Road Trip USA
With Big Bertha loaded up we were ready to escape Florida and plan a route to Arizona to visit friends and family. We started in New Orleans, but it was […]
Category Archives: overlander
Returned to the USA- what’s new….
We returned to the USA in 2021 because of the expiration of our Brazilian paperwork. COVID complicated many things, including the closure of land borders in South America. The last […]
Leaving Brazil, really!
Apparently we were not supposed to ship the truck and camper back to the USA and miss the last five countries in South America. When it came close to time […]
Let’s Get Out Of Brazil, Maybe…….
We were in Brazil for well over a year, when we decided to give up! We would put the truck camper on a cargo container ship and send it to […]
A trip to Rio de Janiero
There was one big scene we missed when we passed through Brazil, headed toward Uruguay. So while we were stopped in Canela, Brazil, waiting for borders to open, we decided […]
While we are in Brazil, let’s see if we can get in to Uruguay.
While we hung out in Southern Brazil (state of Rio do Sul) we realized that we were extremely close to the Uruguay border. We had heard about the pandemic border […]
Doing stuff while “stuck” in Brazil
We first arrived in Brazil back in November. During that time we crossed the Amazon and rode on a sugar barge for DAYS….. (click here to see the story)https://slowcarfasthouse.com/2020/01/08/brazil-the-amazon/ Then […]
Giving back to a community
Arriving in Canela, Brazil for a two week stay was simple enough. But staying in Canela, Brazil for ten months took a little bit of effort. We have a theory […]
Hanging out in Canela, Brazil for the pandemic
We arrived in Canela, Brazil in early March of 2020. We planned to stay a couple of weeks to have some repairs done on the roof of the camper. We […]
Why are you still in Brazil?
There seems to be some confusion about what is happening with us and why we are still in Brazil. I will do a quick summary about our situation. Please note […]