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Hannes

What type of car are you driving?: 
VW T3 Kombi / camper van
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

May 2016 I`ve started my trip in Buenos Aires, spent some days in Cordóba than moved by nightbus via Mendoza to Santiago de Chile where I`ve bought my lovely VW T3 Kombi / camper van. 

Up to now I`ve done over 4000km in my Kombi and in the meantime I've arrived in Arica close to Perus border. I will follow the coast and travel to Ecuador, than back to Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina till >TERRE DEL FUEGO< and back to Santiago de Chile, where I'll sell my VW Kombi T3 / my lovely camper van by End November/ End December 16.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
just do it / it is a great opportunity meeting poeple (locals and other tourists), keeping in touch with travelers being in same situation as you are and exchanging travel experiences. It is that easy to be happy and feel satisfactory with less than expected! Just do it!
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Douglas and Paula and our dog Finn

What type of car are you driving?: 
2006 Toyota Tacoma, 6 speed four wheel drive with a 1989 Palomino Bronco mini-L pop up camper, a combined unit that we affectionately call the Poptart.
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We originally were driving to Panama from New Brunswick, Canada.  Now we are loosely circumnavigating North America, having been to Rio Sixoala in Costa Rica/Panama and have gone north to Homer, Alaska, USA.  We are now crossing Canada to complete our circle tour of the North American continent.  

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Don't let fear stop you, we had an amazing time. Learn as much Spanish as you possibly can. Eat local by watching where locals are gathered. Take all your vaccines Go with Toyota Photocopy all your documents twenty times each and keep them organized. Get an International Driving Permit Read up on scam avoidance. This helped us considerably, especially with Nicaraguan Police and corrupt migration officers Try really hard not. To hand over your original driver's license to police. Show them a copy and tell them you will show them the original at the police station.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
Poptart Travels
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Josh & Sami

What type of car are you driving?: 
A modified Mitsubishi Delica L300
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We are wildlife filmmakers on a road-trip spanning the length of South America, making short films about our adventures as we go. We began our journey at the southern tip of Argentina and plan to drive to the northern edge of Colombia.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Enjoy the moment / place that you are, instead of thinking of what comes next on your journey.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
Migrate Adventure YouTube Channel
Migrate Adventure (general website)
Instagram account
Facebook page
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Jeff Sullivan

What type of car are you driving?: 
Chevrolet Suburban at the moment, but I'm open to other options.
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Having completed my bookbook "Photographing California Vol. 2 - South" and my Death Valley guide to be delivered as an in-app purchase in the free SNAPP Guides app, I'm gearing up to expand my 10 years of explorations across the American West to Alaska and beyond.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Remember it's the journey that's important, not the destination!
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
Jeff Sullivan Photography
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Jim & Rhonda Delameter (and Aspen!)

What type of car are you driving?: 
Toyota Tundra with an Adventurer camper on back.
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We are Jim & Rhonda Delameter who, with our black lab, Aspen, are driving the PanAm highway to Patagonia and beyond.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
DO IT. Travel. Travel everywhere! The world is a wonderful, amazing place filled with incredible people, beauty, food, and diversity. You will never regret exploring it.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
The Next Big Adventure
The Black Dog Chronicles
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alex and JB

What type of car are you driving?: 
A motorhome
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

MOTORHOME FOR SALE

10 months in South America, from Argentina to Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brasi, Uruguay.

Our trip ends in June and we sell our campervan in Montevideo.

Have a look on our website

surlesroutesdameriquedusud.jimdo.com/annonce/

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
Very nice continent but the cost of live has increased in Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
sur les routes d amerique du sud
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Will & Cate Brubaker

What type of car are you driving?: 
Moby is a 2004 Ford F150 with a Northstar TC650 pop-up camper.
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

We will be starting our trip from Salt Lake City, UT and traveling generally south to Ushuaia, Argentina. We plan on a minimum of 2 years. 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
I guess I'll recycle the advice I keep getting: Don't over plan!
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
The Life Nomadic
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Neven Boyanov

What type of car are you driving?: 
Toyota Corolla 1990
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

A roadtrip from the US to Panama. On the 14th of April I´m crossing the border US/Mexico on my way south. I will spend around a month in Mexico and the rest in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. I´ll drive my own beautiful Toyota Corolla 1990 and mostly camp or sleep in hostels. I like to find remotely places without tons of tourists and get to feel the vibe of the coutries I visit through the locals. Plan for the trip - trekking, climbing, meeting locals, camping, being free!

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
If you look for it, you´ll find many reasons not to do the trip... but JUST DO IT. And you won´t regret a second.
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
Journey to the unknown
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Mark

What type of car are you driving?: 
pimped out soccer mom, cheerio infested stick figured 04/02 Honda Odyssey, code name Golden Eye and Greengo
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

Travel southbound during the Canadian winters (Nov-May), park the van and head north to spend the summer at the family cottage.  Completed 3 winters so far and am planning on continuing this lifestyle for the time being.

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
You will meet fellow overlanders, from the light core to the hard core. Bottom line they are just like you, their attitudes, their dress and their spirit of adventure.
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Mike & Gen

What type of car are you driving?: 
1992 Toyota pickup 4x4, "Woody"
Summarize your trip in a couple of sentences: 

This road trip is our chance to get away from planning and organizing. We do so much of this in our businesses that we just wanted the road to take us away. It took a lot of planning to leave, but ever since we've taken it one day at a time. We each had a couple things we hoped to find and they got scratched off the list in no time, now our journey is more than we could of imagined. 

Do you have any advice for others who may be considering driving the Americas?: 
We have repeatedly thanked Woody, toyotas are very common in Latin America and we blend in like locals. Make sure you get all the required paper work at every boarder and that all the info is correct, VIN number! Passports numbers ... Wether they do it intentionally or not they copy the information incorrectly and give you many problems down the road. We discovered the app "maps.me" in El Salvador, it was a nice relief after only using maps and no GPS or data (especially in cities!!!!!).
Do you have a blog or a website describing your trip? If so, what is its address?: 
Woodymakeit.com
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