Our Overland Adventure with Ulisse

Name: Our Overland Adventure with Ulisse
Address: 7901 4th Street N STE 300, Saint Petersburg, FL, 33702, US
Telephone: +19177244653

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Antonio, Valentina, traveling full-time with Ulisse, our 1997 Ford F350 ambulance conversion.

11/08/2026

Day #594 - Playa La Flor
💦 Fresh water tiny waterfall

11/08/2026

Day #593 🐢 Sad story 😔 - La Flor Tortuga Sanctuary, Nicaragua

This place has a big, huge problem. It should be a sanctuary and sometimes they collect eggs, hatch them and release baby turtles in the see. However, our experience was different and extremely sad.

At 9pm, as agreed, the sanctuary guide came for waking us to the nesting beach. At first we were surprised, since together with the guide there was also a ranger, in camouflage dress, wearing a buff on his face, and carrying a gun.

Once we reached the beach, there were at least 50 locals, spotting the waves with flash lights waiting for the turtles. We then realized all those people were egg poachers!!!

In 1h we saw 4 turtles: once they arrived on the beach, the poachers followed them, sometimes even grabbing them and bringing them to the soft sand. Then they waited for the turtle to make the hole in the sand, even showing me when they lay their eggs, then they collected the eggs and brought them away. All in front of the ranger!!!

At first we were speechless. Then I started asking tons of questions to the guide. My Spanish is not fluent, and the guide didn’t speak English. He was clearly embarrassed, however, what he told me do not give justice to what happened in a place that should be a sanctuary!

What’s happening? An “authorized poaching. The guide confirmed it’s illegal.
Why? Locals (the poachers) are poor people who earn good money selling the eggs. They think turtle eggs are a good source of protein, and an aphrodisiac as well. NO COMMENT!!!
The ranger? In order to keep the sanctuary up and running, they want to avoid conflicts with the local communities. WHAT?

It has been my saddest experience in 2 years overlanding Northern and Central America.
Astonishment, sadness, rage, powerless are our feelings. What we could or can do? I made some research and found organizations like Paso Pacifico and Wild Aid are actively involved in combating turtle egg poaching in Nicaragua. Let’s support them!

11/08/2026

Day #592
Same beach, 3 different times of the day

11/06/2026

While we keep exploring 🗺️ South America 🌎 with our beloved Ulisse, a Ford F350, ambulance 🚑 conversion, in Italy, MATTOUNO is working on our new overland vehicle.

11/02/2026

🙏 Grazie MATTOUNO per aver dato visibilità a questo nuovo progetto e per accompagnarci in questo nuovo capitolo 🗺️ della nostra avventura!
Il nostro 🛻 Toyota Hilux Alu-Cab ModCAP è ancora un work in progress, ma non vediamo l’ora di portarlo finalmente on 🌍 trails!

🙏 Thank you, Mattouno for sharing the beginning of this new project and being part of this next chapter of our 🗺️ adventure!
Our 🛻 Toyota Hilux Alu-Cab ModCAP is still a work in progress, but we can’t wait to get it out on 🌍 trails!

10/28/2026

Ulisse facing 3 salares (salt flats, dry lagoons) in 3 different South American countries
- Salar de Uyuni, 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- Salar Huasco, 🇨🇱 Chile
- Tolar Grande, 🇦🇷 Argentina

10/17/2026

Day #590 Guascate - Popoyo
🌧️ 💦 Is the storm really gone? 🌦️ 🌤️

10/14/2026

Day #589 Driving in the rain 🌧️ 💦

10/13/2026

Day #587 White-throated Magpie-Jay

09/20/2026

Days #587-588 💨🌧️ Tropical Storm Sara

🪟: 🌴🌴🌴 + WAY too much water.
Weather broadcast: “Maybe you should stay home.”

Good thing… Ulisse IS home. 😜🚐

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Overland | Storm | Nicaragua

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7901 4th Street N STE 300
Saint Petersburg, FL
33702

Telephone

+19177244653

Website

https://v-adventures.com/

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