Overland Travel Guide Archives

Obligations at Home

Although you will leave home to hit the road, there are some things at home to keep in mind. It depends on your home country, the length of your travel, if you plan to return at all and of course, if you prefer to keep or to get rid of stuff. We give you some information for your trip planning and your obligations at home.

Emergencies and insurances, the worldtrip emergency plan

Although nobody is looking for it and everybody tries to stay out of it: an emergency can happen, anytime and anywhere. May it be a health emergency, may your car brake down in the middle of nowhere. For these situations we give you insight how we prepared ourselves.

Training for an Overland Trip

Not only your body should be (at least a little bit) trained for a longer overland trip. But there are other things we recommend you to train before you leave, like a First Aid training and a fun offroad training. Your driver’s licence days might be way in the past. And you might not be a nurse or a doctor. Before we talk about the technical, car related stuff, we advise you to do a First Aid training. Actually, there is not more to say. It is always, not only but also

Visa extension report: Extending the Pakistan visa in Islamabad, Pakistan

We extended our Pakistan visa in Islamabad. It is a pretty long process but if you follow these steps, you will be happy to have more time in this great country. We could extend, or better say changed visa from 30 days to 180 days, from single entry to…

Sources of Information

For every trip you have to collect at least some basic information about your travel destination and the required papers etc.
Even when you just leave for two weeks on the beach we recommend to learn some words in the local language. Don’t be afraid the people will answer your broken