Matt

About Matt

Dad, husband, watersports coach, frustrated windsufer.

Farewell to Dotty

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Today was a rather sad one. Although we still have almost a week left before we return to normality, we spend that time bereft of our companion , our school, our transport and our home for the last two months; …

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New Patagonian Galleries

Hi, just managed to get up to date with the photo galleries. There are four new galleries in the ‘Americas’ section showing photos of our travels from the Argentinian Lakes down the Ruta 40 into Patagonia and back up the …

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Mr Bean’s Dotty Adventure

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We’ve had a few misadventures in Dotty that have in retrospect made us chuckle; driving down one way streets cheerfully waving back at the people waving frantically to us; repeatedly passing the same bemused old men sat on their park …

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A Ruta 40 Playlist

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We have spent the last four days driving down from the Lakes District through Argentina to cross back over the border today to Chilean Puerto Natales. This is the furthest south we plan to drive and we’ll spend the next …

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At last some South America photos

Just managed to update Americas gallery with three new sections which get us fairly up to date (well this week any way).

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Driving us Dotty

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Once again, it’s been a while since we wrote anything here and now you’ll see a sudden flurry of posts and photos. The reason for this is two-fold. Firstly, we have been having some trouble with Dotty, our van, which …

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New gallery pages

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Just managed to upload the Antigua gallery before we leave our Santiago apartment and reliable wi-fi for the van tomorrow (yipee, we get the van tomorrow!). The gallery is large because Antigua was so beautiful and we had such a …

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De vuelta a clases

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This week, Jo and I have been rudely reminded just what it is like to be studying once more. As a family, we have been spending four hours each morning at Academia Antiguena trying to learn a little Spanish before …

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Resolutions

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Sat here on the beach, watching the sunrise to begin the second new day of the year, I’m conscious that I’ve not yet made any New Year resolutions. I spent an hour yesterday clearing plastic rubbish from the beach and there are just as …

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We’re ‘travellers’ – it’s official!

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Look who appears in National Geographic (and not topless!). Click here for full article.

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