Category: Presentations

Graham Field is a compulsive traveller, with a compelling manner of honesty and a healthy sense of humour.

Travel on his mind, bikes in his blood and little in his wallet, Graham's low budget journeys, viewed with humour and honesty have inspired many to hit the road in search of their dreams. Or how one little comment on a TV game show, turned an already nomadic life into a low budget lifestyle of motorcycle travel.

Graham is a solo traveller at heart. With his observations and occasional relations, he takes you along to Mongolia, Iraq, the Arctic Circle and many other distant destinations. With a life time of travel anecdotes and hard-earned wisdom, Graham's view of the planet is unique and contagious.

Graham is the author of three books, which he's recently recorded as audiobooks. He was twice nominated as 'Most Inspiring Adventure Rider' by Adventure Bike TV. Graham is also a resident co-host on Adventure Rider Radio RAW together with Sam Manicom and Grant Johnson of Horizons Unlimited. He is a columnist for ABTV and writes articles for various publications worldwide.

After various shorter motorbike trips, through Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Iceland, Morocco, Namibia and many other countries, it became undeniably clear that Tom and Caroline had some serious motorcycle adventure travel blood running through their veins. So Caroline wasn’t all that surprised when Tom made up a plan to go travel for ‘just that little bit longer’.

They love to take you on their adventure that in the end took a 2 full years. At first they rode their brand new Husky 701 enduros through Africa, mainly along the west coast. They then shipped their bikes to South America, crossed the Americas from Argentina to Alaska and finally traveled the States from west to east.

They would love you to get excited about traveling by telling you about the crazy border crossing games, about the life among the locals, the dilemma of on vs off road, wild camping on the most beautiful spots on earth, the day-to-day vagabond life – no clock or stress around – and off course the many ‘ooooohs’ and ‘aaaaahs’ when they discover once more what this magnificent world has to offer.

So get ready for numerous anecdotes and pictures and be prepared for adding a few more items to your bucket lists!

Benno and Thecla got the travel bug hitchhiking short distances in the Zaan area in Holland. One time, they got idea the idea to go and stick their thumb out on the other side of the road. The world lay open! Seven months hitchhiking later they arrived in Damascus.

Their next challenge was on the motorbike, an old Royal Enfield. Via Algeria they managed to cross the Sahara. All of a sudden and completely by surprise, they found themselves in West Africa. Via the Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, they made their way through to Central Africa, through the rain forests of Congo via Uganda and Kenya to Tanzania. 22,000 km from home.

But with that, their hunger for the open road was not satisfied. After 29,000 km through Canada, Alaska, the US and Mexico and another 9 months and 31,000 km through South America, Thecla wanted to see Namibia and Benno Ethiopia. In their presentation they tell you all about their last journey from the southern tip of Africa back to their roots in Noord-Holland. A 43,000 km long adventure through the African continent with their old trusted Royal Enfield.

René and Corine left for Alaska in June 2018. The plan: to ride their Triumph Tiger 800 and Explorer 1200 in one year all the way to Ushuaia, Argentina. Together they traveled to many corners of the world: motorbike trips through Europe or backpacking on other continents. However, discovering the American continent on their own motorbikes was a completely new experience. Despite 30 years of motorbike experience, they now faced completely new challenges.

In this presentation, they take you along on their 40,000 km trip. They share their experiences of the past year and show you their preparations before setting off. Insurance, negative travel advice, border crossings, roadblocks, natural disasters, Spanish  language challenges, engine maintenance, transport and flights, budgeting and challenging road surfaces. You can discover it all during their presentation. Join them on their journey through the beautiful nature and culture of the Americas and their meetings with very hospitable and fantastic people.

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.