A family adventure with a twist…

For the birthday celebrations, Laura snuck off to the camper van, blew up balloons and hung a few of “Happy Birthday’ buntings in the limited space that we had. We also laid out the couple of tiny presents and cake we had been able to source (and hide) along the way since we arrived in…

As we travelled (slowly) down the coast of Chile, a big date loomed large in the distance. We would soon be celebrating our daughters birthday. Like most parents, we usually try to make the most of such occasions and make it a memorable day. This would be the first such family celebration on the road,…

A full day of driving the next day only netted us 100km when we stopped at 4pm. Really tough going and definitely testing driving abilities. Also general moods and tempers were on high alert, as the discomfort of the road surface took it toll. The good news was that we had arrived in Puerto Tranquillo,…

The next couple of days saw more rain and temperatures plummet. Again we were forced to flee the scene of rising waters, this time a rising tide threatened to engulf us and the portside road we were parked on in Puyuhuapi. Passing through the Quelat National Park brought us our first snow of the trip.…

The Carretera Austral, or Route 7 as it is otherwise known in Chile, is a legacy of the General Pinochet era. It runs south for 1,240 km from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins, passing through rural Patagonia. It provides road access to the southern parts of the Los Lagos and Aysen regions. Amazingly, for such…

Well its been a very busy time since we last spoke…!! I certainly didn’t think that after finishing my last blog post in October 2023, my next foray into the creative storytelling world would not be until 7 months and 6 countries later. This is family life on the road I guess, full-on, non-stop and…

Having given my loved ones a proverbial heart-attack, there was no better way to calm the senses than collect the campervan (which had been quietly stored away in a garage in La Paz) and continue on our journey towards Cusco in Peru. The first-leg of this adventure started immediately after leaving the clinic with one…

As mentioned in my previous blog post, we recently spent a few days in the El Cajon Del Maipo region of Central Chile. While we were in awe of the amazing landscape and natural beauty of the places we saw and visited, our most lasting memories will undoubtably be the relationships that we made while…

There is a unique feeling when embarking on something new or different. While the feeling itself may vary depending on the magnitude of the action involved, as humans we always have a sense of hesitancy and apprehension if we undertake something where the outcome is uncertain. However, if we don’t go through this process, we…

So we are now a little over a week into our family adventure, the four of us traveling South America in a 21 year old camper van. To say life is different on the road than what we are used to in Dublin, would be a grand understatement… Where to start? Perhaps with the campervan…