The “Seasoned Travellers”
Jan and Claire have been travelling together now for over twenty (25) years. Both had their careers in the Aviation industry. Jan is Dutch and Claire is Irish. When they first met, they were experienced aviation travellers. Jan already had some experience of overland travel using his favourite 4X4 heavy duty overland vehicle namely the ‘Unimog’. Not long after they met, Claire was introduced to the Unimog and found it daunting.
- Busy as usual
Out and about
Jan inaugurated Claire into a more robust mode of travel on their first overland trip together, which was in South Africa in a rented camper.
They spent several weeks travelling around this beautiful country and both became more used to the lack of hotel comforts and city facilities or sun, beach and sand resorts while travelling out in the bush and visiting more remote locations than the average tourist undertakes. The route they took on this trip was as follows: starting in Johannesburg, we went down to Durban via Kwazulu-Natal. Next they travelled south along the ‘Garden Route’ all the way to Captetown. From there they headed northwest to Saldanha Bay. Turning eastwards, they cut inland and continued North through the Karoo National Park to Kimberley. After a short break in the journey they continued on in a northerly direction to Pretoria and visited the capital city before venturing south again, to Johanesburg for the return flight to Europe.
Our House while travelling
Our previous travelling house
Mongolia Trip…….. 2002->2003
South America Trip……. 2012->2015
We hope our trip will provide some insight to our experiences and encourage you to venture forth and travel overland to some exotic location at some stage in the future.
The “Seasoned Vehicles”
Our wheels on board
For those of you who are interested in all our little technical side of the journey, I have inserted the details of our vehicle below:
Specifications:
Make: MAN (MaschienenFabrik) 17T Ausburg Nurnberg A.G. Model: mil gl
Year of Manufacture: 1977
Engine Type: Deutz (KHD) BF8L413F
Cylinders: 12
Fuel: Diesel
Axels: 3
Previous Owners: 2
Power: 235kW/320hp @ 2650RPM
Camper Body: Built by: TwigaTravelCars, Rilland, Netherlands : www.twigatravelcars.nl
Below, is a list of Globetrotters links that we have met or come across on our travels in South America
Bikers:
www.b2-gs.de Fred Bauer – German
www.whyweroam.wordpress.com Suma & Hoa – American
4×4 and 6×6 Vehicles:
www.moglander.com Merv & Sarah – Irish couple travelling in a Unimog
www.thirdgear.ch Angelika & Simon – Swiss couple travelling in a Bucher Duro
http://www.happyfeetontour.de/ Jürgen & Ruth – German couple travelling in a MAN
www.amazing-make-it.com Avrelien & Elodie – French couple travelling in a Steyr Pinzgauer 6×6
www.tresviajantes.com Tim & Steffi with their son Jonas – German trio
www.chrigikoelbi.ch Christa & Johann – Swiss couple
www.landcruisingadventure.com Coen & Karin- Dutch (Netherlands) couple
www.thebluetruck.blogspot.com (in Switz Duits) www.thebluetruck-e.blogspot.com (in English) Thomas – Swiss man, driving in a Land Cruiser
http://mariedavid.top-depart.com/ (David & Marie, Swiss couple in La Luna in Otavalo, travelling in a SUV)
Some places where we stayed:
www.cabañasyanuncay.com (Cuenca) email: yanuncay@etaponline.net.ec
www.lalunaecuador.com (Otavalo) La Luna hostel
www.tundaloma.com (Calderon, Ecuador) Aves sanctuary