Saudi Arabia was for many years a destination that was mostly overlooked or turned away by the fear of the unknown by many travelers. Because of its isolation from the rest of the world for years, any travel here seemed…
With our second lockdown in place in Australia, our trip to Tasmania had to be postponed. No sweat for us overlanders though, we moved our dates months ahead and replanned our route. Something that has become quite often these strange…
In our original plan, after departing Port Lincoln, was to head straight for Adelaide but in overlanding world, the original plan is never the plan that you follow and that is what makes overlanding so unique. This time, and after…
In our last post we stopped our story telling at building our Aussie HQ as well as celebrating Christmas and Rochelle’s birthday at the farm. As the above is not overlanding related, I won’t get into further details other than…
There was one special reason that we made our way back to Perth this time, and that was my application for a new visa. After taking into consideration the world’s current situation and the Covid-19 lockdowns around the globe, we…
Although we didn’t want to admit it, our Australian loop had been Covid-19 affected and although in theory still on the road, our route from here onwards was a way back in reality. With mixed emotions and still not sure…
In our last post, our adventure’s story telling stopped as we entered into Karratha, that for most travelers is significant to use for the bank, restock, repair stuff and get out of town before their wallet ignites. For us it…
It was ten days into traveling “the Loop”, when we found out that Voukefalas had not been registered and therefore not insured. Here in Australia this should be done through registering in the department of transportation. We were under the…
Being on a Covid-19 lockdown in “the farm” most definitely had its pro’s and con’s. Measures in different forms are taken all around the world in order to stop the pandemic. It’s the same case here in Australia as the…
We feel obligated to dedicate the post below to all the victims of COVID-19, something invisible that appeared out of nowhere and changed the world once and for all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19nBWJHclgU&t=2s When it started, nobody in this world could even imagine…
After the African leg of our journey was completed, we turned our compass north and aimed towards Western Europe. When we arrived at the port of Algeciras, our first site was the lightened up Rock of Gibraltar. It was way…
Although the route south from Dakhla heading into the rest of Africa has always been a playground for overlanders, Mauritania still remains a little more than a transit stop between the better-known attractions of West Africa. It took me a…
Travelling around the world changes the way you see things so most of the time you need to experience some things first hand in order to get the real feel of them. The more we travel, the more we find…
I am struggling to start this first post of our new expedition, as it has been almost a year since the completion of “11North55South” and since then I have left you without any news of what is happening. A bit…
“How to set up your future vehicle-home?” So now that you have your vehicle, let’s set it up!!! Just to be clear, there are no right or wrong vehicle setups, equipment, modifications or upgrades. This falls under the personal preference…
“How to Pick the Right Ride?” You can ask any overlanders out there which is the perfect overland vehicle and most likely will point his out. You wonder why? Because since we are talking about traveling in a vehicle, everything…
On the link bellow you can find our interview on the “Πρακτορείο 104,9FM”and to Σωτήρη Κυριακίδη( Sotiris Kiriakidis) Read more at: https://parallaximag.gr/life/dyo-taksidiotes-dichos-oria As this was given in Greek press unfortunately you can read here only the Greek Version.
It was Saturday, 7th December 2016, the official date that 11North-55South, our South American expedition, started. The rush to get back on the road had been brewing inside us for a while. No matter how many trips we have made…
After a quick overnight in Macapa (Rochelle’s favorite type of stay, "the gas station”) we boarded the barrage to Belém where our last time sailing down the Amazon proved to be as fascinating as the first one. We never had…
This part of our trip even from the very first day of planning was a headache to plan, a challenge but also something that we had been waiting for. Driving through the BR-319 and the infamous BR-230 (officially called The…
