Category: Presentations 2018

André van Huizen has been traveling to all corners of this globe for more than 30 years. In 2001 he bought a LandCruiser and with that he traveled to Iceland. 5 years later, in 2006, the trip of a lifetime started: in 6 trips of 2 months each, he traveled to Cape Town. From there he made seven more trips through southern Africa. In 2013 the cruiser came back to the Netherlands by container, where André simply cut the bodywork through the middle and built a completely new camper unit. A number of idiosyncratic choices made the LandCruiser a unique expedition camper that in the meantime made two half-year trips in South America.

André will show two short compilation films and he will also tell you a few things about the construction of the camper.

Joost and Marijke travel by 4x4 since 2009. During previous trips to Chile and Botswana they became infected with the 4x4 virus. Such a car will take you just that little bit further off the beaten track and closer to nature. Initially they bought a Landcruiser HZJ75 that was converted as a camper. With this car they traveled to South America for a 5-month trip.

In 2012, Joost and Marijke exchanged the Landcruiser for a Toyota Hilux with an Exkab camper unit: their 5-star hotel on wheels. In 2016 they traveled to Iran , Armenia and Georgia. These countries have enormously surprised them in a positive way. Everything you hear about Iran in the media can not be reconciled with the hospitality you meet there. Georgia has also positively surprised them: beautiful nature, hospitable people, rugged roads and wonderful wild camping.

Despite their busy jobs, Joost and Marijke manage to travel for a few months every few years. An absolute privilege. This gives them the opportunity to explore countries that they do not really know. Next year they plan a 4-month trip to Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

During Discover Overland Joost and Marijke tell you why it is worth traveling to Iran!

In 2014, Nancy, Guido and their dog Senja visited a presentation about shipping your own car to North America. Wow, how cool would that be! But, how to arrange that? And what would it cost? How does is work, flying with a dog? After finding the answers to almost all of their questions, in 2017 they ship their car to North America for a 6 month road trip: from Halifax to Fairbanks, then via the east coast and a bit inland to Houston. A great adventure, that left them want for more. A great continent for wild camping, overwhelming and diverse scenery, very friendly and helpful people and very dog friendly.

Making a nice fire, fishing, pancakes in the morning, camping with fellow travellers or by our own on the greatest spots, seeing wild life, inhaling fresh air, doing the laundry, into the mountain, witnessing the Northern Lights, telling storing and listening to other traveller’s stories, Walmart, enjoying each other’s company, Senja who is probably in over 1,000 photo books, making friends, celebrating Thanksgiving and going to a casino in Las Vegas wíth the dog.

The nomadic existence is in my blood; countless times I was on out and about with my backpack and my tent, both in The Netherlands and abroad. I rode my bicycle along the Dutch coast all the way to Denmark. I discovered motorhome life by parking my house on wheels in Spain wherever I liked it for about six months. Later I lived in a camper on a farm in England. After years of living in temporary settlements around the world for work in development and emergency aid, I left my last home in Switzerland in 2016 for a motorcycle trip through South America. After a short stopover to change the engine, I set off in the direction of Vladivostok from Ulicoten in the Netherlands after attending Discover Overland in 2017.

The goal is completely unimportant to me; the journey is what counts. I choose consciously for long and slow travel. Wild camping is an elementary part of this. How do you choose a good camping spot for tent or camper? How do you ensure your safety and how do you stay healthy when you are on the road for a longer period of time? Many travelers would like to camp in the wild, but experience a big barrier; after my presentation with practical tips you will see that it is mainly a matter of doing!

We are Beernt Berghuis and Nick Rogmans and like so many crazy stories ours also started in a pub with a beer (or maybe two). With childish naivety we left with our Golf 2 to the east and 232 days later we were proud to be in Singapore. On departure the counter already gave 327,000 kilometers, and at the end of the journey we could safely add 40,000 kilometers.

This bizarre road trip went through Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore.

The old Golf 2 with its 1.6 diesel that once produced 55 hp has kept surprisingly good. Even a collision with an Audi Q7 in Poland, 20 flat tires, a broken alternator, a rattled-off battery, and some other defects, were not enough to stop the Gulf.

The landscapes of the Pamir Highway, the beautiful nature in Kyrgyzstan, and the hospitality of the people in Iran were some of the highlights of the trip. But each country had new adventures to offer which made it too much to mention.

We have camped as much as possible since we like it. We had enough equipment with us and could survive for three weeks on our stock of canned food, if only we had water. In the big cities we have mainly used hostels and homestays where every time new people meet.

During Discover Overland we take you on a journey and we relive the trip to Singapore.

Nina en Florian travelled '2-up' on a Honda Transalp 'from home to home', from  New-Zealand where they lived for a few years to Germany where are from originally. An great trip which they documented with a daily blog and lots of amazing pictures.

They come to Discover Overland 2018 with their presentation: "Loose Screws & Tight Fits":  11 months from New Zealand To Germany. A collection of anecdotes from 46.000 km on the road. Stories about amazing places and emotional encounters. But also challenges you might have heard about before: Money, mishaps and mental health on the road.