Dan Grec tells us how ordinary people afford multi-year around-the-world overland expeditions.
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Many popular destinations are being stressed by tourist. These issues could become more common as tourism numbers increase. Eleanor Ainge Roy, writing for The Guardian: Milford has become synonymous with beauty, a 54km, four-day tramp through beech forest, over glacier-fed rivers and up the climatic MacKinnon Pass, an alpine crossing more than 1,100 metres above sea-level. […]
Ben Carlin traveled over 17,780 kilometres (11,050 mi) by sea and 62,744 kilometres (38,987 mi) by land during the ten-year journey. Arriving in Montreal on May 1958, he had passed through 38 countries and two oceans, with the entire trip costing him around $35,000. Born in Western Australia, he got the idea for his adventure […]
In 1948, with dreams of fame and fortune, a young Australian mining engineer and his American wife set out to circumnavigate the world, by land and sea, in a single vehicle. The vehicle in question was an amphibious jeep developed by the U.S. Army, which Carlin named Half-Safe. It was a mechanical cross-breed that was […]
Steve Silk, The Guardian » With the smell of the North Sea in my nostrils, I feel a long way from central London, where my journey began amid the tangier aroma of delivery driver diesel. My plan was to go in search of the old road between London and Edinburgh: the one that had served […]
From YouTube » Bahia de Huatulco, State de Oaxaca, Mexico. October 2020. Professional surfer Damien Castera joined Caroline, Corentin, and Guénolé on board the now well-known “Nomade des Mers,” a catamaran currently sailing around the world in search of low-tech innovation, and a pioneer in developing sustainable and affordable technologies.
As a government civil servant, James Gingell was burnt out from working on Brexit and Covid. Trekking the length of Britain, from Land’s End to John o’Groats, was the change he needed. James Gingell, via The Guardian » Walking Land’s End to John o’Groats wasn’t the original plan. All I wanted was freedom. I had […]
The Trans America Trail is a roughly 8,000 km / 5,000 mile vechicular route that crosses the United States using a minimum of paved roads. It is meant to be for leisure, travelled by dual-sport motorcycles, off-road vehicle, or touring bicycle. M. R. O’Connor » He has sold thousands of self-made paper maps and road […]
Euan McKirdy and Maureen O’Hare at CNN write » Japan and Singapore have held onto their position as the world’s most travel-friendly passports. That’s the view of the Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the access each country’s travel document affords. Singapore and Japan’s passports have topped the rankings thanks to both documents offering access […]
Quebec is the biggest province in Canada, and there’s a whole lot to see and do. Destination Canada has put together seven wonderful road trip routes which will take you to some of this provinces’ most beautiful wonders and sought-after experiences. Some of these trips are short, while others will take you quite a bit […]