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The road from Skagway to the Alaska highway was in excellent condition. It is a pretty drive however the drive between Haines and the Alaska highway was spectacular one of the best drives we have done. We would suggest driving the down to either and then taking the ferry between the towns to...

Thanks Kevin we will definitely contact you would love to get some suggestions and advice on traveling through Central and South America. We flip and flop on the whether to get a carnet as we hear most don't need it, are never asked for it etc, but we did speak to one couple who were asked for...

In all our overland travels we have seen some amazing "overland" vehicles, but we thought this one was particularly original. It was beautifully made and even had a little flower pot next to the back light. We saw it parked in Valdez, Alaska. It always amazes us at the variety of vehicles or...

We went to Jasper National Park in Canada to compare the mountains to the Alaskan Mountain ranges. It is remarkable just how different they are from each other. Alaska mountains seem to have so many more trees and huge glaciers hanging from every fault. The Rocky mountains seem more dramatic and...

No unfortunately we did not however we decided that this part of the world needs to be explored more so we plan to be back and spend several weeks exploring the inner passage

I was woken by the alarm clock. Tom has a thing about time, it is his German heritage, in fact I think we have more clocks and watches in this camper than we do cups and plates!!! We crossed into a new time zone yesterday and Tom slammed on brakes …read more http://www.adventurouspirits.com/ We...

We enjoyed Skagway Soapy Smith, Ham Grease Jimmy, Paddy the Pig, Big Bo Peep, Gumboot Kitty, Big Bess, Guzzling Gertie, Burn-‘Em-Up Kid, these were some of the characters that roamed the streets of Skagway in 1898. Skagway was a rough and tough town during the gold rush to the Klondike. In...

Thanks Scott we will contact you the closer we get to Mexico and Central America.

Thanks for all the good wishes. We are now in Haines, it was Tom's decision to come here, and it was great decision as we were treated to a mother grizzly and 3 cubs playing on the banks of the river side. We drove from Haines Junction to Haines and past through some spectacular scenery. We...

It is a small world, as we stood in awe of the Worthington Glacier on route to Valdez and motor cyclist stopped and asked if us we had heard of "Overland Expo". He had noted our number plate Ovlandr. As it turns out we had camped almost next to each other at Expo. We treated him to fresh baked...

great suggestions thanks. This is why we have not had it powder coated yet so we can add and modify the carrier, when we get back to Canada. Any other suggestions for improvement are welcomed. We are also considering attaching a swing down table from the carrier.

We made up the Dalton road in Alaska to Prudhoe Bay and finally to the Arctic Ocean. One has to take a guided tour from Prudhoe Bay to actually get to the ocean but we felt as we had traveled over 4500km from Calgary to get to Prudhoe Bay we might as well pay the $45.00 each to actually get a...

We designed a carrier for our bumper for our expedition from the Arctic Ocean in Alaska to Argentina. We built it primarily to carry spare fuel cans. We also attached high lift jack points to the chassis in the rear. We decided to travel to Alaska with it to ensure we did not want to make any...

Just in case you are wondering where you can get Genuine Nissan spare parts in Africa we have the GPS coordinates for this store in Malawi

The new rear bumper is scheduled for the first week of june and we will be posting pictures. Things are hectic now as we get ready, so much to do before we head south

You are right it is a thirsty beast. In Africa our Land Cruiser was also a thirsty beast but we used to say the only thing that will stop it is a gas station. Hopefully the same for the Titan. We need the power and save by never eating out, bushing camping etc. Our actual living costs on the...

Sorry to have missed you at Expo we are driving across Canada leaving in Sept, are you in Montreal? Janet and Tom

We went to the South Rim on our way back from Overland Expo but it was raining, miserable weather but dramatic scenery. We did the North rim several years ago South Rim Grand Canyon on the way back to Canada

Finally we have departure date for our expedition across the Americas, in Sept 2010 we will be back on the road, driving from Canada down to Argentina. We choose a Titan as our vehicle and have begun to do some modifications for our travels. It seemed the vehicle that best meets our needs. We...

Thanks for feedback Thank you all for the useful and practical advice. I can now start figuring out what I need to know in order to become more self sufficient, a critical ingredient of unsupported expedition travel. Will keep you posted and share some of my learnings Hope to meet some of you...