Today brought a long wait to an end because this was the day that we were due to visit Paranal. I wouldn't be surprised if you haven't heard of it, for all it is is a mountain in the Atacama Desert here in Chile, which in itself is hardly exciting. However it's what's atop this ...

Today, for the first time since Mexico, we had the choice between 2 roads going south. So, over breakfast, we discussed which route to take; one was Route 5 which went down the centre of the country on Chile's high central plateaux, and the other was Route 1 that went parallel but along the coast. ...

Today brought us to our final few kilometres in Peru as the border to Chile, our penultimate country, earnestly beckoned! The day was made more exciting by the return of Sebastian Moreno; our friend who had joined us between Pasto and Quito, and who had now got himself sponsorship to join the team all the ...

Today was one of those satisfying days where a solid amount of progress was done, without any one aspect particularly standing out. The car is slowly but meticulously being repaired, and given what's at stake, we're loathe to rush things whereby mistakes are more likely to be made. As work continued, evidence of the car's sound ...