about 80km on a windy cliffside mountain road with a dirt surface. It looked more direct on the map! (non-topo that is)
And yes, I found some GPS-routable maps for Argentina and Chile downloadable for free on the internet! So awesome!
Hey Josh glad to see a new post. You have not been doing much at Wanderinglost.
What GPS are you using? How has your GPS been treating you in countries with no "decent" coverage (other than the Uyuni fiasco)? I need to buy one, but am having a hard time choosing a model.
By the way I forgot to mention I liked your towel/tarp reference to Hitchhikers Guide
Have you had any good Argentinean parrilladas yet? best beef in the world. Enjoy the wine!
What GPS are you using? How has your GPS been treating you in countries with no "decent" coverage (other than the Uyuni fiasco)? I need to buy one, but am having a hard time choosing a model.
By the way I forgot to mention I liked your towel/tarp reference to Hitchhikers Guide
Have you had any good Argentinean parrilladas yet? best beef in the world. Enjoy the wine!
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Yeah I often neglect my blog, but at least I'm consistent about it 
Another post is on the way... although it may have less to do with trucks and more to do with politics and wine, since we've pretty much been getting drunk in campgrounds and such for the last few weeks. Still pretty interesting stuff has happened (I think), so it should be worth reading if you've been following so far.
I haven't had any trouble with my GPS losing signal, it's been really good actually. I think as I get further to the South it's supposed to get worse on the coast and such, but we'll see. I use a Garmin Vista CX... it's really a hiking GPS but I wanted one I could take out of the car with me... I chose it because it had colour, long battery life, an altimeter, and could hold the largest amount of track data of ones in its class.
For most of the trip I haven't had maps for it, but it's still been a lifesaver (maybe literally)... although it didn't show us the way in the desert, it at least kept us on the right track and allowed us to follow our track back instead of getting more lost.
There's a couple cool Garmin ones that I like... the ones with a little antenna on the top are supposed to have really good reception which is cool. Personally if I were to purchase ANY Garmin gps I wanted I'd go with the duck hunting one with the dog finder... it's got great reception and has little tracking tags that show up on the screen. I'd put one of those tags on the roof of my truck... if anybody ever stole it, I'd just show up at their house (with local police/hired goons) and ask for it back.
Another post is on the way... although it may have less to do with trucks and more to do with politics and wine, since we've pretty much been getting drunk in campgrounds and such for the last few weeks
. Still pretty interesting stuff has happened (I think), so it should be worth reading if you've been following so far.I haven't had any trouble with my GPS losing signal, it's been really good actually. I think as I get further to the South it's supposed to get worse on the coast and such, but we'll see. I use a Garmin Vista CX... it's really a hiking GPS but I wanted one I could take out of the car with me... I chose it because it had colour, long battery life, an altimeter, and could hold the largest amount of track data of ones in its class.
For most of the trip I haven't had maps for it, but it's still been a lifesaver (maybe literally)... although it didn't show us the way in the desert, it at least kept us on the right track and allowed us to follow our track back instead of getting more lost.
There's a couple cool Garmin ones that I like... the ones with a little antenna on the top are supposed to have really good reception which is cool. Personally if I were to purchase ANY Garmin gps I wanted I'd go with the duck hunting one with the dog finder... it's got great reception and has little tracking tags that show up on the screen. I'd put one of those tags on the roof of my truck... if anybody ever stole it, I'd just show up at their house (with local police/hired goons) and ask for it back.
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On another note, slightly O/T. It seems a few people on here read my blog... I was wondering is it hard to use or is there anything off-putting about it? Design, functionality...?
I wrote all the PHP and Javascript for it myself, so it's pretty hammered-together and might not work perfectly. I know a fair amount of people actually apparently read it now (our friends, family, a few of you guys, overlanders, etc.), but almost nobody leaves comments. I just kind of thought of this because I sometimes feel like I post more about my trip in threads here on mud than I do on my own blog, and its probably because I don't get much feedback there. Maybe the entries I write just don't really need much commenting, and that's cool, but I thought pehaps it's something about the way I have it designed?
I wrote all the PHP and Javascript for it myself, so it's pretty hammered-together and might not work perfectly. I know a fair amount of people actually apparently read it now (our friends, family, a few of you guys, overlanders, etc.), but almost nobody leaves comments. I just kind of thought of this because I sometimes feel like I post more about my trip in threads here on mud than I do on my own blog, and its probably because I don't get much feedback there. Maybe the entries I write just don't really need much commenting, and that's cool, but I thought pehaps it's something about the way I have it designed?
No, i believe its just here its one on one, as on your blog, you cant really give your own opinion. I havent read it in a while, but last time I did it was great. You should look into writing/publishing once you get back to where ever you like to call home...
I've enjoyed reading your blog as well as your posts here. Both make me insanely jealous.
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Thanks guys. Yeah liljlandon I'd love to get into something like that. I keep thinking of trying to break into it by writing travel articles or something relevant to what I'm doing for my local newspaper back home. Apparently they're really into that sort of stuff, but unfortunately procrastination is my nemesis...
Yeah, I understand, that kinda why I have yet to do my trig homework... I find wrenching and reading more fun...
holy crap, you are one brave fellow! everyday seems like it is complicated by breakdowns!
Great write-up and pics. Looks like a blast.
TK
TK
