Monkeys on the Road: One family's vanlife adventure south in search of a simpler life
(By Mary Hollendoner)
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"Monkeys on the Road is primarily a heart-warming family travel memoir full of nail-biting adventures, but also weaves in educational snippets about local history and exotic animal encounters, commentary on cultural differences, and realizations about happiness and gratefulness."
After a decade in the corporate rat race, Mary was ready for a change. Too much stress and not enough time with her family left her feeling that her priorities were all wrong. So she and her husband quit their jobs, pulled their six-year-old daughter out of school, and moved into an old camper van.
They planned to take a year off to drive south in search of a simpler life. What followed were three and a half years of heart-warming personal encounters, breath-taking wilderness campsites, and occasionally terrifying situations…
...In Mexico, an angry mob surrounded them on a remote road and threatened them with rocks, but just a few hours later, a local family welcomed them into their home, sharing everything they had.
...While barreling down the highway in Colombia, their van’s battery exploded, filling their home-on-wheels with noxious fumes. Then the engine died entirely while parked in no-man’s-land between Ecuador and Peru, leaving them stranded for a month in a tiny border town.
...They learned first-hand about South American politics when they got caught among thousands of Venezuelan refugees trying to cross the Colombian border, and again when a revolution erupted around them in Bolivia and trapped them in the capital city among protests and road blocks.
...And they got caught in one of the world's strictest COVID quarantines in Argentina, living for over a year in a small mountain town there.
Join them on these and other adventures in this feel-good read about a family trying to find their place in the world.”
