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Land Rover Defender – Our African Retirement Estate on Wheels

Sep 28, 2016 · by Russ · In: Safari Travels Tagged: Defender TD5, Land Rover Defender, Landy, Personal Discovery, RUSS, Saving Wildlife, Second Wind, Traveling Africa, Vehicle

Confidence in the bush with “all” the comforts of home. Let us show you how this Land Rover Defender became our home while traveling Africa searching for people saving wildlife. I first pictured OVERLANDING in Africa as driving our old 2001 Land Rover Defender through deep sand or muddy impossible Jungle from the Sahara to the Cape. Actually, Margrit and I spend 80% of our time on tar or gravel. Traveling to magnificent places and meeting people who save wildlife throughout Southern and Eastern Africa. But there are still a lot of raw places left. So we prepared for hard core!…

Second Wind – Land Rover Defender TD5, Right Vehicle?

Feb 1, 2015 · by Russ · In: Safari Travels Tagged: #NikelaAfrica, Land Rover, Landy, Overlanding, RUSS, Second Wind, TD5, Vehicle

When Overlanding in Africa the right vehicle is as much about you as the 4×4. If you can believe it, there are OVERLANDERS who actually peddle their bikes around the world. We also met a man who has traveled the world’s highways with his motorcycle and side car for the past 10 years. He does go home to visit his wife in France for a month or two each year. ;}) Another amazing little gal from Japan was two years into her 4 year solo journey with a backpack, a suitcase and public transportation. While admirable, these methods are too…