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An Overland camping truck stanging at a "Road Closed" sign - that's what's happening everywhere durig the corona crisis

COVID-19: a Challenging Time for Overland Travellers

12 more stories of overland travellers facing the challenges due to COVID-19. Each one has to find their own way to deal with lockdowns and border closures.

How Overland Travellers Deal With The Corona Crisis

Overland travellers are different to other tourists. Here they tell their stories of how they deal with the challenges of being caught in corona lockdown.

Impressions of the 40th Willys Overland Vehicle Meeting

Our impressions of the 40th Willys Overland Vehicle Meeting in words and photos. If you get the chance, go and attend this big, pleasant event in Germany!

Save Money on a Rental Car to Follow in our Footsteps

At dare2go, we encourage you to rent a vehicle and take one of our road trips. Here are some tips, and a coupon, to save money on that rental car.

Overlanding in Chile: dare2go Experience Over 14 Months

Overlanding in Chile: our summary of road conditions, road tolls, safety, overnight camping, supplies, and other topics relevant to overland travellers.

6 More Overlanders Tell Us Their Pan-American Stories

We asked “what inspired you to travel the World’s Longest Highway?” and received these inspiring stories from another 6 diverse Pan-American overlanders.

We were quite impressed by the art painted on trucks in Peru. This is a rather unusual piece of truck art: a lonely bear standing on a frozen ice landscape.

Street Art on the Move: the Colourful Truck Art of Peru

Trucks in Peru have colourful art painted on the back doors – occasionally the sides too. They move on all streets – so why not call them ‘street art’?

Some of the VW Kombi vans lined up at the Classic Car Meeting in Teresópolis.

Interesting Classic Volkswagens As Seen in Brazil

Classic Volkswagen vehicles are extremely popular in Brazil. Many are still used as every-day-cars, others are nicely restored vintage collectors’ items.

By chance we happened to be in Teresópolis for their annual classic car meeting in early July. Here are some of our photos!

Photos from a Classic Car Meeting in Teresópolis, Brazil

We left Teresópolis with 100s of colourful photos from their annual classic car meeting. We saw many old, often unknown, vehicles typical of Brazil.

This old FORD truck is probably the oldest vehicle we have spotted on the roads of Uruguay. In other countries this would be locked away in a climatised collector's garage.

Amazing Old Cars on the Roads in Uruguay – Everywhere

They are slowly diminishing in numbers but Uruguay still has many rare and old cars on the roads – everywhere. This is a gallery of the ones we spotted.

Historic Car Meet in Futrono/Chile

On our tour around Lago Ranco in Chile we happened to come onto a historic car meeting in Futrono. A reason to stop and shoot a few photos for this gallery.

Montevideo: customs building at Buquebus

Getting a vehicle through customs and out of port in Montevideo, Uruguay

Montevideo, Uruguay: step-by-step instructions on how to get your travel vehicle through customs and out of port, required documents, copies, and addresses.

Hello & Welcome

Meet Yasha and Juergen. Our travel blog is atypical because we travel differently, not flying from one dream destination to the next. Our choice instead: to take it slowly, take side roads, discover places aside from the typical "bucket list" and guidebook highlights. We drive and live in our self-built overland camper, called [~~"Berta"~~] "Bertita" (little Berta since 2018 in Europe). You can read more on our "About Us" page.

We love sharing our impressions and knowledge gained along the way. You will find a wealth of information on our site, especially if you love road trips. So stay around and explore with us!

Celebrate with us!

Yes, this year our website dare2go.com celebrates 20 Years online! We registered the domain in late 2005 and uploaded the first page in early 2006, just before we left on our first Pan-American trip.

The first website was a simple HTML-layout done by Juergen. Although, for the time, it displayed some features which would only become more ‘familiar’ in later years – like a tabbed layout: text on one page, a map of the recent journey on the second tab, and a photo gallery on the third tab. Unfortunately, it wasn’t “mobile friendly” — those handheld devices to access the internet weren’t around in 2005!
So, after Google’s constant complaints, we decided to delete our ‘Archive’ in 2018.

Here’s a screen capture of the ‘old’ layout:

[Thanks to the wayback machine ]

Our Recent Posts

Historic German Settlements: Rundling Villages of the Wendland

Not all attractions in Germany are historic cities or castles ruins. Explore with us the historic circular Rundling Villages of the Wendland in Germany’s north.

Korça is a Gem Off the Popular Tourist Path in Albania

Korça is an undiscovered gem of Albania. Stroll through this city and you will find public art, green spaces, several museums, and plenty of cafes for a rest.

BGToll, Needed for Motorhomes over 3.5 tons in Bulgaria

Bulgaria introduced the new electronic BGToll system for heavy vehicles and included motorhomes. In this post I explain how we dealt with this utter nuisance.

The COVID-19 Challenges for Overlanders are Not All Over

In April we asked overland travellers about the challenges they faced due to COVID-19 restrictions. 4 months later, we asked them: How are you doing now?

Visit the Superlative Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex

Superlatives to discover in Sussex: the largest Roman-style Villa in Great Britain with the oldest collection of mosaics and the first formal Roman garden.

Picturesque Towns of Western Greece You Should Visit

The mainland coast of Greece has many picturesque towns you should visit by car or motorhome. These towns are cheaper to reach than the famous Greek islands.

Overlanding in Peru: Get Off The Pan-American Highway!

Driving the Pan-American Highway – a dream of many. Our post summarises all the basic practical information you need to know before overlanding in Peru.

Explore the Ancient City of Butrint in Albania

The ancient city of Butrint is a World Heritage Site in the south of Albania, where you can explore a history going back more than two-thousand years.