Check-Ins

Here the “IranCell SIM card” is issued easily and efficiently. All you need is your passport. The visa is also helpful because the employees can then write down the data that is not in the passport. You do not anymore need a Person to help. Currently 550,000 Toman for a SIM card including 20 GB = approx. Euro 10 and lasts 6 month. But you definitely need a VPN that works in Iran. Eg: Zoo VPN, Green VPN, Psiphon Pro and others. An additional 30 GB currently costs 150,000 Toman and lasts 120 days. Instead of going down the stairs and through the glass door on the right, you can also go around the corner of the house and through the side entrance.

Just north of bus parking is a small road leading down to the river flat spot in front of river. Dirt road is a little steep, but easy for my 2wd. Bathrooms are just up the hill at the bus parking.

No block at this location, but there was one at the next pin a few KM south

We were able to bypass this blockage by going though the village to the east. Protestors has many blocks in the town too, but let people through after about an hour, even though the main highway was still blocked.

Lively fruit and vegetable market. Good quality.

We filled our US fixed tank without an adapter from one of their delivery truck. It was very simple, only 2 minutes. Hours: from 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 1pm on Saturday. We paid 15,000 ARS (or €16) for 26 liters.

Nous avons remplis notre tank fixe US sans adaptateur à partir d’un de leur camion de livraison. Ça a été très simple, seulement 2 minutes. Horaires: de 8h à 16h du lundi à vendredi et 9h à 13h le samedi. Nous avons payé 15 000 ARS (soit 16€) pour 26 litres.

Great little hostel with comfortable beds and very helpful staff. Good WiFi and a great location for exploring Bukhara old town, everything is in walking distance!
We paid 245000som per night for a twin room and there is a good secure space inside the hostel to park our motorbikes.
Highly recommended!

Un lugar donde disfrutar en familia, conocer las maravillas de la naturaleza en Caño Negro

Beautiful place and friendly hosts! We parked on the grass and had amazing views from our rooftop tent. Toilet building is outside and the shower is inside the main building. There are friendly dogs, cute ducks, chickens and a rooster roaming around.

Un lugar muy bello para disfrutar con la familia de todos

UN lugar muy lindo para disfrutar en familia

At a toll booth (92 pesos). Only checking north bound. Raining so letting everyone pass.

north bound only....................toll south 92 mx

We felt safe here. You could hear the street and the dogs all night long. Wifi from KFC in the parking lot.

I had Pandos recommended to me to do a top end rebuild. I’m unsure if they could manage modern fuel injection issues but this wasn’t my concern. The consensus seemed to be that they are expensive but there weren’t any complaints so I took it as valid. They have a post office box in San Diego which they access once a week. I ordered the parts I needed and sent them there saving a lot of money and time. They could’ve ordered the parts but I ordered them myself. Cost was only 3250 pesos in labour, including cylinder rebore. Time was only 2 days once they received the parts. Only time will tell if they stuffed anything up but I’m confident having spoken to the mechanics that they knew what they were doing. If there’s an issue I suspect it’ll be the rebore tolerances. Plenty of universal parts. They can take card but prefer cash, preferably USD.
Rogilio the boss/hefe speaks enough English to understand what needs to be done.
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WhatsApp 646 238 31 02

Update. Also bought a chain, went to fit it a few weeks later. It had already been shortened so it wasn’t the 120 links it was meant to be, but 102. I needed 104. Easy enough to fix but a pain. A bolt on the bottom wasn’t tightened, luckily it didn’t fall out otherwise it would’ve drained the sump. I suspect timing is out by a tooth or two. For the price and convenience I’m still happy as I caught (hopefully) everything early. Otherwise there’d be tears.

Coming from Congo to Cabinda. The Congo side very friendly. The police tried to solicit a 1000cfa fee to register my passport. I said they would need to give me a reframe then he let me proceed.
The Angola side was less friendly and took much longer to complete everything. You have to pay 6336 Kwanza for the TIP. Carnet is not used for Angola.

Pátio da empresa Gplast do Brasil , fale com o proprietário o Sr. Gaspar ele super gentil. A empresa dele faz tanque de água para Motorhome.

We didn't stay here but drove through. We slept further nord.
But here the 109 is in the bottom of the valley, next to a nice river - fishing probably possible.
There are grassy spots along the street to park for a night. Looked nice by driving through.

nice big area area to park. with little market on site. probably got showers.

The best view we had on a city campsite in our whole SA trip! Andy is the best host who brought our laundry to the Lavanderia by bike(‘Moto Lavanderia’) and had all kinds of tips for us. Two shy and sweet, bit moody in the morning female dogs on site.
Bathroom with shower, toilet and sink is clean and functional.
Taxi to city easy to take from around the corner. Taxi back, better use Uber, we had all kinds of issues because they think its far and don’t want to go so far when heavy traffic. Be aware: very very steep hill to approach the top coming from highway. Best approach is from direction Cumbaya or ask Andy

Very nice campground inside Dolores canyon. Fire rings, pit toilets, tables, 12 sites. Steep, rocky one lane road to get down here, mid-clearance needed. No big rigs, I wouldn’t bring a trailer down here either. Free. No cell service. That road is probably a nightmare when it’s raining. Enjoy, take care of it!

great place for overnight, very welcome family. Toilet and shower

A Harvest Host Location - must be a harvest host member to stay. They take same day requests but only have one official spot for RVs (big rigs).

We stayed in our van with a couple we were traveling with. Very hospitable husband/wife duo who own this brewing co, you can order food for free delivery for a nearby restaurant. It was mostly quiet for the night and although the neighborhood looks a little run down seems safe.

They are pet friendly.

No additional amenities- just a safe parking lot to rest in.

This Place no longer does camping. They are building to do long term living.

Beautiful large gravel parking next to Mission Garden. Perfect for overnight sleep.Great View on the city and Sentinel Peak A-mountain.We see the I10 although it was really calm all night, not disturbing at all…it is a residential area and felt very safe. No signs of no parking , access near by to Santa Cruz River cycle path, we see bicycles passing by! No amenities. Enjoy, respectfully!

As of November 2023 the pressure is great.

240 volts 3 phase power available
Orange net
B mobile network
Mascom network
Free Wifi

Took us 2hrs to go through just because it was on a weekend and there was a very long line to get to the border. Once at the border it took about 20 minutes. Very easy drive through border with friendly staff. I would suggest to not cross over on a weekend.

Great place to camp. Very beautiful and easy accessible from the road. Take the marked turning point. No problem to go alone and only with 2WD. During the week we only met one tourguide with two tourist.

We came here by crossing the plateau following the track to the dunes marked before. With good driving skills you can make it also with the 2WD. But better not go alone. We did get stuck once. Very beautiful views of the dunes.