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Hola from La Paz, Bolivia

Paul from gabriola Island introduced me to the site. Thought you might be interested in seeing our recent trip around South America in ¨The Albino Rhino¨our 95 Turbo-D. The van performed fantastically - with the exception of alternator problems - and is the ideal vehicle for travelling around South America´s mostly paved roads, and most scenic unpaved roads and parks.

http://lindsaysimmonds.com/blogMay06.html
(unfortunately due to server space limitations the first half of the trip - including all of brazil - has been de-archived, sorry)

We are in the process of deciding whether to bring the van back to canada.... or sell it here. We bought the van in Bolivia for us$8k, after it was bought by a slimey used car salesman in Iqique , Chile, then transformed to right-hand drive in one of the three centres for ¨transformadoras¨in Bolivia, nationalised and put in the car lot in Santa Cruz. There are literally 1000s of ¨transformadora¨delicas in this lowland city - operating as minibusses and family vehicles, but here in la Paz (alt 3750 mts.) diesels are not very popular.

nuff said, hope you enjoy the stories....

our 95 Turbo-D

We are in the process of deciding whether to bring the van back to canada....

unfortunately, I think the choice has already been made for you...95 is too new to get around the 15 year rule for importing...

Hola,

Thank you for sharing, Rhino's adventure's are very enjoyable. Great pictures too, I wonder what they do with the bull kelp?

:D

welcome to the club, glad you joined. i would be more envious if it was january and reading of your adventures, but it seems okay being that it's summer time here.
paul