The Red Sea coast(Saudi Arabia)SO3Ep26
One of the most difficult moments in overlanding as mentioned in the past is when you leave from a place that has won your heart. We must admit that leaving Najran was not an easy decision but as the journey…
Empty Quarter to Red Sea(Saudi Arabia)SO3Ep25
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…
Moments & Momentum VII (Equipment & Setups)
“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…
Moments & Momentum VI (Pick Your Ride)
“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…
11North 55South Final Scene(Brazil,Uruguay)SO2Ep24
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…
Belém to Salvador(Brazil)SO2Ep23
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…
Humaita to Macapa (Brazil,Guyana,Suriname,F.Guyana)SO2Ep22
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…
The Sunday Ethnos paper interview
A childhood friend and a great journalist added this article about our trip in the Sunday Ethnos paper. Unfortunately only in Greek is available at this moment.
La Paz to Porto Velho (Bolivia,Peru,Brazil)SO2EP21
Those of you that have been following our 11North55South exhibition would probably remember that we had left La Paz, the capital of Bolivia as well as the north part of the country out of our itinerary in our last visit…
Lima to Lake Titicaca (Peru)SO2Ep20
During our route through South America we came across hundreds of beautiful locations. There were some of them though that we found it difficult to leave behind and Lima was certainly one of them. Unfortunately in the overlanders’ world the…
Rochelle’s interview in Live trips.gr
While in our overland trip through South America we were asked by our good friend Manolis Kyriakopoulos to be interviewed for LiveTrips.gr. We came across Livetrips by accident and while we had already started the present exhibition in our attempt to…
Our interview in LiveTrips.gr
While in our overland trip through South America we were asked by our good friend Manolis Kyriakopoulos to be interviewed for LiveTrips.gr. We came across Livetrips by accident and while we had already started the present exhibition in our attempt to…
Moments & Momentum V (Budget Talks)
“How much money is enough to start an overland trip?” It is a question that we get asked very often and one of the most difficult to answer. Your budget is something personal and subject to the kind of…
Moments & Momentum III (Sponsoring or Sponsored)
“Sponsoring yourself or being sponsored?” As you most probably already know, here in OVERLANDDIARIES we rely exclusively on our own funds as an income to fuel our overland expeditions. No matter how much money we have available, this will be…
Moment & Momentum II (Overland Life line)
“How to stay safe on the road?” Lets talk about safety now and the fine print of it. Wikipedia defines the term Overlanding as: "A self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, it…
Moments & Momentum I (Route Planning)
Hello fellow overlanders!!!!!! We decided to add this section on our tips & info called Moments & Momentum in order to add special short stories of our trips that add knowledge to overlanding experience. How do we find the places…
Overlanddiaries Expeditions & Voukefalas Pack List
Introduction The list bellow was designed for unsupported global travel in developing countries.Developed countries have most of the resources available, so some of the items on this list are not required. The specific pack list is based on full time…
Huanchaco to Quito (Peru,Ecuador)SO2Ep12
Truth to be told, we were enjoying Lima a lot, but after eleven days, the time had come to move on. We had heard about a place further north on the coast named Tortugas that meant to look like…
Tupiza to Oruro (Bolivia) SO2Ep10
Crossing the Argentina-Bolivia border north of Humahuaca, as I read the night before on the internet, was meant to be a painful long process. So the next day we arrived prepared. In reality though, everything went rather smoothly and after…
Iguazu falls and the heartland of the Andes(Brazil,Paraguay,Argentina) SO2Ep9
Marked as a highlight of all of South America and although super touristic, a must see of Brazil’s South is Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. This area is where Brazil and Argentina meet and where Río Iguaçu after its route of…
