Overland around the World - Land Rover Forward Control Series 2B Overlander

This is an Overland Expedition around the world in a modified Land Rover Forward Control OVERLANDER. Jan and Leone Vorster keep a travel diary of their expedition experience different continents, cultures and countries in their Land Rover.

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"We are back in South Africa for our annual home visit, which usually is from October to April. However, in 2010 we plan to go to Niassa National Park in June/July. It is in Mozambique on the Tanzania border about halfway between Lake Malawi and the Indian Ocean. It is very difficult to access, even in the dry season and in the rainy season it is impossible. Because of this we have to skip this Northern hemisphere summer and will only return to the US in April 2011. Meanwhile Dipli waits in a storage area in Virginia." December 2009

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SOUTH EASTERN USA
NORTH CENTRAL USA

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An account of driving around the world, in an extensively modified Land Rover Forward Control Series 2B.

	INTRODUCTION Some technicalities.	1	FIRST START (South Africa to Tanzania) Crashed.
2	SECOND START (South Africa to Kenya) Narrow escape from deadly ambush.	3	ETHIOPIA, DJIBOUTI Detained at border. Hot as hell.
4	YEMEN In armed convoy, No road.	5	OMAN, UAE, SAUDI ARABIA Opulence. Camel races. Leoné covered up.
6	EGYPT Escorted by heavily armed police.	7	JORDAN, LIBANON, SYRIA Pink tombs. Muslim party. Friendly people.
8	TURKEY, GREECE Lazy days. Fined. Wild hot springs.	9	ITALY to GERMANY Italian temperament. So easy.
10	CZECH, POLAND Medieval Festival. Attacked at night.	11	UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, ROMANIA Thieving police. Saved from cops. Dracula's Castle.
12	HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, GERMANY Horsemanship. Tatra hike. New axles.	13	RUSSIA Polite police. Endless Taiga forests.
14	MONGOLIA Strangest border. Dipli held for ransom.	15	KAZAKSTAN, KYRGYSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN Very difficult visas. Ancient silk route wonders.
16	TURKMENISTAN, CASPIAN SEA Free diesel & petrol. Ferry.	17	AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA, ARMENIA Mmm The food!
18	IRAN, PAKISTAN, INDIA Turquoise tiles. Truck art. Road hazards.	19	NEPAL, BHUTAN, BANGLADESH, INDIA Arrested. Great steaks. Colour.
20	MALAYSIA, THAILAND KL for 3 weeks with a 3 day pack. Street food.	21	CAMBODIA, LAOS, VIETNAM Land mines, Temples. Hardwood. Water puppets.
22	MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, BALI The big scrub. The safest city. Lay back.	23	AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND Journals not available yet.
24	Argentinean and Chilean PatagoniA Windswept end of the world	25	CHILE – ARGENTINA: SOUTH CENTRAL Landslide; The pass is closed!
26	EASTER ISLAND The furthest neighbours.	27	NORTHERN ARGENTINA & A BIT OF BRAZIL Other Overlanders. Birds & broken bridges.
28	BOLIVIA. Drive on the right – not always.	29	PERU Airline folds; tickets worthless.
30	ECUADOR Gateway to the Galapagos	31	COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA Beware of the FARC and bandits!
32	THE THREE GUIANAS 5 Ferries. 3 Languages.	33	VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA Where is Punta Gallinas?
34	Central America Two close escapes	35	MEXICO A bumpy drive
36	SOUTH-WESTERN USA Suspicious vehicle in the parking lot.	37	SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS – A travel without Dipli
38	NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA Splat!	39	YUKON AND ALASKA Klunk! Klunk!
40	ROCKIES’ EAST SIDE Hit by a Big Rig!	41	SOUTH EASTERN USA Friendly Americans
42	NORTH CENTRAL USA Stopped by the FBI

TRAVELS WITH DIPLI - by Leoné Vorster (with technical annotations by Jan Vorster).