Driving From Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Ushuaia Argentina
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:13 pm
In August 2010, we drove up to Prince Rupert and then took a ferry up to Haines, Alaska after which we drove all the way to the arctic ocean in Prudhoe Bay (Dead Horse), Alaska...for a quick swim of course. We then turned around and have been making our way south ever since, with our current goal being Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern most town in the world.
We estimate to be driving for around a year and at the moment we are in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and have already been in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador.
We are travelling with our 6 month old Lab/Husky cross, Toka, who we picked up in Tok, Alaska. She has been a joy to have along, other than the Ticks, and has caused few compromises in our plans
We are driving an L400 with a custom designed wooden storage box that folds into a bed. Additionally we built a lockable roof box with way too much gear in it. We wrapped our vehicle with a custom sticker to look like a bumble-bee.
We brought all the regular spare parts with us, and have found others cheaply and easily along the way. In Guatemala we boiled our brake fluid coming down a long steep hill and completely lost our brakes. We managed to kill our master brake cylinder, and were able to find a replacement in Antigua for $100, which they had installed the next day. There are tons of mitsubishis down here and even an L300, although it looks quite different from ours.
** EL SALVADOR DOES NOT ALLOW THE ENTRY OF RIGHT HAND DRIVE VEHICLE ** - although after much fuss they gave us a 24 hour transit permit.
If anyone is thinking of doing all or part of the trip, please feel free to email as we would love to help any way we can.
We have a website with pics and journals of our journey at http://thejoyhunt.com
Cheers
Cam, Sum and Toka
camwmatthews@gmail.com
One more thing: Our mechanics in north van at RJD have been amazing and have given us a ton of help when we have called from various places with problems...Thanks again
We estimate to be driving for around a year and at the moment we are in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and have already been in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador.
We are travelling with our 6 month old Lab/Husky cross, Toka, who we picked up in Tok, Alaska. She has been a joy to have along, other than the Ticks, and has caused few compromises in our plans
We are driving an L400 with a custom designed wooden storage box that folds into a bed. Additionally we built a lockable roof box with way too much gear in it. We wrapped our vehicle with a custom sticker to look like a bumble-bee.
We brought all the regular spare parts with us, and have found others cheaply and easily along the way. In Guatemala we boiled our brake fluid coming down a long steep hill and completely lost our brakes. We managed to kill our master brake cylinder, and were able to find a replacement in Antigua for $100, which they had installed the next day. There are tons of mitsubishis down here and even an L300, although it looks quite different from ours.
** EL SALVADOR DOES NOT ALLOW THE ENTRY OF RIGHT HAND DRIVE VEHICLE ** - although after much fuss they gave us a 24 hour transit permit.
If anyone is thinking of doing all or part of the trip, please feel free to email as we would love to help any way we can.
We have a website with pics and journals of our journey at http://thejoyhunt.com
Cheers
Cam, Sum and Toka
camwmatthews@gmail.com
One more thing: Our mechanics in north van at RJD have been amazing and have given us a ton of help when we have called from various places with problems...Thanks again
