Hi everyone,
I am very new to both this forum and to overlanding itself. Before I ask my question I would just like to tell you a wee bit about ourselves to put the question into persepective:
My husband and I (early 30s) are planning an overland trip from Austria (where we are currently based) to Mongolia. We already have a son (almost two years old) and a little one on the way. The plan is to do this trip in around 5ish years, when the younger one is 5 and just about to start school. Before that we'd like to use the summers to do shakedown trips around Europe and down to Morocco.
My husband and I are actually motorcyclists and in an ideal world we would love to do the trip by bike. Now we are faced with the question of how to safely and sensibly transport two young-ish kids. We have ruled out the option of them riding pillion. We are now looking into the options of two sidecar outfits (expensive, difficult to ride, very different to motorcycling) or a car.
We are thinking of a Land Cruiser with a roof tent with ladder and some sort of awning to the side. I haven't really looked into the matter that deeply yet, so that's just going off photos I have seen on blogs of world-travelling families.
Now, I am overwhelmed by the different models and series Land Cruiser have. Can you guys maybe break it down a little what the main differences are? Which one would suit us best? What is iimportant to keep in mind?
My better half is a qualified motorcycle engineer and welder, so he knows his technical stuff and can do a lot himself. Obviously, a car is different to a bike, but he is confident he can pick a lot up and the basics are already there
So at the moment I'm thinking, the cars has to have doors in the rear for the kids to climb in and out. We'd need ample storage space (luggage, gear, kitchen...). We'd like a Diesel. That's about it so far
I am really curious as to what you guys come back with. Thanks again in advance and please excuse my non-native english
Cheers!
I am very new to both this forum and to overlanding itself. Before I ask my question I would just like to tell you a wee bit about ourselves to put the question into persepective:
My husband and I (early 30s) are planning an overland trip from Austria (where we are currently based) to Mongolia. We already have a son (almost two years old) and a little one on the way. The plan is to do this trip in around 5ish years, when the younger one is 5 and just about to start school. Before that we'd like to use the summers to do shakedown trips around Europe and down to Morocco.
My husband and I are actually motorcyclists and in an ideal world we would love to do the trip by bike. Now we are faced with the question of how to safely and sensibly transport two young-ish kids. We have ruled out the option of them riding pillion. We are now looking into the options of two sidecar outfits (expensive, difficult to ride, very different to motorcycling) or a car.
We are thinking of a Land Cruiser with a roof tent with ladder and some sort of awning to the side. I haven't really looked into the matter that deeply yet, so that's just going off photos I have seen on blogs of world-travelling families.
Now, I am overwhelmed by the different models and series Land Cruiser have. Can you guys maybe break it down a little what the main differences are? Which one would suit us best? What is iimportant to keep in mind?
My better half is a qualified motorcycle engineer and welder, so he knows his technical stuff and can do a lot himself. Obviously, a car is different to a bike, but he is confident he can pick a lot up and the basics are already there
So at the moment I'm thinking, the cars has to have doors in the rear for the kids to climb in and out. We'd need ample storage space (luggage, gear, kitchen...). We'd like a Diesel. That's about it so far
I am really curious as to what you guys come back with. Thanks again in advance and please excuse my non-native english
Cheers!
