On the Road at Last

Part 1: The End of the Durban Era After ten days of waiting as our vehicle’s official entry into South Africa was delayed over and over, we were finally able to begin our trip in earnest. It was a great relief to get out of Durban. Although we were fortunate to be staying in a […]

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U.S. Customs Crushes Land Rover Defender

I hope you’re not a fan of Defenders.  If so, you probably don’t want to watch this video.
In Baltimore last week, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol sadly destroyed a Land Rover Defender 110 which it seized in April after discovering that it had been altered to appear...
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En Route

Below: Our Defender loaded into its container in preparation for its four-week journey to port and across the rolling seas. It is travelling on the MSC Janine, a rather prosaically named cargo ship from Panama. There is a website on which one can read the ‘Vessel Details’,...
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Vehicles of Overland Expo 2013: LAND ROVER

I have a major soft spot for Land Rovers, and the drool factor at Overland Expo each year with the amazing examples always leaves me thirsty for more. I still think a Defender 130 station wagon with a manual transmission and modern diesel is the ultimate overland vehicle. Now if only I...
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Kenya: The Swahili Coast

Like a worried war-time family gathered around the wireless, we crowded around a small window in a Greek hotel room to see a torrent of protesters surge around the Landie, hurling rocks and abuse at the riot police. In Tahrir … Continue reading →
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