Expedition travel - trip sites

[WhiteThaiGer]

We sometimes post links to sites with interesting travel journals, maybe it's time to put them in one place. Here is anew (?) one, they have links to more. I haven't looked at it yet, came up because these guys visited a confluence:

03/12/04
http://www.africaoverland.org/index.htm



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http://www.confluence.org
http://www.usgo.org

[blupaddler]

here are couple I have found...</div>



www.sandcruiser.com (http://www.sandcruiser.com)</div>
www.bordertoborder.com (http://www.bordertoborder.com)</div>
www.northbyrover.com (http://www.northbyrover.com)</div>





robb

[JackSilb]

Now we need to find the time to go over all of them.

Here one for the list
Thanks Uwe for the link to their adventure site.

http://www.weltrekordreise.ch/

Thank you!
-JACK
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So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[expeditionswest]

<DT>ADVENTURE LEARNING FOUNDATION = online learning expeditions (http://www.questconnect.org/)
<DT>expeditionamericas.org (http://www.expeditionamerica.org/index2.html)
<DT>Go-Overland.com - The Overland Expedition Resource (http://www.go-overland.com/)
<DT>Africa - Safaris in Tanzania (http://www.thompsonsafaris.com/)
<DT>EarthRoamer.com Home Page (http://www.earthroamer.com/)
<DT>Welcome to Outback Tours (http://www.outbacktours.com/)
<DT>Welcome to Pangaea Expeditions (http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com/)
<DT>Western Adventures 4X4 Driving School and Guide Service (http://www.4westernadventures.com/)

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<DT>Adventure Travel and 4WD Safari Tours in Outback Australia. (http://www.overland.com.au/)
<DT>Adventure Travel Tips.com - International Adventure Travel D (http://www.adventuretraveltips.com/)
<DT>Africa Overland with Daphne (http://www.daphneoverland.co.uk/default.htm) </DT>
<DT></DT>
<DT>Planning an Expedition (http://www.rgs.org/templ.php?page=5expepla) </DT>
<DT></DT>
<DT>DRIVE THE GLOBE Overland Adventures (http://drivetheglobe.com/main/) </DT>

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Scott Brady
mailto:guide@expeditionswest.com (guide@expeditionswest.com)
http://www.expeditionswest.com

Post Edited (Scott Brady) : 3/16/2004 4:54:18 PM GMT

[blupaddler]

HEY...DON'T FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE OF ALL...</div>






WWW.4WDTRIPS.NET (http://www.4WDTRIPS.NET)</div>
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robb

[Tawayama]

What about my site?

www.tawayama.com (http://www.tawayama.com)

Here's another one too:

www.lab-rover.com (http://www.lab-rover.com)

And another:

www.expeditonfilmpartners.com (http://www.expeditionfilmpartners.com)

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Michael Slade
Tawàyama Safaris Inc.
http://www.tawayama.com

Post Edited (Tawàyama) : 3/19/2004 5:11:49 PM GMT

[Tawayama]

Thanks.

:)

Michael Slade
Tawàyama Safaris Inc.
http://www.tawayama.com

[BajaTaco]

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rabbit/MENO/

http://www.africatravelmart.com/

http://ali.bisson.com/travel/default.htm

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/heibar/index.htm

http://www.geocities.com/bnibali/index.html

http://www.bordertoborder.com/

http://www.difflock.com/offroad/expeditions/index.shtml

http://www.projectexploration.org/niger2000/index.htm

http://news.drivearoundtheworld.com/

http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/sonoran/expedition.html

http://www.expeditionexchange.com/main.htm

http://www.boilingbilly.com.au/exploreaustraliaby4wd/vehicle.htm

http://www.globetrotters.ch

http://www.earthtrekuk.net/Intro.htm

http://www.popadd.com/ksv2africa-949.html

http://www.ihana.com/index.htm

http://url.co.nz/african_trip/index.html

http://www.innovation-campers.de/d_home.html

http://www.junglerunner.com/

http://www.michulla.dk/


http://www.landyonline.co.za/index.htm

http://www.landserwis.pl/

http://torlasco.tripod.com/panamericanaoverland/id14.html

http://www.rolfpotts.com/index.html

http://www.safaridrive.com/index.html

http://www.sahara-overland.com/Sfiles/index.htm

http://www.sandcruiser.com/

http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman/LR/index.html

http://www.turtleexpedition.com/vehicles/weekend.htm

http://www.travelswithrover.com/

http://www.trayon.com/

http://www.unicat.net/indexe.html






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http://www.bajataco.com


Post Edited (BajaTaco) : 4/3/2004 4:45:01 PM GMT

[YukonBob]

Wow, Bajahttp://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/ok-kewl.gif .</div>
You are amazing. Thanks for taking the time to put that all together.</div>
I need some links on the Moromon colonies in Mexico, established between 1885 and 1900http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/joker1.gif </div>

[BajaTaco]

YukonBob said...

Wow, Bajahttp://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/ok-kewl.gif .
You are amazing. Thanks for taking the time to put that all together.
I need some links on the Moromon colonies in Mexico, established between 1885 and 1900http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/joker1.gif Oh man, don't get me started... http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/confused2.gif


http://www.bajataco.com

[VikingVince]

NextMillionMiles is an interesting account of a couple with a modified 4x4 motorhome in which they traveled Baja and South America. I found the pages on their rig really interesting.


www.nextmillionmiles.com (http://www.nextmillionmiles.com)

[BajaTaco]

VikingVince said...
NextMillionMiles is an interesting account of a couple with a modified 4x4 motorhome in which they traveled Baja and South America. I found the pages on their rig really interesting.


www.nextmillionmiles.com (http://www.nextmillionmiles.com)Awesome find Vince.

From the site:


"We decided, on the way south, to avoid El Salvador, as all the guide books and most of the travelers we had met cautioned about traveling in El Salvador because of the possibility of violence and the possibility of being robbed on any road. Especially the roads around Santa Ana and Cerro Verde volcanoes. </div>
During our travels in Central America we had met a number of people from El Salvador and they encouraged us to visit their country explaining that the violence and robberies were a thing of the past. We decided on the way back north to throw caution to the wind and venture into El Salvador. This was one of our better decisions. We found the country to be beautiful and the people the friendliest in Central America."</div>
My kind of people! http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/ok-kewl.gif </div>
This is a great site. That rig sure does look comfy. Imagine an RO water system and solar - must be nice! Man, you could stay out there for a looong time. They seem to be really attached to their dog, even adjusting/reworking their entire itinerary around the pooch - that's cool http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/cool.gif </div>


http://www.bajataco.com

[VikingVince]

Yeah, you certainly could stay out for loooong time in that kind of rig...certainly appeals to me. Apparently Xplorer motor homes (there is no 'E' at the beginning) in Michigan is very accomodating in building any custom configuration you can come up with...so that's nice to know for the future...they were certainly adventuresome...great spirit.

He mentioned the Tiger CX motorhome (made by Provan)...also built on a truck chassis with 4x4 option. It's a smaller rig...19 feet long...if they'd be willing to do basic mods - lifted suspension and locking diffs - I would think you could take the smaller rig into places they couldn't go...and these are alot less bucks than Xplorer.

I see the Turtleexpedition folk went to custom made hardshell rig in their Turtle V...looks like a great rig...they said they would consider manufacturing a limited number if it proved out...do you know if they have? I couldn't determine that.

<a href="http://www.xplorermotorhome.com
www.tigermotorhomes.com" target="_blank">www.xplorermotorhome.com
www.tigermotorhomes.com</a>

[JackSilb]

Oh man,

Thanks for sharing all of thesehttp://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/ok-kewl.gif I will busy for a long time to cover all of them.
-JACK
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So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[BajaTaco]

Another cool Mog camper (http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/index.html) with lots of awesome travels (and some great photos!)



http://www.bajataco.com

[expeditionswest]

Cool link Chris! I like that camperhttp://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/supercool.gif

Scott Brady
mailto:guide@expeditionswest.com (guide@expeditionswest.com)
http://www.expeditionswest.com

[JackSilb]

Cool,

Now that you mentioned this. Someone at work knows the guy or one of the guys that rebuild these in the US. I will try to get their website just in case you want to get in touch.

-JACK


So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[alanh]

The Vehicle-Dependent Expedition Guide thread led to the inevitible web search which turned up some more sites (with their own expanding set of links) to spend some time on.

If you can read it (looks like German), they have some roof-top tents, etc.
http://www.dachzelte-und-mehr.de/index.html

Some incredible expedition vehicles http://www.actionmobil.at/eng/home/index.html

A site in English and German...

http://www.globedrivers.com

This is how they introduce the site.
We are an open community of travelminded people, meet a couple of times a year, shop-talk about the best suited vehicles and the most adventurous itenerary. The rest of the year we are mostly on the move. At least with our fingers on the map. Of course, we would like to share our experience with vehicles, with preparation and realization of long-term journeys, with technics and equipment with you.</div>
http://www.overland.co.za

Complete with pictures of wrecks, abandoned vehicles and graders at the bottom of the links selections on the left of the page! Also the kitting out section.

Hope these aren't duplicates. I scanned the existing links and didn't see any.

Alan

[BajaTaco]

Nice - thanks for posting those Alan. I have been to Action mobile and the Overland forum before. The overland forum has some good stuff on it. I like the "homemade equipment" page.

Here is another...

http://www.4xforum.co.za/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl





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[JackSilb]

Baja,

Those were some serious trips listed on that Forum. Not many replies. I guess not many people have the guts, equipment, or time for those trips. Talk about expedition trips. I have not heard about 1/2 the locations people are planing to go to.
-JACK


So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[expeditionswest]

http://www.notesfromtheroad.com- Great images, really nice guy over e-mail too.


http://www.adventurearchitects.com/- More great images, Chris just finished writing a baja article for 4wd and SUV magazine. He also drives a Tacoma (it's grey though http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/devil.gif ) I invited him to the forum





Scott Brady
mailto:guide@expeditionswest.com (guide@expeditionswest.com)
http://www.expeditionswest.com

[dstrass]

Like this one - http://www.adventurearchitects.com/
What a guy. Seems he's doing what I can only deam about...

[JackSilb]

Very nice site.

Look at this ...
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Adventure Architects joined Jeepers Jamboree in 1999 for a six-week off-road expedition across South America. From Lima Peru, the group traversed the Andes to Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, skirted the blue waters of Lake Titicaca, crossed the highlands of Bolivia, and south to Argentina's Iguazu Falls. Incredible scenery, remote villages, breakdowns, extortionists and traveling in our own Jeeps, shipped down from the US, added to the Adventure.
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We need to get something like this going here.
I am still trying to make my South America trip happen, but now in 2005.

Doron, did you find the Trip descriptions and logs? I could not find them.

-JACK





So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net


Post Edited (JackSilb) : 7/29/2004 12:26:25 PM (GMT-8)

[dstrass]

No I did not Jack. Pity. My favorite parts are the logs.</o:p>
To Change the subject, have you ever seen or heard of Walk About Tablet PC?</o:p>

[JackSilb]

> have you ever seen or heard of Walk About Tablet PC?</o:p>



Yes,

I heard and did some research recently about Tablet PC.

- 1st generation was called out from stores. Too many returns. Many stores like Fry's are not selling them anymore.
- 2nd generation, like Fujitsu got better reports. I have some vendors that "guarantee" that they are robust.
- I saw a couple people the other day on the street with some rugged units. Could not get the brand. But they seems to be in use for awhile.

I will do some work soon on these since we are looking for Electronic Notebooks at work. This is a 5 months projects.

I hope I understood your question and did not waste Forum space with the wrong answer.

-JACK





So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[dstrass]

I held this one http://www.walkabout-comp.com/products_specs_xrt.html in my hand. Felt very rugged. They are doing some testing on them at work and shipping them to Iraq as we speak. Un-scratchable screen (using a knife) the more ambient light the brighter the screen. Mill spec 810-F. I don't know about the performance though. I hope they are OK. For the guys in Iraq sake, if nothing else.


Doron

[JackSilb]

Lets move this discussion to the Computer in 4WD Thread OK? Talk to us a bit about this machine in that Thread please.

-JACK


So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[Creeper]

Another site from Africa - 4x4 Safaris (http://www.pureafricasafaris.co.za/index.htm)

.....a man becomes his attentions. His observations and curiosity, they make him and remake him.

[HongerVenture]

Here are two that I've really enjoyed. I've been inspired by these to say the least.
The first one you may want to translate unless you are fluent in German. Google translation tool - http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Panamericana - http://www.gefi-travel.ch/
Norway to Cape Town - http://www.dunia.no/default.asp

Enjoy!



-Toyota T100 SR5 4x4 XtraCab-
-WHITE-

[JackSilb]

Very nice links.
Onthe Panamericana link, can't find the English version...
I am loving to read the trip reports on the second link.

-JACK





So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net


Post Edited (JackSilb) : 11/13/2004 6:55:36 PM (GMT-8)

[WhiteThaiGer]

Only in German, but I thought some of you might like to see a Landrover trip...
http://www.joko-goes-to-india.ch/index.php

He travelled from Switzerland to India via: Italy, Slovenia, Kroatia, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan. Sounds like quite a trip, I've only read a little so far.

I came across this one when I was preparing some confluence visits for a guy who drove from Germany to India by car, then flow to China and did some confluence visits by bicycle.

I have a hard time reading stuff like this, one day I might snap, leave it all behind and just go ...



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[JackSilb]

Just wondering when automatic translation will really works ...

-JACK


So much to see, so little time. Try using your 4WD tosee and do more.
Tread Lightly! empowers generations to enjoy the outdoors responsibly...
http://www.4wdtrips.net

[Gfiero]

I have now given up TV just so I can read each of the sites listed above. My wife is concerned for my health....she thinks I may do something crazy like take off on one of the described trips. This is more fun than I've had in a long time. Reading about real people and real experiences reminds you just what the human race is capable of. (And the pictures, there are so many place's I'm finding I would like to wake up in)

Thanks for all the sites and thoughts.

[BajaTaco]

Boy Scout said...
I have now given up TV just so I can read each of the sites listed above. My wife is concerned for my health....she thinks I may do something crazy like take off on one of the described trips. http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/emoticons/lol.gif

Boy Scout, I would seriously consider keeping an eye on the Wilderness Explorer (http://www.wilderness-explorer.net/)expeditions, if you haven't checked them out yet. Looks like agreat way to go on a world-class expedition with like-minded people, and have all of the logistics already organized for you. You may have already read about this years event in South America (http://www.4wdtrips.net/forum/default.aspx?f=9&amp;m=16577)


BAJATACO.COM (http://bajataco.com)

[PinzEOD]

I wasn't sure if this site had been explored, or even where to put it, so I'll just post it here.
http://www.foleyspecialistvehicles.co.uk/index2.htm has some cool stuff on Land Rover mods. Go down the right side and check out some of the links.
If you look no further, at least check this link out.......
http://www.thisfabtrek.com/home/tfthome.php Something to strive for, or at least...be jealous about.:party_cheers:

[JackSilb]

What a nice treat!
Thank you for the pointer.:ok-kewl:

Why can't we get these in the US?

http://www.thisfabtrek.com/journey/africa/morocco/20050409-agadir/lr-dessrt-dusk-1.jpg

Just if Toyota would take a pic on this too...

Life to its best
http://www.thisfabtrek.com/journey/africa/mauritania/20051205-atar/night-2vans-1.jpg

Pictures from http://www.thisfabtrek.com/


I sincerely hope we can manage to do these kind of trips / explorations on our life span.

I wanted to bring something to discussion for a while already.
It seems that people can buy more things in the US but do less.
What do you think? Not a political discussion...

The question is then:

Why can we do less in the US if we make more money?

-JACK

[JackSilb]

Folks, thanks for being so kind not posting it here all this time, but there is another site that needs to be listed . Expedition's West expeditionportal.com.
Best of luck Scott.

-JACK

[PinzEOD]

Why can we do less in the US if we make more money?
-JACK

That's easy..we want MORE MORE MORE (generally speaking) I'm trying to get wifey into a more 'relaxed' kinda thinking...every time I think we can escape for a couple days...work gets in the way, her's more than mine. probably cuz I LOVE playing hooky, calling in 'well'...or whatever you want to call it. As mundane as it probably sounds with today's road improvements up there, I still have the AL-CAN highway on my 'life list'. XXXpedition is certainly fueling THAT particular fire.

[JackSilb]

Working schedule is partially that. As you know in Europe and South America people will be happy when you talk about your 4 weeks vacation. Here, people think you are a slacker.

The American style big screen TV(s), surround system(s), the larger house, student loans, and the MONSTER mortgage + if one have kids, volleyball, soccer, orthodontist,
Cable TV, $60 Internet cable, and on and on.
Driving SUVs to go to work. Huh, me too ...

IMO in Europe people enjoy life better. Different values maybe?

Uwe, what do you say? Boy, really off topic by now.
-JACK

[PinzEOD]

This has all the makings of a superb fireside chat.:beertoast: :guitar:

[BajaTaco]

This has all the makings of a superb fireside chat.:beertoast: :guitar:

I agree! Jack has touched on this before in the thread about the fireworks in Brazil. I am in agreement.

BTW, thanks for the links Pinz - thisfabtrek.com FREAKING ROCKS!! :supercool: Wow, what a mondo website, epic adventure, and killer photos. This dude has it goin' on! :beertoast: I could be entertained with this guys stuff for awhile... maybe we'll get lucky and he'll post here at the forum.

[BajaXplorer]

Not what you might think of as your usual expedition, but a magnificent expedition none the less.

Adventures of Ms. Tioga and George

http://vagabonders-supreme.net/

I don't know if anyone has posted this blog yet, so I will.
George writes about his adventures everyday and hits on his site brings him a little income from advertisers. He has been in Baja for months now and reading through his journal will get you some great insights and info on the peninsula and its people.
A little description of George from his site.

George:
He is the only human aboard the Team and his main job is to drive Ms. Tioga.

George met Ms. Tioga on February 25, 2003. On that day, the cancer doctor declared George to be in remission. George went out from the doctor's office and put down the $cash$ money and brought Ms. Tioga home. George never slept anywhere but inside Ms. Tioga from that day on! A member of George's cancer support group asked George if he would keep a journal of his travels.
That is how this Blog was born.

Early in George's travels, he began to speak with Ms. Tioga. Soon, other members of the Team joined in and that is how the Team was born. But it was not until George began to camp in the wild places of the west that it became clear that this was a very special team. We were Vagabonds, roaming everywhere in search of adventure. The Team feared nothing, and proved it time and time again as they were carried by Ms. Tioga to places that no other RV had ever tread.

BX

[JackSilb]

Thanks for sharing the link. I need to check it out. I am touched by the text you posted.

-JACK