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Our trip...

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Hey guys. Just a quick update. We have successfully finished our trip and are enjoying a few days in Switzerland before heading back to the States. I will do a more complete write up including pictures but I can say this was perhaps the hardest expedition I've ever been on. We've had multiple...

We are going in a roughly counterclockwise direction following some ancient trade routes. In our first day of travel in Algeria leaving Algiers we encountered six military checkpoints! Each of these required presentation of our passports and various paperwork that our Tuareg guides had obtained...

WOW! We are in a hotel in Djanet to resupply and do laundry etc. I tried to log in a week or so ago and was denied... not sure by whom but I'm here. I'm pretty tired after the last week out in the desert and I will post more as I can while here but suffice it to say this is unlike any country...

A note about the vehicles. On this expedition we have 2, 100 Series Land Cruisers, a Nissan Patrol, a Defender, our Troopy and one other vehicle that escaped me at the moment. All have been modified for extended desert travel with suspension and tire upgrades as well as additional capacity. Each...

Parts of Algeria are safe. There are areas of our trip that may require a military escort but more on that later... Finances and logistics moving forward... Before I left the US I went to my local bank and converted funds into Euros as part of my trip is/will be there and converting Euros into...

We are currently staying at the beautiful Hotel El-Djazair on top of a hill overlooking the city and will be tourists today! An interesting note about this hotel is that this is where the Allies planned the southern part of the European invasion in WW2. People like Eisenhower and Churchill...

We were told that the customs process could take ALL DAY... and unfortunately they were right. We got off the boat about 1000 and started waiting in various lines. The first was just a passport check and that our passport matched the ships record. We then drove around to another series of...

We boarded the Corsica Lines ferry along with at least 500 other vehicles about 1000 and left about an hour later. The trip was smooth and the cabin we had reserved served our needs. We had our first logistics meeting in our cabin and went over the embarkation process for the following day. More...

Yes we have a rough route that I will share at the end of the trip. We are working with Trips 4 Africa to map some of the less travelled areas of Algeria for future explorers! We are meeting the rest of our team members tonight before we board the ship tomorrow AM and land in Algiers the...

All right! We made it to Marsaille after visiting good friends near Lyon. They just bought a new (to them) Land Rover and are fitting it out for a 4 month trip to South America next January. Here is a picture of our 2 "cars" and a view out of our room at Marseilles.

The last rig is ours. More to come soon!

I just wanted to open this blog on our upcoming trip across the Sahara desert through Algeria and Tunisia. It has been a long time planning and working out the logistics but we are finally on our way! Our first stop was to fly from NC to Switzerland where we are picking up our "car". It is a...

I’ve ground tented for over 30 years and yes they do have their place. A RTT does offer several advantages including they are easier to set up and I can keep all the bedding including pillows in there, they are generally drier since you’re not on the wet ground and yes they are safer…we’ve had a...