Overland Around The World - Dipli Travel Diaries

Overland Travels with DIPLI

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 overland expedition experience of different continents, cultures and countries in their Land Rover.

Jan and Leone have completed their Journey as envisaged when started in June 1998. However they plan to continue travelling as long as physically able to.

This journey up to June 2014:
Time on the road (excluding home visits): 7 years 5 months
Kilometres driven: 298 000 Countries visited: 111 (with Dipli). US States: 49

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Dipli Overlander Travel diaries

	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	43	NORTH EASTERN USA Mansions and Maple Syrup
44	QUEBEC & the MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA Furthest East in North America	45	UNITED KINGDOM - Travellers’ Reunions
46	SCANDINAVIA	47	BALKAN Europe’s powder keg – no longer
48	ITALY Islands re-visited (after 44 years)	49	SOUTH WEST EUROPE Journey as planned in 1998, completed

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