Population Argentina: 44.7 million. Average number of people per square km – 16 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15).
The 1,000 km journey from Colon, the border crossing point between Uruguay and Argentina, to the Iguazu falls, is long and uninteresting. The entire region is flat, tropical and the land is used mainly for beef production,...
Population Uruguay: 3.5 million. Average number of people per square km – 20 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15).
We fled the onset of winter in Europe and headed to South America in time to meet spring. We eagerly waited in Montevideo for the container vessel to bring our vehicle from Europe. We would start our...
Our plan was to ship our vehicle from Europe to the southern part of South America. Some Overlanders warn against shipping to Brazil because of the high level of corruption. Uruguay is suggested as a safe port.
This was our second experience of shipping our vehicle. Like most things in life, things become a lot easier the more you do...
Population Norway: 5.3 million. Average number of people per square km – 13 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15).
Seeing the Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, has always been very high on our bucket list. However, the Arctic regions always seemed so far away from us. Whilst looking at a map of Europe whilst enjoying coffee in...
Population Slovenia: 2.1 million. Average number of people per square km – 101 (India – 380, China – 150, New Zealand - 15).
Slovenia is one of the countries that gained independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia during the early 1990’s. We did not intend to spend much time in Slovenia, essentially only a few days to transit the country,...
