Strewth, the big day has arrived.
Ol Kiwi is about to hit the road for a 2000 Km drive to cover the FAI F3A world championships in Argentina. Yep video camera, still cameras, laptops, were a travellin CNN guys.
Let me tell you a few stories about Argentina.
First off they have darn good beer and darned good wines available.
The eye candy is kinda sweet and not too tough on the old eyeballs at all.
If you ever get invited to a BBQ dont be a mug. Never say no as these dudes know how to make a feed from dead cows and birds.
Oh did I mention they have some pretty good beers and wines available.
If all goes to plan we will roll out of here tomorrow afternoon and head on into the Atacama desert as far as San Pedro de Atacama. This is a really old community and they have found ruins that date back over 12,000 years. Actually that puts the kybosh on the theory about the dudes migrating down through Alaska from Siberia etc unless they had a bullet train to get here in those days. DNA evidence points to the most likely or closest DNA match coming from Egypt. Maybe that explains the pyramids and temples and stuff found down this way.
Well we will camp out in the old hillbilly truck someplace in the desert Friday night so we can attack the Andes passes with some sparkle in the eyes early in the morning. The pass we are taking on is all paved road but it runs along for a good few hours at 15,000 feet. Thats high and lesson No1 is dont turn the old diesel off up there and let it get cold. If you do it just might not fire up again for you without a lot of effort.
Once we get over the hump and into Argentina we will pass by Salta and with luck be able to add to the blog from there. Hopefully we can make it to within 600 or 700 Km's from Santa Fe on Saturday so we get an easy run into the competition field Sunday afternoon.
Were all pumped up ready to go. RED BULL in bulk is on the ice. Santa Fe look out, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Ol Kiwi is about to hit the road for a 2000 Km drive to cover the FAI F3A world championships in Argentina. Yep video camera, still cameras, laptops, were a travellin CNN guys.
Let me tell you a few stories about Argentina.
First off they have darn good beer and darned good wines available.
The eye candy is kinda sweet and not too tough on the old eyeballs at all.
If you ever get invited to a BBQ dont be a mug. Never say no as these dudes know how to make a feed from dead cows and birds.
Oh did I mention they have some pretty good beers and wines available.
If all goes to plan we will roll out of here tomorrow afternoon and head on into the Atacama desert as far as San Pedro de Atacama. This is a really old community and they have found ruins that date back over 12,000 years. Actually that puts the kybosh on the theory about the dudes migrating down through Alaska from Siberia etc unless they had a bullet train to get here in those days. DNA evidence points to the most likely or closest DNA match coming from Egypt. Maybe that explains the pyramids and temples and stuff found down this way.
Well we will camp out in the old hillbilly truck someplace in the desert Friday night so we can attack the Andes passes with some sparkle in the eyes early in the morning. The pass we are taking on is all paved road but it runs along for a good few hours at 15,000 feet. Thats high and lesson No1 is dont turn the old diesel off up there and let it get cold. If you do it just might not fire up again for you without a lot of effort.
Once we get over the hump and into Argentina we will pass by Salta and with luck be able to add to the blog from there. Hopefully we can make it to within 600 or 700 Km's from Santa Fe on Saturday so we get an easy run into the competition field Sunday afternoon.
Were all pumped up ready to go. RED BULL in bulk is on the ice. Santa Fe look out, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Better late than never.
Posted 11-24-2007 at 09:13 PM by Kiwi
Well guys and gals I promised some photos and a few stories to give you an idea of what it took to get to Argentina for the World F3A champs.
Friday 9th we filled up the old truck with fuel, that hurt as it holds nearly 100 gallons of diesel and set sail for the East. Our intention (me and 22 year old son) was to make a small village way to heck and gone out the back called San Pedro de Atacama. That is the frontier where we needed to do immigration and customs etc. Its about a 4 hour drive from where we live.
Well we kicked her in the guts about 7pm and off we went like a startled rabbit, with no darned idea what lay ahead. I had never done this trip before and we did not know the way, had no map and no idea.
4 hours later we made the frontier and pulled up behind the military post to sleep the night. Now Latin America is no motor home haven and there are likely only a few dozen in the entire country. So sleeping sites dont exist, thus the choice to stay close to the police or the military. Maybe a false sense of security but its better than taking a chance out in the wop wops.
Seeing as that portion of the journey was in the dark there was a definite lack of opportunity to take photos.
Friday 9th we filled up the old truck with fuel, that hurt as it holds nearly 100 gallons of diesel and set sail for the East. Our intention (me and 22 year old son) was to make a small village way to heck and gone out the back called San Pedro de Atacama. That is the frontier where we needed to do immigration and customs etc. Its about a 4 hour drive from where we live.
Well we kicked her in the guts about 7pm and off we went like a startled rabbit, with no darned idea what lay ahead. I had never done this trip before and we did not know the way, had no map and no idea.
4 hours later we made the frontier and pulled up behind the military post to sleep the night. Now Latin America is no motor home haven and there are likely only a few dozen in the entire country. So sleeping sites dont exist, thus the choice to stay close to the police or the military. Maybe a false sense of security but its better than taking a chance out in the wop wops.
Seeing as that portion of the journey was in the dark there was a definite lack of opportunity to take photos.
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