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Overlaniding teaches one so much. Thanks for your kind comments. I really enjoy creating these videos so that we can share our experiences with those who are not as lucky as we are, to spend so much time on the open road visiting special and interesting places. Hers is my latest video about...

Amazon Visit Here is the video (at last) of our incredible visit to the Bolivian Amazon, on our drive through the Americas. Now I REALLY understans why we need to preserve the Amazon Jungle for futre generations.

Africa or America The best of Each Continent for Overlanding You can take the overlander out of the journey but you can't take the journey out of the overlander. We are surrounded once again by maps and are seriously looking at another big trip. In the meantime a question we often get asked is...

Really sorry to hear about your shipping troubles, hope you are soon on your way. Shipping to Walvis Bay, Namibia is a option you should consider as the paperwork is supposedly easier than S Africa. Don't give up trying Africa is waiting for you.

Hi and thanks AmericaOverland, pleased you enjoyed our blog and yes it was quite the journey. To answer some of your questions, no we were not sponsored by anyone and our son claimed the Overland Journal Cap when he joined us for a week in Costa Rica, so that was the end of that photo series...

Nissan Finds Its Way Home After 65,000km and a Month at Sea Yes our Nissan arrived back safely in Calgary this week, Tom flew out to Vancouver to pick up the truck and camper. The Nissan was in great shape and after a check up at a Nissan dealer in Vancouver all it needed was an oil change...

New Video Here is the latest video of out attempt to make it into the Amazon Rain Forest in Peru, and our visit to the fabled floating villages in lake Titicaca. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NTDlO-3pSA

Nissan Titan and Camper Missing in High Seas It seems as if our truck and camper are off on their own adventures. We bid them farewell in Chile, after securing them into a shipping container and we headed back to Canada to wait our reunion which was scheduled for December 29th 2011. Oops did we...

Although we have finished our Alaska to Argentina overland trip, we are still busy completing editing all the video footage we took. It will take a few months to complete them all. Here is the latest release showing the beautiful country on route to and around Machu Picchu. We want to wish...

Well we might ship the truck to London but head east not south. (done that). We are now looking at Asia and the best way to explore that part of the world. We started our research and learnt this week Iran no longer allows foreign registered diesel vehicles into the country. It is a weird world.

Yes we were both born in South Africa. We were married, had kids and worked in Southern Africa before immigrating to Canada. We both loved South Africa, Tom loved being a exploration geologist and we loved our lives exploring and living in the wilderness of Southern Africa. We immigrated to...

Tundra or Nissan Actually when we first considered our Alaska to Argentina trip we considered a Land Cruiser with roof top tent but very soon realized that would not be a good decision for the Americas. So had to look at other options. We seriously considered the Tundra and also the Ford 150...

Yes nothing went wrong with the truck. The after market Firestone airbags needed replacing after 40,000km and at that time we added an extra leaf spring as additional support. We did regular scheduled services along the way, (oil change, air filter, check all fluid etc.) as well replacing brake...

Well you are right about no inside photos. We thought we had some but went through our photos and "nada" nothing. So when we get our camper and truck next month we will take some photos and explain everything we did to the interior to make it comfortable and livable. It was a small space, not...

Many thanks for your supportive comment. You are so right about almost any truck making a great overland vehicle. We have seen so many overland vehicles from the most elaborate and sophisticated to the simplest. We really loved our set up it was perfect for the Americas and the Nissan's off road...

It was a tight squeeze but here are some pictures of the truck being loaded and persons standing next to truck in container On Back of Tow Truck to Get to Height of Entrance to Container Wooden Planks make bridge between trucks Nissan Reversing into Shipping Container Man Standing Next to...

Pleased you enjoyed reading our blog on this very snowy day in Calgary. And to answer your question the driver climbed out the car window and over the front. Easy as that. An easier exit than our shipping from Panama to Colombia

If you are referring to selling the truck in South America it is complicated. As selling a vehicle that is a foreign registered vehicle usually means the vehicle has to be imported before it can be legally sold. If we sold it to a Canadian we could change ownership easily, but selling it to a...

Where to Next Thanks so much for all the comments. It is lovely to know that folk enjoyed traveling along with us. We have been incredible busy seeing everyone, going to look at houses to buy, looking at cars to buy and getting over jet lag. It feels good to be home although Tom said to me...

The End of Our America Overland Journey and Where to Next We we are returning home back to Canada. After 17 months on the road traveling over 63,000km it is time to return back to family and friends. I felt a huge sense of sadness as we watched our truck being loaded into a shipping container...