About Us..

We are….. Emilia, 3 years old, blond, trilingual and full of mischief….

…..Petra from Czech, my beautiful wife, fantastic cook and  mad enough to follow me around the world…..

……Jack, born in Zimbabwe, lived in South Africa, the UK, Portugal, Spain and the States.. I have for the past 7 years lived in SanPedro la Laguna, Lake Atitlan, where  I run an Adventure Tour operation. We hike ash spewing active volcano’s, trek for days amongst monumental Mayan ruins, run unique “Guatefari’s” driving/ camping tours around this magnificent and diverse country..

   …… &  Oso a 1961, Magirus Deutz, V6 Diesel, Air Cooled, ex German Fire Truck, presently an overland vehicle…soon to be converted into a Bio- Diesel, 4×4, adventure Tour truck…

      This is the story of our adventures whilst fortunate enough to be in the presence of this glorious old beast…….

 

Contact Us…..

      Facebook: Oso Bear  –  Twitter: 4x4bus –  email: trekmaya@gmail.com  

                                                phone: (502) 58603027 

Oso, his history and how he became ours

     el Oso, our turquoise monster’s name, means The Bear in Spanish, and a great big brute of a bear he is too!  Built back in an era when machinery was built strong, solid and simple… even for his 50 years he is still described as the best vehicle of his type in the world. Before buying him the previous owners compared Oso to a Unimog, choosing the reliable Magirus Deutz over the weaker geared Mog. The applications for this versatile vehicle are phenominal.  Built at a time when German engineering was restricted post ww2, he was not marketed as a military vehicle, but a multi use all terrain utility truck, fire trucks, tractors, fifth wheels, ambulances etc, the utility parts simply bolt on and off ( we’ll see how simple….).  He has  permanent 4 wheel drive and obvious army capabilities with a  71/2 ton payload to boot.