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That trip was 13 days.

Our last wander through Portugal:

Yes it is.

Hmm - do you mean the 3.4 L? You'd have to check for every one of the countries. I know that in Colombia they come with the 4.0 L engine. In terms of general parts access, I believe that they are sold in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. I suspect that there are lots of common...

Labrador springs to mind...

The 4Runner would make sense, at least to me. Good access to parts, big enough and small enough at the same time, fuel consumption not too high. The quote was from Cartagena, and although we were looking for options to Canada we couldn't find any and would have had to ship to the USA East...

...or two SUVs?

Doesn't meet your need for an inside toilet, however our Montero has been excellent for South America and Australia. For Canada shipping costs were through the roof so we bought and later sold a Wrangler JK, which was great for that trip (53,000 km in 11 months). Both have been reliable - the...

Based on prices here, yes - you could buy two Monteros for the price of one Toyota! PS: not really relevant, however they never stopped selling Monteros here.

Not quite the same situation however we bought a JK 5 door and put in a bed to go wandering. Drove it 53,000 km around Canada in 11 months. It did a great job. The difference was that we were travelling as a couple, however we did spend 5 weeks travelling with a third person - took out the bed...

That's a fair price; good luck.

I read the announcement, and obviously this could be the end of my needing the satphone. However, does anyone know coverage? Thuraya never had global coverage and have reduced coverage recently. Iridium (which we have) does have global coverage. Will the Apple coverage be global?

Good luck!

Great writing and insights - thank you!

I'm still unclear to me - the Garmin units I use store the waypoints in a GPX file, which can then be downloaded and seen on Garmin Connect or Basecamp (and shred with others). I understand that other programmes can use the GPX files as well, for route planning or following. I'm not tied to...

It occurred to me to add a couple of photos:

Looks good. I had a quick look at the Dual website and couldn't find whether one can download the GPX files. Do you know?

My understanding is as follows (I've been camping since the late 1950s on 5 continents; I may well be using terms which were current 60 years ago and may have failed to keep up with camping terminology over time and in different parts of the world): Groundsheet - a sheet of impermeable fabric...

We've run Garmin units for decades and they do what we want (know where we are, download GPX files, not used for "turn by turn" navigation). We have maps on laptop and iPad of general reference, and also use the time-honoured approach of asking the way from locals, which works well everywhere...

Never used one, and don't plan on doing so. A good built-in groundsheet is sufficient in my experience. Plus, a second groundsheet adds weight and volume to what you're carrying.