Around the World in a Volkswagen Vanagon - Drive Nacho Drive!

[drivenachodrive]

At the end of 2011 we quit our jobs and set off in our 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon, "Nacho". Our plan? To circumnavigate the globe, slowly, while discovering culture, food, recreation, and emergency roadside Volkswagen maintenance. We are Brad and Sheena. Just wingin' it.

Check out our blog at Drive Nacho Drive (http://www.drivenachodrive.com)

[RedDog]

This ought to be good. :luxhello:

[benedmonson]

Awesome! My wife and I lived for 3 years in "Basil," an orange 84 customized westy. Loved every minute of it!

[Barriga]

Cool! Interested to see how all your ingen-earing will do on the long road.

[MoGas]

Godspeed to you. If you return to our little city, I'd love to have a beer or 9 with you.

[thecriscokid]

Looks like a good time to be had! I miss my '85 every time I see one.
How did Nacho get it's name?

[loren85022]

Good luck. Would like to read more about your budgeting.

[Diesel YJ]

I just read through your blog, sounds great. The gf and I are very interested in your adventure and wish you all the luck for a safe trip for you and Nacho!

[drivenachodrive]

Thanks for the comments. @thecriscokid: Nacho got its name through a process of brainstorming. It was "Whoopie" when we bought it, but that had to go. Ignacio seemed like a fitting and dignified name, so that was it. Nacho is short for Ignacio.

[roboter]

We love your style of writing and are following you along the way. Hopefully we bump into you two in South America!

~The Garrett's

[Oasis]

Thanks for the comments. @thecriscokid: Nacho got its name through a process of brainstorming. It was "Whoopie" when we bought it, but that had to go. Ignacio seemed like a fitting and dignified name, so that was it. Nacho is short for Ignacio.

You should of called it "Nacha" which is short Ignacia. "Nachas" is slang word for buttcheeks.

[drivenachodrive]

It's been a while, so thought I'd check in. We've arrived in Costa Rica and are getting some work done on Nacho. While doing so I'm doing a bit of blog catch up. We've been updating about once or twice per week (trying to improve!) Here's the latest installment, in case you're interested:

Drive Nacho Drive: The Antigua Creeper (http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2012/04/the-antigua-creeper/)

[Christian P.]

thanks for the update - and great to see that the Vanagon is not giving you too much trouble!

[drivenachodrive]

Our new blog entry talks about how to deal with the police in Mexico and Central America. Lots of people end up paying bribes to get out of sticky situations; this talks about how to bumble through without paying any bribes. Enjoy!

http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2012/04/freeze-lawbreaker/

[SWbySWesty]

oooooh, just found this! Love the van trips!