Expedition Portal Staff, Author at Expedition Portal

Overland Journal recently released their new commercial. Need inspiration to get out town? Here it is.

Overland Expo 2014

It’s that time of year again. The time of year when overlanders from around the world converge on a small mountain meadow outside Flagstaff, Arizona. Now in it’s eighth year, the Overland Expo is North America’s largest overlanding even, with thousands of attendees expected this year alone. As we have done since the beginning, Expedition…

Adventure, Adventure, Four Wheel Drive

The Americas with Tubby Xplorer: Part 12

The founder of Eezi-Awn continues his world adventure, this time updating us in South America

Adventure

Seven Days, Seven Thousand Kilometers in the American West

How a road trip and an NSX started one man’s overlanding itch.

Adventure, Featured Vehicles, Featured Vehicles

Taking an XPCamper to Burning Man

We take one of worlds coolest overland vehicles, to one of America’s coolest festivals.

Adventure, Featured Vehicles, Four Wheel Drive

La Aduana: 1982 Toyota Land Cruiser Troopy

Finding a troopy in the U.S. is rare, but finding one with a pop-top is unheard of

Adventure

How to Cross the Street in Saigon

I started to step into the street, my foot hovering in the air as my knees shook with fright. Heat, humidity, and exhaust fumes engulfed me as the air literally shook around me from what appeared to be thousands of vehicles swirling on all sides of the round-about.

Video

Maya Rally 2012 – Teaser is out!

Thanks to the great work of Enrique Vega (E. Vega Studio), and footages from various teams, those of you who have missed the first edition of the Maya Rally can now get a sense of this fabulous adventure! The complete series should be released soon.

Four Wheel Drive

5 Reasons I Love Toyotas

It is pretty safe to assume that most people watch TV shows because they like drama. Mad Men is full of it. To compensate for the lack of passion in their actual life, they turn to their favorite TV show to get it instead. The same scenario applies to cars. Some people need to have…

Adventure, Resources and Routes, Video

The (Secret) City of London

Did you ever know there was a London in London?

Watch this captivating and funny video to learn more about the City of London and its 11000 thousand habitants.

Adventure, Resources and Routes

The Top 5 Trip Reports

Trip reports are to Overlanders what wine is to the French—a daily necessity.

When not traveling, there are no better ways to dream and plan your next adventure.

Apparel, Gear, Video

VOTD: TAD gear interview at Overland Expo

Overland Expo was filled with great vendors and exciting products – it’s hard to pick one amongst the group! Here’s a quick interview with Triple Aught Design‘s founder and owner. Make sure to check the Expedition Portal channel on YouTube for many more great interviews with Persephone!

Video

VOTD – Sabotage

Today we’re making an exception.

This video is not about overlanding – although there are some good car driving scenes in it and some crappy motels…it’s an homage to an extremely talented band member who influenced an entire generation.

RIP MCA (Adam Yauch)

Adventure, Video

Renting a Hilux in South Africa

Possibly one of the biggest misconceptions about overlanding is the idea that you need to save for years, buy your own vehicle, spent tons of time and money outfitting it and then take a year off before you can go out to explore. There are other alternatives and one of them is to buy a plane ticket to South Africa, rent a vehicle and go out explore on your own!