In mid-November 2013, we drove our Land Rover Defender from Arequipa to Cuzco, Peru. Well, that was the plan. At roughly 15,500 meters on the desolate, lifeless altiplano the engine management system beeped a loud warning: we were losing a lot of coolant. After a few minutes spent diagnosing the problem, we replaced the coolant…
Landcruising Adventure: How to deal with police officers while overlanding
How to handle bribes, bravado and other bouts with authority.
4 Wheel Nomads: Age is Just a Number
Michael Stahl explains why you should take your family on and extended overland journey.
Overlanding with kids – going beyond “normal” education
Overlanding with small children. Make the world a classroom.
Adventurous Appetite: Staying healthy while traveling
It looks good, but is it worth it?
Landcruising Adventure: How do you determine the safety of a region?
On the road for more than a decade, Coen and Karin-Marijke talk about safe travel.
Overland Expo 2012 is around the corner!
Things have changed quite a bit in the Overland world since…
The 2009 edition was held at the Yavapai Fairgrounds in Prescott Valley
Snow Recovery Day
A couple of weeks ago I headed up to the Mormon Emigrant Trail in the Sierra Nevada to get into the snow and practice our recovery techniques. We were doing recoveries soon enough, however.
10 Great Tips to Ease Your Airline Travels
Here are some tricks I have learned over the years to make traveling a little bit more enjoyable.
Scenes from the Overland Rally
Besides the classes, the best part was meeting so many great people.
Last Overland Rally of the Year! Hollister Hills SVRA in Hollister, California October 20-23, 2011
There is still time to register for the last Overland Rally of the year being held in Hollister, California – where it all began one year ago.
Patient Assessment in the Field
Kristina Hall walks us through the essentials of patient assessment
Power = Responsibility
While we may not be super heroes,
we do have a wealth of resources and knowledge we can use abroad to help others.