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2-12 Oct 2015 – The start of the American dream

Image / March 5, 2018 / Four Wheeled Nomad / North America / No Comments

Wheeling up to the US border at Tecate was more of a ‘Triple Whopper with fries but better make that a diet coke’ drive-thru experience than the usual cacophony of queues—left, right and centre—about the Latin American customs and immigration offices. The familiarity of my old, comforting Latin American life was about to leave me […]

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23 Sept-1 Oct 2015 – Blood moons, inverted hairy carrots and wandering sprouts

Image / March 5, 2018 / Four Wheeled Nomad / North America / No Comments

Intense light fell from a vaulted powder-blue sky that offered here and there a cloud so fat and dense-looking, it might have been full of milk. A monied seafront gleamed as much as the ocean. The coastline was lined with an assortment of majestic marine figurines, spotless sidewalks and restaurants with menus on which we […]

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