World Cup road-trippers survive on their wits

They've driven for days to live their dream of seeing the World Cup in Brazil, but once they arrive, the fans have to survive on their wits and carefully rationed beer.
A row of cars and camper vans lines the avenue along Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach, most with Argentine or Chilean plates and plastered with stickers such as "The pride of being Chilean" and "Viva Chile mierda!"
Some of the vehicles look like they are on their last legs, but they have fulfilled their mission and brought their occupants here, to this beachfront real estate that costs just the price of a parking space to rent.

Chilean Diego Figueroa and six friends are crowded into the camper van they drove 5,000 kilometers (more than 3,000 miles) from Santiago to Rio.
They are ecstatic to be here, despite some snags along the way.
"When we left, the passage through the Andes between Santiago and Mendoza was closed because of snow. So we had to go all the way to San Pedro de Atacama (1,000 kilometers to the north) to take the Jama pass," said Figueroa, a 28-year-old engineer.

Their first destination was Cuiaba, where they watched Chile beat Australia 3-1.
Then Rio, where their team stunned reigning champions Spain 2-0 and qualified for the second round.

"Next we're heading to Sao Paulo for the last group match against the Netherlands," said Figueroa's friend Matias Munoz as he does the dishes in a tub of rainwater they collected overnight.
"There are seven of us sleeping in here. It's not super comfortable, but it's OK," he said, before trying to clear a path through the chaos of the vehicle's interior.
Argentine Gaston Gimenez had a complicated trip too.
"Barely six hours into the trip our transmission broke," said the 32-year-old delivery driver.
"It cost us 8,000 pesos (USD 650) and put a dent in our budget.