Category Archives: Syria
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
A year ago today we got in the cruiser and drove out of the parking lot outside our apartment in southern Stockholm and we returned to the same place, carless and tired about 8 months later. But those 8 months were some of the best months in our lives. That’s something you realize more and […]
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Posted in background, charity, communications, documentary, Egypt, inspiration, landcruiser, overlanding, partners, photography, reflections, Syria, travelling
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 […]
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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 […]
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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 […]
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
The first few weeks of contacting potential sponsors have really made me realize how hard it is and how long it will take. I didn’t think it would be easy or over in a week, but I’m really starting to understand the immensity of it. To be honest, I had my moments in the beginning […]
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Posted in africa, family, inspiration, overlanding, preparations, reflections, research, route, sponsorship, Syria, traffic, travelling, Zimbabwe
As things aren’t progressing very well – or at least a little slow and unpredictably – in Syria, sadly, we have lately started realizing that we might have to reconsider our route quite a bit. We’ve been reluctant to do so – since we both badly want to go to Jordan. There aren’t really any […]
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