Bordercrossing US-Mexico with car and dog – the documents

We decided to cross the border at Tecate, about 40 miles east of San Diego. We had heard that that border-crossing would be quieter and easier to get through than San Diego – Tijuana. We stayed at the Potrero Campground a few days before we wanted to cross. Potrero county park is a...
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Internet in the US

When we re-entered the States two months ago we shopped around at the various providers for the best internet solution. We had tried the mifi solution with T-mobile in our first three months, but that was such a disappointment which only worked while in cities, that we wanted something else. We...
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Getting ready for Mexico

We spent the last few weeks on getting all things done to get ourselves and the beasts ready to cross the Mexicon border. We read up on blogs and recommendations of other travellers, started to read the various government sites on travel safety in Mexico and then closed those sites quickly...
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On How We Did Not Go To San Francisco

Those of you who have read more of our stories, know that we do not really like to go the big cities now that we have the two beasts, Panda and Dunya with us. We visited New Orleans for one afternoon and Las Vegas half a day. We do not want to drive in busy…
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Receiving a package while being homeless?

Let’s order some car parts before we get to Mexico we thought. Should be easy we thought. Should not take too long we thought.. We double checked with the supplier. Yes, should be easy. No, would not take very long, just three days from order to reception. So, when we found a nice spot...
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Six Months On The Road

This week we will be on the road for six months. Six months of travel through the US, Canada and Alaska. How did we do? Kilometers We have driven almost 27.000 kilometers. Way, WAY more than we planned. We thought our total trip from the US to Argentina in 16 months would be about...
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Playing with Panda…

The past few weeks we have been cruising around in the National Forests of Washington and Oregon. We finally got the chance to play with Panda and take her on roads where she belongs. We have been driving on narrow mountainroads and winding dirt roads. We had to take some Dtours due to forest...
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Five Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions

In the normal world, the most frequently asked questions when meeting new people would be questions like “where are you from” “what’s your name” “where do you go” etc. In a world driving Panda you get a whole different set of questions when meeting...
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Staying in a hotel during your overland trip?

We are spending a few days in a hotel. Panda is at the mechanic now and even though he offered us to stay in our car for the night, we decided to check in to a hotel. The first day was perfect. It felt so nice to be able to walk to the toilet in…
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Bordercrossings Alaska-Canada, Canada-US with foreign car and a dog

In the past few weeks we passed several bordercrossings. We went from Alaska to Canada and vice-versa between Tok and Haines Junction, Haines, Skagway and Hyder. None of which caused any problem whatsoever. At our first bordercrossing on the Alaska Highway going from Tok to Haines Junction, we...
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Looking for bears in Alaska

I already wrote about the salmon in Alaska and that fishing them was a big deal in Alaska. And it is nt just the humans who like to fish for salmon. In several places you can go and watch bears fishing for salmon in rivers and streams. Two places are really famous for the possibility…
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Blessed at the Walmart??

Every now and then we like to camp at the Walmart parking lot. We stay there probably once a week, when we need to stock up and in some cases we even stayed for a few days in a Walmart parking lot because it was free, near the center and with good internet reception. Camping…
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Beautiful Alaska

Alaska is beautiful! We spent three weeks driving through the country and we can honestly say that we enjoyed every minute of it. It started with the drive from the border crossing at the Top of the World to Chicken, which was a rough gravel road through the mountains and valleys. The road is...
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Fishing..

Fishing in the Netherlands as a sport was (to me) sort of a nerdy, boring sport. You would see people (mostly older men?) sitting by a pond waiting for hours, staring at their rod. Once every few hours they would catch a miserable small fish, unhook it and throw it back. I never really...
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