Recent content by John and Mandi

Never underestimate a "cisginger".

As someone who has spent years overlanding through other countries I can share numerous stories of overlanders getting robbed at gunpoint in countries that don't allow citizens to own guns. More were robbed at knife point. We spent 85% of our camping time alone (just the two of us) in many...

We have both a collapsible non-electric and an electric one which have been great. We traded for the electric one in Mexico in 2019, we had a larger glass electric we bought for a rental but didn't want to carry it in the van. Do watch the flame if you end up with a non-electric. Our electric...

Nah, as far as I can tell, more people than ever are engaging in multi-country vehicle dependent travel. Now, trendy rooftop tent camping may be diminishing.

What's strange? Maybe I can help.

We're more than happy to share but you'd need to be a bit more specific with your questions. In a nutshell we spent an average of $96.64 per day over the 559 days we drove S.A ($54,022.94). That includes shipping from Panama to Colombia, shipping the rig back to the US from Uruguay, all of our...

If you are looking for full coverage there might be a company but, as far as we know, all the US companies stopped offering it a long time ago...maybe a European company will do it. For the required insurance: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru are purchased in country (either at the border or one of...

Great to hear you're all sorted and moving on from the shake down phase.

My family camped and I progressed from Cub Scout through Boy Scout so lots of camping, backpacking, and canoe camping trips. Once married we car camped then eventually bought a used pop-up, upgraded to a 13ft travel trailer, years later a van, back to a travel trailer but 25ft, eventually ending...

Nah, it's not dead...well, less people are camping but multi-year multi country vehicle dependent travel is still growing. Very few of the supposed influencers/YouTubers were ever considered overlanders by those that fit the traditional usage of the word. I know there is debate of what the...

It's a house more than a vehicle :wink:. I remember when a friend of ours, on a Pan-Am specific group, had recommended a fridge over long travel and was flamed by members who had never driven through even one of the countries that encompass the Pan-Am (let alone a foreign one). I'm not saying...

We were surprised at how a strong rear end and decent torque took us through lots of stuff the smaller (lighter) rigs had to use 4wd. We felt bad recommending a hot spring to friends in a Montero that barely made it in 4-lo, we drove it in 2wd without issue...twice. The flip side is we always...

While there are many differences in what the term "Overlanding" means, multi-year or full-time does tend to mean the same for those that do it. No matter one's experience level when setting off on a very long overlanding journey we all end up being much more conservative in our route choices...

We cut our tire winch out and installed a skid plate that also held our 4D battery. Now that we changed to lithium the skid plate is empty. Doing over I would have installed the battery inside and kept the spare underneath. Once it's your only home you don't tackle unnecessary trails and will...

Looking good. I'm wondering why the spare isn't underneath? -J