Category Archives: research Okay so it took me a while to put this post together since it’s been hectic sorting out practical things after our return – and I didn’t have that many questions sent to me (what have you guys been up to, ehrrm!?). But I’ve got a few and have put them together with some other […] If you feel that your life is turning into a mundane routine with no excitement or risk, feel free to join us in the preparations of this trip – or plan your own. Never a dull moment, I tell you! We finally thought we had a plan for the route, how we would get across […]  Hey guys. We’re still here. Very sorry for the blog silence lately. We kind of hit the wall. It all just became a little too much to handle at once and for a while there we didn’t how anything was going to turn out. You know on the tv show Amazing race, how the teams […] As you all know by now, we’re struggling to reach our budget and are wondering if we will be able to leave as planned in August. You could pretty much say that’s all we think about right now. Not only is it tough to face a change of plans once you’ve set your mind on […] Last night I met with Erik and Malin for a coffee in town, two of the four people heading out on a very similar trip as I mentioned in an earlier blog post – in just a few days! They’re car is being shipped to Alexandria now and they will be flying there early next week. […] Back in the day when I started dreaming of doing a trip like this it was still considered something rare, extreme and crazy. These days overlanding is a new way of travelling, people are tired of the chartered all inclusive trips, want to get closer to what they’re experiencing and be more in control of […]  We’re following the updates on what’s happening in Syria – we still haven’t given up hope completely but we obviously realize that the possibility of driving through there safely hardly even exists these days. Brian was looking at a map the other day and told me it was a distance of 520 km to drive […] We found these guys’ videos this weekend and couldn’t help but watch each one of them. When I see things like this I want to do it so bad I get close to tears. Thanks, Nick and Joanne, for the inspiration this weekend! This is a short summary of the entire trip, to see the […] |
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