Hourless Life: Documenting Our Global Overland Adventure

[Hourless Life]

I agree with your assessment and Frenchie’s that it is safe to go to Mexico. A few years ago I did the Copper Canyon trip with Frenchie and his account was spot on, I felt safe and comfortable but some of the others on the trip did not feel the same. I would not have any hesitation to go back again, the only thing that does bother me is that there was no translator from the government at the border crossing to help with the paper work, luckily we had a Spanish speaking person with us that was a great help

One of the best (and worst) things about the era in which we live is technology. Today, using apps like Google Translate where you can download entire language packs, and even have voice to text features it makes travel to international destinations so much easier than ever before. The tools at our disposal just keep getting better. We use Google Translate all the time. ~ E

 

[Hourless Life]

I'll be doing a livestream Thursday December 30 at 7PM central from Guanajuato, Mexico.

Overlanding is NOT about the vehicle, the rooftop tent, or the destination.

What it is about is the journey.

We're overlanding around the world and if you want to see one of the coolest cities we've ever been to, we'd love to have you join us live with your questions about this incredible city.



#overlanding #fulltimetravel #Guanajuato

 

[VA-CMac]

Hi Mr. Caspian, Brittany and Eric,

I enjoyed the pod cast this evening from Guanajuato! I have sent you this note as a post. I do not have any of the Facebook or the like. I have finally retired my last "Homing Pigeon". For Mr. Caspian this is Frenchie (Da Frenchman) from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA. I will be leaving for Baja California,( Norte and Sur) on January 4th. 2022. I will be their for over a month visiting some of my favorite places. I will be looking forward to seeing more of your posts when I return.

You have more wonderful adventures to look forward to.

Da Frenchman

Eric, Frenchie.... take care, we'll be looking for more inspiration from you all in 2022.

 

[Hourless Life]

To all my friends who have been encouraging me with trying to figure out a way to livestream while on this global journey thank you. It has been quite a ride of discovery. Here are my thoughts if you care to read them:

Update after livestream:

So it went really well from certain standpoints and not so well from others. I've tried everything I can to make this work and learned a lot in the process.

Ultimately I've decided that I'm done with livestreaming on this global journey unless we are streaming directly to an audience just the two of us (floating head style) with blazing internet.

It was worth a try though and while my video that went up was somewhat watchable and we got a ton of great comments. The quality of the video playback were still issues.

Like I said, I learned a lot in this process so it wasn't a wasted effort.

But ultimately I just want to make better videos that are easy to watch and keep the attention of the viewer. I want to increase my click through rate and average watch time. That's it. This is what allows us to share this journey with more people and that is what we want for folks who are interested to be able to join the journey with us.

So I'm going to try and focus on that. Appreciate all of your support through this experimentation of the livestream process for us. ~ Eric

 

[Hourless Life]

Here is the higher quality video version of our livestream in Guanajuato, Mexico. This is what I was hoping it would look like, but the lag from being live made the original video choppy.



Worth a watch to check out Guanajuato, Mexico. ~ E

 

[Hourless Life]

My wife @BrittanyHighland wrote another article for Expedition Portal. This one went live today. It is about missteps and how even as experienced travelers we can still make unnecessary mistakes.

Avoidable Missteps Teach a Serious Lesson About Carelessness - Expedition Portal

As we look back at nearly eight years of full-time, vehicle-based travel, we consider ourselves fairly experienced travelers.

expeditionportal.com

 

[Hourless Life]

Take a tour of the magical city of Pátzcuaro Mexico with us! We invite you to join our overlanding journey around the world on our YouTube channel.



#hourlesslife #fulltimetravel #overlanding #overlandmexico #visitmexico #patzcuaro

 

[Hourless Life]

Our global overlanding journey continues. On this week's episode we take you to see the Monarch butterflies in Mexico. This may be the highlight of the entire trip into Mexico.



#overlanding #hourlesslife #monarchbutterflies

 

[Hourless Life]

Something I posted on my LinkedIn recently. Might be worth a read for some:

“Everyone is talking about that next job on LinkedIn and we’re over here driving around the world.
At some point in life it dawned on me that life wasn’t about the next career move or material possessions but rather about memories, experiences, and the legacy left behind.

This may be an unpopular thing to say on this platform, but let’s talk truth.

What is it you are working for or towards? We each get only one shot around. What are you doing and to what end?

Are you truly pursuing something fulfilling or are you living a life trying to hit a bar that is expected of you by society or your peers?

Are you trying to keep up with others and measure up to some invented measure of success?
Is this really what you want out of life?

Just something worth thinking on.”

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[Hourless Life]

For those who want an in-depth look at our vehicle "DAUNTLESS" we've put together the full build sheet in article form.

As of this writing we are currently in Puebla, Mexico 13 kilometers from our southern terminus in 2019. Very soon we'll be heading south again and this time we'll just keep heading south.

#hourlesslife #overlanding #fulltimetravel

Jeep Gladiator Build Sheet for Overlanding Around the World

If you're curious about the vehicle we're driving around the world for the next decade, then here is our complete Jeep Gladiator build sheet.

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[Hourless Life]

Laundry at camp. It's a thing when you are overlanding for more than a weekend or week at a time. Sure you can find a laundromat and honestly there are many decent solutions out there.

To be honest we don't carry many clothes. Each one of us has a backpack that ALL of our clothes for this global overland trip fit in. So we run out of clothes fairly quickly especially since we spend most of our life outdoors.

We're hard on our things and our community of folks who follow us on social know this. So we're often asked the question about how we take care of the "little things" like laundry.

This is our answer to that question:



Hope this is helpful to anyone considering extended travel and as always we are available as a resource to answer any questions. ~ Eric

 

[Hourless Life]

Our transparent thoughts after 3+ months overlanding in Mexico with our 5 year old.

We have started our drive around the world. It has been pretty incredible, had some challenges, and is already changing us as individuals. In this recap we share our transparent thoughts on the journey so far. Hope this is helpful and that you enjoy. ~ Eric




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[Hourless Life]

Trying to talk to banks on behalf of a loved one who you take care of their finances from a different country is a trying nightmare.

I'm about to throw my phone at the foot of some horses in the field where I'm overland camping in Mexico so they can trample it.

I knew logistics on this journey were going going to be difficult, but this process is hair-pulling, soaking in gasoline, and lighting on fire kind of frustrating.

On hold for 10 minutes, talk to one representative and then get almost to the end where we're actually going to get what I need done, then get put on hold and another person comes on the line who has no idea what we were just talking about. He has no notes from the 10 minute conversation that I had and we have to start all over. We talk for another 10 minutes and he finally figures out he has to transfer me to a "specialist" who is supposedly able to help me.

This is where I'm at now. Yes, I'm still on hold and if it weren't for Brittany trying to keep me calm I don't know what the outcome would be...

 

[Hourless Life]

Did you know the "Aztec" pyramids of Mexico are not Aztec? We learned that on this trip that we took to see the pyramids among a few other things as our drive around the world continues. Hope you enjoy!

 

[Hourless Life]

Y'all this is a great article about amazing families doing incredible things in the overlanding space. Hope you enjoy it. ~ Eric

10 Full-time Overlanding Families Traveling Internationally

For the extraordinary nature of these full-time overlanding families AND difficulty finding out about many of them, I've compiled this list.

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