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Kombi Chronicles
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Приєднався 7 чер 2024
The Kombi Chronicles is your front-row seat to the adventures of van life and overlanding in a classic 1976 VW Kombi, Ruby. Join us as we navigate the open road, exploring South America on a budget, uncovering hidden gems, and embracing the freedom of life on wheels. From the high Andes to vibrant local cultures, our journey takes us through stunning landscapes, including iconic destinations like Machu Picchu. Whether you’re a travel enthusiast, a Kombi fan, or just looking for inspiration to embark on your own adventure, subscribe and hit the road with us!
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Overlanding in Baja in a VW kombi
Join us as we overland across Baja in our 1976 VW kombi.
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Overlanding in Baja in our 1976 VW BUS - Kombi Life Mexico
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Join us as we explore Baja California overland in our 1976 VW kombi. Baja California is Van Life paradise. Help support our trip by joining our Patreon: www.patreon.com/Thekombichronicles Website: www.thekombichronicles.com Patreon: patreon.com/Thekombichronicles UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@KombiChronicles Instagram: thekombichronicles TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thekombichronicles Faceb...
Overlanding the Bolivian DEATH ROAD in a VW BUS!
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The North Yungas Road in Bolivia was the considered the most dangerous road to drive in the entire world. These days, the road is mainly used for bike tours, but we couldn't pass the opportunity to drive Ruby, our 1976 VW kombi down it. But first, we better check those breaks! Website: www.thekombichronicles.com Patreon: patreon.com/Thekombichronicles UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@KombiChronicles In...
Driving To The End Of The World | Overland Travel Documentary Teaser
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Ushuaia... The final destination for most world travellers. A destination that has been in our sights for some time now, After 5 years of full time overlanding, the time has finally come to drive our 1976 VW bus to the end of South America. Help support our trip by joining our Patreon: www.patreon.com/Thekombichronicles Website: www.thekombichronicles.com Patreon: patreon.com/Thekombichronicles...
Impossible mountain drive in a 1976 VW Kombi
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Join us as we attempt to off road to a special laguna high in the Argentinian mountains. Will our 1976 VW kombi make it? Check out our top van life essentials here: www.amazon.co.uk/shop/thekombichronicles Website: www.thekombichronicles.com Patreon: patreon.com/Thekombichronicles UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@KombiChronicles Instagram: thekombichronicles TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thekom...
INSANE Desert drive in our 1976 VW kombi
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Experience the magic of van life in Colombia's Tatacoa Desert! Join us as we take Ruby, our 1976 VW Kombi, on an unforgettable journey through this otherworldly landscape. From vibrant red canyons to serene stargazing nights, discover what it’s like to live and travel full-time in one of South America’s most breathtaking destinations. Whether you're curious about overlanding, traveling on a bud...
Exploring Buenos Aires in our classic VW Bus | Kombi Life Argentina
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Close to Buenos Aires and with time running out, we need to prepare Ruby for our final drive to the end of South America. We also get our tourist on and explore Tigre and La Boca. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Wild Camping at an abandoned train station 02:27 - Driving through Luján 03:48 - Getting money 07:18 - VW kombi wheel alignment 07:49 - Diagnosing a wiring problem in our kombi 11:23 - Exploring Tigre...
We attend an EPIC VW meet up | Kombi Life in Argentina
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We attend an EPIC VW meet up | Kombi Life in Argentina
Overlanding across the Cañón del Pato mountain pass in our VW Kombi
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Overlanding across the Cañón del Pato mountain pass in our VW Kombi
Overlanding the world's LARGEST Salt Flats in our VW kombi
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Overlanding the world's LARGEST Salt Flats in our VW kombi
Overlanding in Baja | Kombi Life Mexico
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Overlanding in Baja | Kombi Life Mexico
Overlanding to Machu Picchu in our 1976 VW BUS - Kombi Life Peru
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Overlanding to Machu Picchu in our 1976 VW BUS - Kombi Life Peru
Exploring Uruguay's rugged coastline in our 1976 VW kombi
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Exploring Uruguay's rugged coastline in our 1976 VW kombi
Overlanding to El Sifon in our classic VW Kombi
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Overlanding to El Sifon in our classic VW Kombi
Overlanding Bolivia's incredible Laguna Route in our VW BUS!
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Overlanding Bolivia's incredible Laguna Route in our VW BUS!
We explore the charming town of Colonia Del Sacramento
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We explore the charming town of Colonia Del Sacramento
Pausing our Kombi adventure | Returning to the UK
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Pausing our Kombi adventure | Returning to the UK
Trying Solo female van life in the UK for the 1st time!
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Trying Solo female van life in the UK for the 1st time!
UK Van Lifers return home for the first time in 5 years - Has it changed?
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UK Van Lifers return home for the first time in 5 years - Has it changed?
Friends, I see it and I don't believe it... a comby rolling along that Yungas route... greetings and a big hug from El Salvador
Hola amigo. Gracias por ver nuestro video. Visitamos el salvador anteriormente en nuestro viaje. Buenos viajes
Good afternoon friends, now we are also your followers and we are a Portuguese couple who live here in Belgium and if you could follow us we would also be very grateful, thank you
Hello friends. Thank you for the follow. Safe travels.
Beast mode
Definitely activated 👍
Wow. Gutsy couple. Overcomers. What a fantastic video. I admire your tenacity. Willow you are truly amazing. You certainly know your way around Ruby’s intricate parts. Well done. Thanks again for showing us an insight into your journey. ❤
To be honest, we didn't really have many choices back then, other than to see it out and keep going. Willow really is very talented and is the main reason we have made it as far as we have ❤️ Thanks for reliving another special time on our trip ❤️
And here's the story about how we survived a global pandemic, a hurricane and then managed to totally wreck Ruby's engine 😬
The algorithm worked, found you. Let me check what you got 🙂 Greetings from Europe!
Yay... Go UA-cam algorithm. Welcome to our five and a half year VW kombi adventure 😊
I really enjoy your adventures
We like the adventures with less engine replacements 😂
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Bare in mind... This was back in 2020.
@ oh thanks goodness
😮wow❤
It's a crazy drive right! Would you drive it in a 1976 kombi?
Oh wow! Beautiful video! I dream of driving these roads with my '77 VW Kombi one day! 😍 I subscribed to your channel now ;)
Ah wow, thank you for the amazing compliment ☺️ You really should take you VW to South America if you get the chance. So many amazing roads to drive and I would say the people are a little friendlier than the UK and Europe 😂
Cat just chillin 😂
Aimee is the most chilled travel cat 😎
@ it seems that way lol
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❤ just beautiful.
Baja is a stunning Peninsula, with amazing beaches you can camp on for free and watch the whales pass by. It's a shame Covid spot it a bit, but it was still probably the best place we could have been for the pandemic.
Now I'm hungry after seeing you bite into that big ol sandwich 😁
The food here in Argentina is really good. I am desperate to try some nice fish as we are surrounded by the sea, lakes and rivers.
Wow not seen this before, looked very difficult having to deal with covid, very interesting to see
Yeah, this was an oldie now. It was very problematic at times trying to find somewhere safe. Once we ended up at the Rancho it was fine though and we probably enjoyed one of the better pandemic experiences.
That was a great re-cap of your adventures. Look at your baby faces🤗! It seems to me that the nomad life would be ideal during C-19 days, but I had no idea the difficulties until watching this. Glad you're still on the road. 🫡🚚
Ruby has aged us a lot since these days 😂 It was difficult at first, but once we made the arrangement with Dane and Sabrina, we probably enjoyed one of the better pandemic experiences. Every night watching beautiful pacific sunsets and then sat around a fire under the milky way 😊
Epic views
Baja is beautiful. What's your preference. Beach, woods or mountain?
@ what a tough question. I like them all. Up in Ontario I’m used to the woods. So maybe one of the other two 🤷
Thoroughly enjoyed that. Hadn’t realised the camping issues you had during Covid. Scary times. Seems so long ago now. Poor Aimee too - I hadn’t realised that had happened to her - how awful! Thank goodness for that room and then the ranch! Looking forward to part two! 👍🏻❤️
It was really strange times. Everything changed so quickly. In the end, I think we enjoyed one of the better pandemic experiences. I still remember hearing Aimee's cry when she was attacked. Don't think I have ever moved so quickly in my life.
🎉🎉Firsties🎉🎉
Woop woop 🎉
Nooice! 😎 STOC
Been a while. How are you keeping in Florida? Is life close to returning to normal after the storms?
This is great - it looks so lovely and warm there! We are well jealous!!!
Buenos Aires is a beautiful city. We mention a lot at how surprised we are that we haven't met more UK Van Lifers exploring South America. We meet so many other travellers from Europe, but only 2 other UK campers. Be sure to add it to your future travel plans ❤️
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Truly magnificent road ❤. Thanks for filming and sharing. If ever I manage to go to South America, this one's on top of my bucket list. How many vehicles did you meet on the Death Road? BTW: your left silncer is hanging pretty loose-don't loose it. 😉
The scenery was truly stunning. That kfuly, we had the road to ourselves for the entire drive. Didn't meet another soul. Haha good spot, it fell off in the end, as did the other side more recently 😂
@@KombiChronicles A good moment to get back to the factory silencer which is IMHO the best for bad roads...do you have the 1600 cc engine or a bigger one?
That road is crazy!!!!! 😅
There's a reason it was once the most dangerous road in the entire world 😂
@ I can see that
It's not every day you drive one of the worst most historically dangerous roads in your old VW. Who else would like to drive the Death Road?
@@KombiChronicles uuuummmmmm 1, 2, 3, NOT IT!! 🤣
Using the drone to scout ahead was a great idea to check for oncoming traffic. Ruby's transmission must be robust in order to carry the big brass bollocks you two have! Well done! 🫡🚚
Haha she clearly does 😂 Its a road everyone should drive down. Absolutely stunning views.
@ I‘m not sure „drive down“ is the correct way to term that! 🤣😂🤣😳
@@ajisroadtrippin5505 😂 Better than falling down it I suppose 😬
I took a bus trip on that road in 1993, meeting trucks going the other way and having to back around corners. I’m glad your brakes were working
I am not sure how I got through that 😂😂😂 I was terrified but excited too. 😂😂😂. Beautiful scenery. What a road. Well done Willow. You are one calm lady. Love it when you get the drone out. Thank you for sharing ❤
Cannot wait!!
I think it's going to be our best one yet 😁❤️
Show de imagens, parabéns.
Obrigado 👍
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Can't wait to share it mate. We visited some pretty amazing places on the way down.
@ I’ll be watching
Cheers buddy 👍
Part of that road looked a little rough. What a great adventure.
It was a little... We have driven far worse since then 😂
Can’t wait! 🎉
I hope you like it. We really put a lot in to capturing the amazing places we visited on the way down.
Coming in February...
The naming of your car/bus/van is absolutely wild… I’ve had mine for 30+ years and it’s just my van! Love it just as much as if I had named it!!!
Ruby actually had her name when we bought her. They named her Ruby as originally her colour was more Ruby red. We painted her slightly darker, but felt like it would be wrong to change the colour too and we definitely couldn't change her name 😂
I thought you guys were in South America. This must be a case of living life instead of editing videos all the time. I can relate. Ben and Leah (Hasta Alaska) used to do the same thing at my house…. holed up editing 24/7 for several weeks just to catch up.
We are indeed. In fact, we recently made it to Ushuaia... The End Of the World. We made the decision last year to create this channel solely for travel videos and our original one was re-purpoused as everything else. The plan is to reshare some trip highlights in between editing, hopefully giving us more time to enjoy our travels. Thanks for checking this one out, be sure to flick through some other ones on here when you get the chance, we have taken Ruby to some pretty incredible places 👍
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Olá amigos do Brasil. Esperamos chegar ao seu país ainda este ano. De qual região você é?
@KombiChronicles Oi queridos 🙌🤜🤛 somos de São Paulo
@KombiChronicles que bacana quando estiverem no Brasil nos avisem que será um prazer conhece_los
That hail! 😮😮 great views and journey
It was a bit violent... The leak wasn't much fun either 😬😭
great drone shots of ruby climbing the hills. Where did she come from? As she's left hand drive with a UK reg plate? When i was a kid we had a 1969 VW and when we took it through the car wash it was our job to bung up the leaks with tissues as the car went through the car wash!! happy days - Thanks for sharing
Cheers. It was an amazing road to drive. Stunning views of the Andes mountains. Ruby is originally from Budapest. She was imported into the UK and then we bought her. She was a mess when we got her and rebuilt and converted on a budget, which is why it is amazing she has driven us all across the world 😊
Hats off to Ruby. What a gem. Despite her battles, she takes you to magnificent places. Willow, you are a gutsy lady and I admire your tenacity and courage. Lee once again an epic video. Fantastic. You both bring such joy. ❤
Aww thank you. This was a stunning drive. Looking forward to getting back into the mountains this year 😊
Excellent video guys, Ruby got balls for tackling that stunning terrain ❤
We take her to a lot of places a nearly 50 year old VW shouldn't go. She is a star 🤩
Great video and big shout out to RUBY!!
As always... Ruby is the star of the show 🤩
How stunning are those mountains 🤩
Nothing beats those mountain views
The Andes are truly spectacular. It's so much fun driving over them... Better when your engine isn't dying though 😂
@ oh I bet 😂
Ruby got you there, then she became a swimming pool. I hope that all got fixed. 😲🚚
Not a lot we can really do about the leaky bits. Our seals are naff and the roof rack wasn't built how we asked, so blocks the gutter. Just gonna have to spend our days chasing the sun😂
Beauty shots
Thank you. This was a stunning drive 😊
@ definitely looks like it
Now that’s a lineup
It sure is 😎
What an adventure! Ruby looks right at home in the Tatacoa Desert! 🌵🚐
It sure is. We recently arrived in Ushuaia, the end of the world! Next year, Ruby will be celebrating her 50th birthday, but that doesn't stop her driving up active volcanoes and 5000m above sea level across Bolivia's altiplano 😁