Final wash before going to port.
The Bee is the 4WD Isuzu truck Cheryl and Guy are using for their travels.
2013
We started our adventure in Singapore. After picking the truck up from Port Klang in Malaysia, we then drove through Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic and finally Austria where the truck was stored in Raab.
The Bee hits the sunshine after 6 months in storage.
2014
The Bee's second adventure will be from Austria to Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and the UK prior to storage once again in Raab. Well that's the plan anyway.
The Bee's second adventure will be from Austria to Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway and the UK prior to storage once again in Raab. Well that's the plan anyway.
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2015
This years adventures with the Bee will take us from Austria through Germany, Switzerland and France to Andorra, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Morocco, Italy, the Balkans and Turkey if we have time. |
This isn't the truck we left behind.
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Some German cyclists we met in Georgia.
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2016
This year we have decided to do a trip in Iran prior to picking up the truck. Once in the truck, a few repairs and then off to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, returning via Greece, Italy, Switzerland, France and Belgium before wintering the truck in the Netherlands. We will ship the truck to south or north America in 2017. |
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2017
The Bee will sail to Montevideo in South America while we visit Costa Rica, Panama and the Galapagos before flying to Montevideo to pick the truck up. Then a couple of months driving to the Pantanal in Brazil, returning to Buenos Aires, storing the truck and flying home in August. |
Preparing the truck to go in a shipping container to Montevideo.
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We finally reach the Antarctic continent.
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2018
Christmas in Argentina, followed by a long drive to Ushuaia and a cruise to South Georgia and the Antarctic awaited us. Then north through Chile and Argentina before storing the truck in Uruguay. |
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2019 This year we intend doing two trips. The first trip from March to mid-June will take us from Uruguay to Peru. The second adventure from late July until mid-December we hope to cross Brazil to French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana then back through Brazil as Venezuala is a no go country at this stage and finish in Peru/Colombia/Mexico/USA depending on the roads. A lot of travelling! I hope you enjoy following us. |
Gaucho Festival
PE-08B road in Peru, interesting drive, interesting scenery.
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Colourful Columbia
2020
Having travelled for most of last year we intend to have only three months in the Americas before returning to enjoy the rest of 2020 in Australia.
We came home 4 weeks early due Covid 19.
Having travelled for most of last year we intend to have only three months in the Americas before returning to enjoy the rest of 2020 in Australia.
We came home 4 weeks early due Covid 19.
2022
A return to the truck in Mexico after 2 years off. We are keen to resume our travels in Mexico and up to Los Angeles to send the Bee home in June.
Due to complications we sent the Bee home from Vancouver, Canada.
A return to the truck in Mexico after 2 years off. We are keen to resume our travels in Mexico and up to Los Angeles to send the Bee home in June.
Due to complications we sent the Bee home from Vancouver, Canada.
Waiting in Vancouver
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January 2023
It looks like the truck will be in Brisbane mid month. Hopefully we can get the truck out of Customs and Quarantine without complications. There have been problems, delays and generally poor administration by shipping agents on both sides of the Pacific. Fingers crossed we have the Bee within a week or at worst by the end of the month. |