Report 2 July
Report by Benno and Thecla

At seven o’clock we awake, but already a bunch of policemen are there, even the director of the police. Thecla walks still in her underpants. Dirk lies in his roof tent, while Trudy and Benno have to welcome the police. The police leave only when they had made many pictures and films of the model T with them all. The fishermen are also coming back with their catch of the sea..

high attendance

our neighbors 

simple fisher rafts 

waiting for the fishermen 

the catch 

The very heavy rafts of the fishermen get rolled and pushed by tree trunks to get on the beach Because of our curiosity we gets two mackerels presented. What sympathy! And this in a territory what has the name of unsafe!
From the beach we went to the direction of the Sechura desert where we met two other Dutch travellers: Karin en Coen who travelling for more than ten years and living from writing for travelling – and car magazines.

Karin and Coen 

drift sand 

We interchange information and go along, with a landscape what has morely sanddunes on our way to Chiclayo. Just before Chiclayo we want to visit a museum about the senor of Sipan. A pre Inca time tomb. In the chaotic traffic in the centre of Lambayaque Dirks gets control of his identity papers and at the same time a truck kisses the |Land Rover on the side. Shit! The first little crash.  But by coincidence a friendly man brings us to a safe hospedaje where we blow out our feelings.

only the lonely 

face dunes 

what kind of worse things happens in God we trust

Report of 1th of July
Report by Benno and Thecla

With metal support plates we get the Land Rover 180 degrees turned and with 5 meters longue bamboo mats we get him again on the sealed road. After that we push with two of us the Model T through the sand. After this we enjoy the cool breeze of the wind with massage our bodies. The lee at the coast gets changed by the dry desert wind.
Barren landscapes interchange with fertile farmlands full with sweeping palms. The farmlands disappear also again very quickly, we drive than again through extensive sand landscapes.
In search of a beach were we again could make a camp, we end up in the backstreets of the city, Sechura. Three police caps drive us through the little streets to a dirt road to finally the beach. There is a lot of fishermen stuff on the beach.
In the dark we eat our meal. Dirk and Trudy go to their tent on the roof. We take place in our Canopied bed under the glorious starry sky.
At night we awake several times of scrum, but finally it worked out that this were the fishermen who started on four o’clock in the morning.

between the desert hills  

desert landscape 

even windmills in Peru 

end of the road 

road sweeping 

waving palms 

local houses 

sunsetbeach

Report of 30 June
By Thecla and Benno

driving away from the camping place 

god is everywhere 

shoes in the sky, why … 

After sleeping this night under the mosquitoes net because of the many mosquitoes in the swamp and the cows, we get ready for the border. But at first preparation of the axel pens, breakfast and then everything on his place.  It’s very warm and humid weather but we can go.
The border of Huaquilles is a little bit complicated because we have to get stamps from different places. Because of that we drive up and down the road.
We haven’t seen or known that we had to go to Chacres for the stamps of the Carnet
de passage.

welcome to Peru 

We are in Peru and can stay for 90 days!
The country side changes quickly if we drive on. It’s getting more steep and the desert is taking more room. We reach the Peruan coast. By the first road we drive to the seat, where we stop to take a coffee. Above us float the fregat birds  and in the sea are pelicans swimming. How nice! At first a cooling dive into the sea, before we can go on to Cancas.
There we see a little sign of a camping place. It’s an camping place next to the sea, but only the ramp to the sea isn’t ready yet…First the Model T get stuck in the sand en after this the Land rover. Digging will not help so we need the sand plates for under the wheels. After al lot of struggle we relax in the sand and look to a beautiful sunset.

fregat birds 

celebrating reaching the coast of Peru 

stuck in the sand

sleeping on the coast of Cancas 

sunset 1 

sunset 2

Report of 29 of June
By Benno and Thecla

Departure from Guayaquil. We find our way through the whole city by asking the way.
Even enthusiastic locals drive before us and show us our way out of the city.

asking our way 

four on a motorbike 

When we on the outskirts of the city we get surprised by the green nature, but it’s a shame that there is also so many plastic rubbish, which is hanging in the trees.
Suddenly stops the Model T on the side of the road. Dirk has heard an worrying sound and is afraid that …So first a ride with Benno who can hear also the sound.
Benno thinks the sound isn’t coming from the just ready bearing cap, but thinks it comes by a combination of low octane of the petrol, high surrounding temperature with gives a much higher temperature of the motor. The well known haggle.
Benno can Dirk only a little bit reassure.
We drive quiet on along a lot of different plantations with a lot of different sorts of fruit.
The T gets a lot of attention all the way, especially from the police who lets us stop so they can make pictures.

driving under the trees 

relaxing after diagnosing of a strange sound from Model T 

cacao 

three police cars full with curious caps 

Fifty kilometers of the border, in Santa Rosa, we find a side road, with a beautiful place to camp in the wild. Nearby a farm with a lot of cows who they held for the production of milk

camping in the wild 

Report of 28th June
Report by Thecla and Benno

Dirk en Trudy takes a day for rest while we go out for a hike on 6 o’clock in the morning. After an quarter of an hour the rains starts already so we can really say that we walk through the rainforest. The raining looked like a start of the coming of the tarantulas. Three of that hand big ones, with hairy legs cross the road within 100 metres. Our attention is not any more for the butterflies, birds or plants, but mainly for the ground. After the tree tarantulas we met another 20 monsters on our way. Every step we walked further into the rainforest we saw more animals. Suddenly we see some howling monkeys above us with they’re frightening screams. We see also an owl, an woodpecker and we here hear several pairs of macaws which we don’t see at all. Totally we walk for six hours long. After the walk Benno makes with Dirk a short ride with the T ford, which gave as some confidence.
David and Carlos came in the evening to say goodbye. Dirk and Trudy prepared two pictures on a postcard for them. Benno changes cigars with David who gets some Compean cigars. Benno got two special cigars from Havana from him in leather coverage.
What a lovely people!

even in the tree 

one of the 23 tarantulas 

one of the hundreds butterflies 

other spider 

rain forest 

tarantula 

powerful trees 

howling monkey 

thousands of plants 

again a tarantula 

woodpecker 

forest of roots 

endless rain forest 

the aboriginal

Report of 27th June
Report by Thecla and Benno

The final touch had to be done on the cap before we assemble the cap. The crankcase gets closed; oil is getting on the right level, before we assemble the cap at all.
A few times later the Model T runs and sounds well. David gets the first ride.
We collect all the tools and other stuff we used and then finally, we drive back to the campsite. Trudy provides us again with a magic meal, which tasted delicious. The whole evening we stay on the campsite next to the campfire, with on the background the noises of the jungle.

the new cap 

polish 

measuring 

the cap ready for assembling 

assembling 

torque of the crankshaft 

the first ride with David 

David gets a world tour T shirt 

resting by the campfire