Helpful Links – Journals – Drive to South America

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Duration of trip // Choice of automobile // Regions travelled // total mileage.

Cars

-To the End of the Road: Driving from the U.S. to the end of Argentina (same content here) (I highly recommend this site)
2002 – 2003 // 1988 Toyota 4Runner // Connecticut, US – Central America – South America // 25,000 miles

-Canary In A Coal Mine – Scribbles and Scratches from the Road (I highly recommend this site)
2003 – 2004 // 1977 International Harvester Super Scout II // California, US – Central America – South America – Back // >13,000 miles

-Diary of a Journey down the Pan-American Highway (I highly recommend this site)
Feb 8, 2006 – Sep 29, 2006 // 1996 Nissan Pathfinder XE // California, US – Central America – South America // 27,197 miles (43,515km)

-Overland in a VW Camper (Westfalia) through Mexico, Central America, South America, and Africa (I highly recommend this site)
3 years // 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia // California, US – Central America – South America – Africa – Back // 60,000 miles

-Expedition Overland
April 2003 – May 2005 // Custom Built 6X6 Land-Rover // UK – Africa – South America – Central America // 150,000kms

-South America Four Wheel Drive Trip (same content here)
1996 // 1967 Land Rover // US – Central America – South America – Africa //

-Welcome To Southbound Explorers
April 18, 2008 – Ongoing // 1991 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia // Vancouver, Canada – Central America – South America //

-Dare2Go.com – Our Travel Journal, covering North-, Central- and South-America
March 4, 2006 – Ongoing // 1994 FORD F250 // North America – Central America – South America //

-Gil & Melissa’s South America Trip
Nov 2, 1996 + 9 months // 1979 Chevy Blazer // Washington, US – Central America – South America – and back // 35,000 miles

-Traveling by Car from Detroit to Buenos Aires
Jan 2008 – August 2006 // 1996 Honda Civic // Michigan, US – Central America – South America // >15,000 miles

-The Silk Route Motorcaravan Network
Jan 2006 – May 2007 // Various Large Caravans // UK – Central America – South America – and back // 54,533 kilometers (33,885 miles)

-Glenn’s South American Oddyssy
Dec 2007 – Jan 2007 // 4X4 Nissan // California, US – Central America – South America // 44,000k

-The Millennium Adventure
Jan 1, 1999 – Jan 5, 2002 // custom Mercedez-Benz // Around the World // 245,000Kms (note: Jim Rogers’ trip, he’s a billionaire)

-A South American Adventure
March 9, 1996 – July 15, 1996 // Toyota 4Runner // California – Central America – South America – and back to California // 31,000 miles

-Trans-Americas Journey | Pan-American Road Trip
April 2006 – Ongoing (est. 3 years) // Chevy 1500 Gas and Chevy 2500HD Diesel // North America – Central America – South America // 85,000 miles (Jul 08)

-LandCruising Adventure
May 2003 – Ongoing // 1984 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ45 // Holland – Asia – South America // 120,000 km (74564 mi) as of Nov ’08

-The story of wicked travels through latin america
Jul 21, 2001 – Jul 3, 2003 // ex-marines winterized 110 FFR (fitted for radio) 2.5 n/a diesel // Englad – Central America – South America // 90,070 kms (55966 mi)

-EcoFuel World Tour
October 23, 2006 – April 13, 2007 // VW Caddy EcoFuel that runs on compressed natural gas // Around the world // 45,788 km (28451mi)

-.: Drive Around the World :.
1997 and 1999 // 1960s Land Rover Dormobiles // 8000 miles through Mexico, Belize and Guatemala // 16000 miles through Asia, Middle East, Europe, California.

-A Long Drive
Oct 21st, 2007 – Ongoing // 2007 FJ Cruiser // San Francisco, CA – Central America – South America //

-On the Road from Ushuaia
Nov 2007 – Mar 30, 2008 // car?? // US – Central America – South America – and back // 30,000 miles

-Expedition Calendar
2000 – Ongoing // car?? // Mexico – Central America – South America – and around the world // tens of thousands of miles

-Vaya con Gringos
2003 + 8 months // car?? // Alaska, US – Central America – South America // 20,786 miles.

-Next Million Miles
August 31, 2003 – 3 years // 2003 Ford Super Duty F550 4X4 // .US – Central America (Doesn’t look like they made it to South America) // 50,000 miles

-Lodzi Home Page
15th January 2005 – 15th October 2006 // Landrover 110 // Venezuela – South America – Central America – USA – Canada // 82,284 km (51,128 miles)

-The New Cruiser
July 2008 – Ongoing // Custom Built Car // Canada – Central America – South America //

-Bumfuzzle.com
October 2003 – Current // 1958 Volkswagen Panelvan // North America – Central America – South America //

-Travesía Panamericana
April 8, 2002 – August 7, 2002 // 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia Diesel // Eugene, OR – Central America – Buenos Aires, Argentina // 21,307km (13239 miles)

-Travelin-Tortuga.com
October, 2001 – Ongoing // 2007 Provan Tiger // California, US – Central America – South America //

-The Loooooong Trip
2004 – Ongoing // car?? // Around the world trip // miles??

-TWENTY YEARS AROUND THE WORLD
Not much detail…

Motorcycles

-Riding to the Moon
About 3 months // Motorcycles // California, USA – Central America – South America // 14000 miles

-Travelin’ Around the World… (Motorcycle trip preparation. Actual trip postings here)
June 5, 1997 – 2000 // Motorcycles – 1981 R80G/S and a 1992 R100GS // Illinois, US – Central America – South America – Africa – Europe – Africa// ?? Miles

Other

-Goliath Expedition
Nov 1, 1998 – 2012 (on going) // ON FOOT // Chile, South America – Central America – Alaska, US – Siberia – Asia – Europe // 17,000 so far (36,000 miles total)

-Driving the Pan American Highway in a motorhome from California to South America
1978 and 2007 // RVs // California to South America // Completed the 1978 trip. 2007?

-P.J!’s Blog
http://www.pjparmar.blogspot.com/

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