Overlanding is vehicle-based, self-reliant, long-distance travel where the journey is more important than the destination. We discovered overlanding in 2018, after we had already been traveling full-time for four years.
We weren’t sure if we were cut out for the level of intentional self-deprivation that overlanding requires–especially because we were traveling with a one-year-old at the time! But our shakedown trips into Mexico had us hooked, and we ended up doing 4,000 miles through the interior and the full Baja Peninsula.
In 2018, we started preparing to overland around the world. As of October 2021, we launched our 10- to 15-year journey across all six habitable continents.
We have three subcategories you may be interested in:
- North America documents our overlanding adventures on the North American continent, including our travels through interior Mexico and Baja.
- Gear and Build is full of articles about our personal overlanding builds, as well as our recommendations for you, from experience. By sharing our mistakes, we hope to save you time, money, and sweat equity. No need to reinvent the wheel!
- Resources is pretty self-explanatory, full of overlanding suggestions and strategies to help you on your way.
Princess and the Pea Mission for Riverside Village in Nicaragua (Video)
We’ve mentioned it’s rainy season in Central America. But in the San Juan del Sur area of Nicaragua, recent flooding was worse than anyone has seen in years. Aid groups
How Much Did It Cost to Build Our Jeep Gladiator for Overlanding the World?
Money is a common roadblock to travel. So it’s no surprise the questions we get most often are, “How do you afford to travel full-time?” and “How much did your
Our Jeep Got Stuck in Nicaragua (Video)
It’s been an eventful few weeks for us. We got pulled over by the police for the first time in Honduras (we shared that story on our Patreon) and narrowly
Survived a Tornado in Honduras (Video)
It’s rainy season in Honduras. The rains come every day, typically in the afternoon and through the night. Our Jeep home is built well for rain, so it isn’t much
Overland Border Crossing Into Honduras (Video)
There are seven countries in Central America and we have now driven through more than half of them. In this week’s video, we document our border crossing from El Salvador
Is Overlanding Through El Salvador Dangerous? (Video)
Every country we’ve visited south of the U.S. border, we’ve had to process through a lot of negative commentary. There’s always someone telling us how dangerous it is and that
Top 10 Classes We’d Be Attending at Overland Expo West 2022 if We Weren’t Driving Through Central America
Overland Expo is a high point of the year for us. There are four Expo events taking place in 2022, with Overland Expo West being the oldest and largest. We
Paragliding Over Lake Atitlán in Guatemala (Video)
We spent three wonderful weeks in Antigua and began wondering whether we’d ever leave. Eric came down with a stomach bug last week, which is why we weren’t able to
