Moving again

that makes 10 times in 5years (if we count all the moving in the bus as only one).  10 times since we’ve begun this crazy process of trying to reinvent ourselves.  I’d like to say we’re experts at it by now, but that’s likely just because in each attempt...
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50 dagen naar Timboektoe

We maken een tocht naar Mhahid in het zuiden, zo ver als de verharde weg gaat. We zien een bord “Timbouctou 50 jou [...]
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Road Trip: The Blues Highway

Sometimes, a road is just a road.  Sometimes, it is something so much more.  That is precisely the case when it comes to Route 61, otherwise known as the Blues Highway, which runs from the city of Wyoming, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana. Spanning 1,400 miles and generally...
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Accessible wonders

  Many years ago, while on an assignment for Outside magazine, I was graced with the incomparable experience of viewing Victoria Falls for the first time by walking up to the edge of the drop on Livingstone Island, right in the middle of the mile…
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Pieter, Aggie, Groot Lucas & Heleen. This one is specially for you. No words needed!

All these were taken from Emmanuel’s
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Zeebrugge, Belgium 6-13

Google Map The wonderful town of Brugge had taken our mind off the fact that our home was still on a ship coming across the Atlantic, but there was plenty of time to worry about all the stuff that could go wrong. Had it survived being parked in the hol…
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Short Update

The Printers Devil got hold of the post that Arno wrote about the trucks performance. (maybe he used my fingers) What he meant was that the Hilux uses 350ml oil per 1000km. When we left Palm Beach, Arno was complaining … Continue reading →
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The Cape Maclear magic

My brother Lucas introduced us to Malawi and more specifically to Cape Maclear. When he told us about his nearly year long travelling’s through Africa and showed us photo’s of Lake Malawi and Cape Maclear, we felt the urge to … Continue reading →
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Belgium, Holland & Germany

Belgium, Holland & Germany 19th June – 25th June Well, regretfully it has been rather a flying visit through these countries mainly because the weather deteriorated near Boulogne sur Mer in France and it has hardly stopped raining for the … Continue reading →
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Denmark

Denmark 25th – 30th June 2013   Well Denmark is a lovely country! The first thing that struck us was how friendly the Danes were and how most of them can speak English – which makes life easier. Many came … Continue reading →
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Day 113…Innsbruck- Back in the mountains!

Guten Morgen, Our route over the last few days. We left Amsterdam cold and wet. The weather has been quite poor for sight-seeing so we where keen to get going […]
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NYC part 4

We took the train to lower Manhattan to catch the ferry to Governor’s Island on Memorial Day opening weekend. Next to the dock the Helipad was swarming with tour flights. The ferries to Staten Island and the Liberty tour boats … Continue reading →
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These are the dayz of our Global Inc Safari lives

Global Inc Safari has been on the road for over 11 months (331 days to be exact) and as we get closer to the this adventures finish line we start to think about how different our daily lives are on … Continue reading →
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Nothing to declare

We zijn op stoom. Met de vlam in de pijp zijn we inmiddels net in Swaziland aangekomen, klein landje van koning Mswati de Derde met z’n 13 vrouwen en meer dan 200 nakomelingen. Koeien en geiten op de weg, apen … Lees verder →
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Born Again Nacho

About a year ago in Colombia, our transmission failed. We had been driving up a dirt road in the middle of the faraway mountains when Nacho voided his bowels, we were towed to a tiny mountain village where a deranged mechanic had his way with our poor …
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Three Lakes

After Pamukkale we were driving towards Cappadocia, however we needed to do some stops as the distance was around 660 kilometers. It was 3 days of driving around this part of Turkey, which is not really touristy. We passed like 20 signs saying “Ada” and we were wondering what my name...
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Pamukkale and Hierapolis

Pamukkale is one the famous attractions in Turkey, but the town itself is not really big. We arrived there quite late, and even parking somewhere on the street for the night seemed to be difficult. We found the only one campsite there, but we couldn’t negotiate a good price with the owner....
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Naar Zagora

Vandaag na twee dagen staan weer verder. Een mooie tocht naar Zagora door heel rustig woestijngebied afgewisseld met palmentuine [...]
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Pink Papaya, Chimoio, Mozambique

We found this place in the dead of night, actually complete luck as we drove down the main road into Chimoio through a black gate we took a left turn to do a u-turn and as the lights swung around, … Continue reading →
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Afghanistan – Troubling Times, Smiley People and the Wahki Festival of Cricket

In contrast to the confusion on the Tajik side of the border, Afghanistan was pretty straightforward. Passport, vehicle permit, $100 and welcome to Afghanistan sir. Fabulous!! It’s great to be back again. I’d been dreaming about this moment for 4 years. Now I was actually here and I...
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Brugge, Belgium #4 5-13

Google Map We did find the “Red Light Zone” but these days it’s only know as the narrowest street in town. Andre’s B&B was full on Saturday so we spent the night at Charlie Rockets, a popular pub and hostel. We shared a room with six bunk beds and three British girls...
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Grand Teton Park, Yellowstone and to Saratoga

We headed to Jackson which is a really nice (expensive) town, the constant stream of visitors guarantee the Hotels and bars remain on the pricey side but it is a very well kept place and worth a visit, a couple of days in Grand Teton Park and Yellowstone (they are joined together). We ticked all...
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Selcuk and Ephesus (Efes)

It looks that, after Bergama and Perganum, we still weren’t fed up with ancient history and architecture and we drove towards Ephesus. We stopped in Selcuk, not only because Roman ruins of Ephesus are on its doorstep, but also because of the Temple of Artemis, which used be one of the 7th...
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Ephesus – the archeological site

Even if you are not interested in ancient culture, the beauty of the ruins of Efes will impress you. This site is really well-preserved and you can get vision and feeling how life looked here in Roman times. Especially taking into consideration information that first brothel (Public House) was...
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Heading eastwards

After the superb experience of Leopard Hill, the tar road to Luangwa Bridge was a big anti-climax. It is not busy, it is not scenic, and it is not interesting. We arrived at Luangwa Bridge Camp in the early afternoon. The campsite is not big, but as there was only one other car there we …...
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South Luangwa National Park

South Luangwa National Park is situated in the south east corner of Zambia between the Great East Road to Malawi and the Great North Road to Tanzania. It has a number of lodges in the park, and a good network of roads to drive. We arrived at the park gate just after six in the … Continue...
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Towards Malawi

Once again, we needed to keep the wheels turning, this time heading towards the border with Malawi. First, though, we had 2 car issues to sort out. One tyre has had a barely noticeable leak since Morocco.  The rough roads in Namiba put a little more strain on the weakness, and so the leak...
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Newsflash – second article published

Good news! The second of two articles have been published in the July issue of 4×4 Magazine in the UK (www.4x4i.com). Here is the link to the latest issue online: http://www.4x4i.com/magazine/latest-issue.html. Please support the magazine and rush out and buy yourself a copy in your local...
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Mosquito free camping??

Many people warned us for the mosquito’s up north. They said the more to north we’d get, the more mosquito’s we’d find. And indeed, every now and then we are eaten alive by the dozens of mosquito’s that come and hunt us down. Mosquito free camping has turned out not...
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Les coccinelles à Mexico–partie 2

Suite de note excursion au Mexique. Après avoir laissé Marco et Sabrina, nous arrivons tranquillement à Teotihuacan et ses pyramides mayas… En commançant, un petit aparté : je ne pense pas que nous vous l’ayons déjà raconté,...
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Markt en palmentuinen

‘s morgens eerst naar de markt in Erfoud, een drukke affaire. Ook hier is de vooruitgang zichtbaar: voor het eerst zien we vis [...]
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The Simian Mountains

The Simian Mountains was one of the first must-see places on our list when we started planning for Africa. Many overlanders have discussed back and forth if this area is safe to visit, but apparently all are believe this is a magical place. For a long time, however, it has been recommended not...
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Overland Discounts - San Isidro de Perez Zeledon - Costa Rica

As we normally camp and there are no campsites in San Isidro we found a couple of hotels that would let us park and sleep in the car park in our Land Rover. Unfortunately the first one would give no good pricing. The second however gave Bikers (after a bit of negotiation) a non-aircon room...
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Vehicle Performance is Paramount

This article is part of a series titled Selecting the Perfect Overland Travel Vehicle. Vehicle performance will have an impact on every trip you take.  Anyone who has spent time behind the wheel of a heavily-laden Vanagon has a story to tell about being passed by an old lady on...
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Brugge, Belgium #3 5-13

Google Map Strolling around town we notice a sign advertising a free harp concert. It was a fabulous performance by Luc Vanlaere playing several unique instruments. One of his original compositions was titled “Along Silk Road-Heading East”. Of course we had to by the CD....
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And the Good News is…!!

With most motorcycle repair shops, including BMW in Baton Rouge being closed on Mondays, I was lucky enough to finally get in touch with Chuck House, a well known repairer of all things on two wheels. I had tried to reach him on the evening that I arri…
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Once Mozambiquan, forever smitten

Mozambique   In Mozambique, ghosts of Portuguese and Swahili settlers wander amongst faded colonial grandeur, unnoticed. The inhabitants of the remote north have quickly returned to the lives that they lived for hundreds of years before the colonists arrived. The … Continue reading...
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Wendover to Idaho Falls

We left Wendover, the town that sits next to Bonneville salt flats, its a town with a State boundary running through it, so the Utah side (where we stayed) is a sober kind of place and then the West side which sits in Nevada is where all the Casino’s a…
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Lake Malawi – Chitimba to Blantyre

1st-8th June We woke up at Mdokera’s and watched the fishing boats arrive back early in the morning. We packed the tent and as I washed my hair in the lake. Nic and Lily swam once more and took lots … Continue reading →
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The last leg to Deadhorse — Fairbanks, AK

Panamericalandy’s Great Adventure
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MAYA RALLY: Video Series

The inaugural Maya Rally in 2012 was a pretty epic overland scavenger hunt style event across southern Mexico. Team Astrid, consisting of myself and Anthony Sicola of Overland Nomads ended up completing the entire “survival guide” and taking home the overall victory for the Rally. In...
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Bergama

A long time ago, actually from 3rd century BC to 1st century AD Bergama or if you prefer Perganum was one of the richest and powerful small kingdoms of the Mediterranean See. Today it is an extensive and well presented site of ruins situated on hill on the outskirts of the city. We had an...
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Before, during, after

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Salta Gaucho Festival

Well we are back on the road again, having said our good-byes to Martyn and Kate in Santiago ,but before we left Martyn very kindly helped us sort some new batteries for the truck. We headed to the Chilean/Argentina border but arrived just five minutes too late in the evening, as the border post...
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Lucky Number Slevin....

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Shipping Colombia to Panama

As promised and as I’ve been hounded by the South Africans…..hehe.Shipping agent in Colombia, Cartagena. They don’t speak ANY English at all so expect a strange experience. If you go to the office expect to be there a while. Take your Laptop and use their Wi-Fi for Google...
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Desert Sandstorms, the City of Grit and a Road to Algeria

It’s our last camp in the northern Sahara and during the night, the wind really picks up leaving any of the sounds we normally hear silenced by it’s steady roar. When we wake, everything is covered in sand. Even the inside of the tent has a fine layer of sand covering everything...
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Brugge, Belgium #2 5-13

Google Map It was Saturday morning in Brugge, and being market junkies, we couldn’t miss the huge open market in the Markt Square. Aside from a large selection of fresh produce and flowers, there was an interesting assortment of live animals, specialized tools and clothing. Since we were...
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France- Brittany & Normandy

France Brittany & Normandy 25 June 2013 Vive la France! Hard to say why, but we love France? Even worth getting slightly “crook” on the overnight Irish Ferry from Rosslare to Roscoff in France. Mainly we love: • The food. … Continue reading →
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Hello Blog

No, I haven’t forgotten about you it is just this whole “landing” business takes a lot of time and energy.  Let’s cut right to the case – I both love and hate for being home.  Pretty sure Gaila feels the same way.  The house is wonderful, but way too...
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