The Overlanders

So...it's now day 8 of my 11 day Overlanding trip. I had no idea I had such the camper in me. Last night I had the option of upgrading to a dorm room for $1 USD, and I declined and chose to stay in my tent instead! Who knew?!

In addition to the many amazing sites (which I'll cover in another post), I've gotten to know some amazing fellow travelers. And one of the most shocking things I've learned is that my 3 month trek is child's play. Many of the folks on my truck are on 6, 8, 10 month trips -- no joke! Given my new penchant for camping, I kinda wish I'd planned to spend more of my time here in tents -- it's so much cheaper, I could've stretched my 3 months much further!

One example, Nora, a Brit in her late thirties who for the past five years has spent 6 months of each year working as a pediatrist in London, and then has traveled Africa the other 6! And Steve, the 26 year old American from Michigan, who is in the middle of a 10 month trip that looks like this: Iceland, Ireland, England, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, AFRICA, and next he'll hit Kuwait, India and then South East Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, etc.). There are several other Brits, Laura, Steph & Mark, who are on one-year work visas, traveling, and planning longer stints in Australia where they'll get jobs to repad their bank accounts and continue on. Very interesting people, and such travel inspirations! Anyone can do it, you just have to get out there! :)

Mere