An inquisitive old fart with a camera
I’ve never seen a lineup of campers/motor homes like this before. From Montevideo and Treinta y Tres in Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and the sole assault vehicle of course from Germany.
The older guy in the middle photo told me to expect many more tomorrow. Stay tuned….
I had to pull over,roll down the window, and get out my phone in order to catch this monstrosity from France. So not a great photo, but: this is a vacation vehicle.
And not just because of sweltering days and Santa Claus. This is not the first European conquistador camper van I’ve seen, and no doubt won’t be the most outlandish, but there will be more. Mostly from Germany, but Swiss (this one), even French. All vying with the others to be the best equipped to handle the wild and challenging terrain of Uruguay, which has been described as “Iowa with beaches.”
Coche means car in Spanish.
Ridiculous? Unless this little truck has hydraulics I can’t even imagine how it got up the ramp to the Tienda Inglesa parking lot, much less navigates speed bumps and legion potholes (pozos) after the recent rains.
The antique Commer truck. September 2012:
December 2014 – mistakenly thought to be a different one:
January 2016: and yet again, parked at the zoo:
Alas, on a dreary day in 2019, that sad truck that appears to have finally reached the end of the line:
Interesting to reflect that this truck was built the year I was born. Happy to report I’m holding up better….
