Reference Sites for Travelers
The most valuable reference sites we came across.
- 4ever2wherever: travel documents repository
- Africa Border Monitor: status overview with travel details for every African border
- Africa Overland: portal to websites of independent travelers
- Auto Driver Club: overview traffic rules in many countries
- Fuel costs Europe and world
- Foreign Affairs Netherlands and UK: travel advice
- Horizons Unlimited: mainly for motor bikes, but contains also useful information for travelers with other transport
- iOverlander: global database of camping facilities visited by overlanders
- Mozambique News Reports and Clippings: newsletter about the political situation in Mozambique
- Open Street Map: public domain maps. Also to contribute with points-of-interest and GPS tracks
- Overland Sphere: overlander blogs
- Overlandersforum: Belgian site for overlanders
- Overlanding Association Travel Advice: clickable map with overview per country of required paperwork, travel and traffic restriction
- Overpass turbo: tool to extract any information from Open Street Map (like "all campsites in Namibia)" to text or a file that can be loaded in the navigation system
- Pet Travel: regulations for travel with pets
- Photovoltaic Graphical Information System: tool to calculate the performance of solar panel systems
- Prepaid SIM wiki: detailed description of offerings of mobile phone providers in many countries
- Visa and health requirements for countries as used by airlines: IATA consumer portal
- Toyota do-it-yourself: Toyota parts and documents
Useful Facebook Groups
- African overlanders: discussion group for overland travelers in Africa
- Cooking gas around the world: connection standards and availability of gas for cooking. See also the background document and overview tables on Google Drive
- Nederlandse Overlanders: discussion group for Dutch overlanders
- Overlanding Africa: discussion group for overland travelers in Africa
- Overlanding South America: discussion group for overland travelers in South America
- Overland Sphere: discussion group for (mainly overland) travelers worldwide
- Overland to Asia: discussion group for overland travelers in Asia
- Pan American Travelers Association: discussion group for (mainly overland) travelers in the America's
- Thailand Regulations: new regulation affecting overland travelers to Thailand
Travel Blogs
- 4x4travelbox (Andrew & Martine)
- AdEnBernadette (Ad & Bernadette)
- Africa2Breda (Peter & Trudy)
- Amsterdam to Anywhere (Peter & Leonie)
- Andreas' videos (Andreas)
- Armitage (Steve)
- Around the World in Many Days (Peter & Els)
- Auf und davon (Peter & Gaby)
- Babken (Bruno & Murielle)
- Backroad Vagrants (Heiner & Anna)
- Blogyssee (Theorey & Annemarie)
- Bobotie-time (Bart & Jasmin)
- Bos'Trotters (Arnoud, Mélanie, Liou, Jade & Alix)
- Carla de Graaff (Bob & Carla)
- Chacha & Xavier around the world (Xavier & Charlotte)
- Charreschmieri (Christian & Fabienne)
- DaCaLuF (David, Caroline, Lucile & Felix)
- Dare2Go (Jürgen & Yasha)
- Dave & Christine travel notes (Dave & Christine)
- Dave and Meryl (Dave & Meryl)
- Desk to Glory (Richard & Ashley)
- Die Welt erfahren (Carsten)
- Double Dutch World Safari (Robert & Clary)
- Dutch on Wheels (Ralph & Janneke)
- Exploring the World (Gerard & Betty)
- Flinking Around (Maarten)
- Footloose 4x4, (Alan & Sue)
- GeoCruiser (Rob & Nettie)
- Gewoon gaan (Paul & Renate)
- Har en Mar op reis (Harald & Mariska)
- Het Gele Slakkenhuis (Eelke & Maaike)
- Hoi Pipeloi door Afrika (Marcel, Marga, Fleur & Tom)
- Iejoor de bushtaxi (Bert & Anita)
- Ithaka (Isa & Youri)
- Joost & Marijke op reis (Joost & Marijke)
- Kump (Norman, Stéphanie, Gaspard & Faustine)
- LandCruising Adventure (Coen & Karin-Marijke)
- Lab op stap (Kaj & Sabine)
- Landcruising Africa gaat ver weg (Nico & Joska)
- Le bonheur est dans le voyage (Alexandra & Patrik)
- Les Poupiz (Vincent & Lucie)
- Les Trainards (Guy & Claudie)
- Life remotely (Kobus & Jessica)
- Living our Dream (Stephen & Lillian
- Llevados por el Viento (Jor & Gonza)
- Lost and Found Adventures (Jon & Jude)
- Maarten & Marjon's reisblog (Maarten & Marjon)
- Mantoco (Thomas & Constanze)
- Message in a Bus (Simon & Lore)
- MM on the Road (Marc & Marieke)
- Move to Meet (Frank & Stina)
- My ticket to ride (Roel & Azure)
- P&M Travel (Piet & Marjan)
- Ranamundo (Andreas & Kathrin)
- Randulinas (Stefan & Iris)
- Regenbögen (Regenbögen family)
- Runterwegs (Patrick & Verena)
- Sancho Trip (Glauco & Caroline)
- Skippapaise (Klaas & Sippie)
- Slippers op reis (Emiel & Saskia)
- Slouli (Jörg & Regula)
- Solo Scooterist (Michael)
- Song of the road (Sam & Erica)
- Star Travel One (Tim & Xenia)
- Tarmo (Tarmo)
- The Belgian and the Aussie (Hendrik & Ali)
- There is no try (Guido & Lilian)
- This must be the pace (Olaf & Mirla)
- Tony & Betty Lee (Tony & Betty)
- TransAfrica (Marc & Doro)
- Tuck's Travels in a Truck (Marcus & Julie)
- Twee Globetrotters (Ronald & Rini)
- Two Dutchies (Magda & Fred)
- Un Paraguayo Rodando el Mundo (Carlos & Estela)
- Van de Zwarteplak naar zwart Afrika (Ton & Ingrid)
- Viaje.ch (Martin & Claudia)
- Watch the world (Timm & Marie)
- Wear the fox hat (Scott & Helene)
- Judith-Wilfred (Wilfred & Judith)
- Zo ver en verder (Pim)
- Zuidkaper (Jos & Maria)
Suppliers
- Abgefahren: third party liability insurance South America
- ADAC: Carnet de Passages (Germany)
- All American Imports: Toyota maintenance and adaptations (Netherlands)
- Eduardo Kessler: clearance agency Montevideo
- El Pasaje: Spanish course in Buenos Aires
- Enlace Caribe: shipping agent Cartagena
- Emarat Group Jeddah: ferry Saudi Arabia to Sudan (Saudi Arabia)
- Explore Peru 4x4: support with vehicle storage in Lima
- AON: legal support insurance (Netherlands)
- ITS Transport: car shipment Colombia-Antwerpen
- Innovation Campers: expedition campers (Germany)
- Iranian Visa: authorisation visa Iran (Iran)
- Land Cruiser Adventure: 4WD accessories (Netherlands)
- Legerstee watersport: repair diesel stove (Netherlands)
- Me Gusta Spanish: Spanish Course in Sucre, Bolivia
- Ohra: travel insurance, third party liability insurance (Netherlands)
- Raiden Travel & Tours: visa Sudan (Sudan)
- RV4WD Landcruisers: LandCruisers and parts (Netherlands)
- Tour Factory: LandCruiser parts and expedition material (Germany)
- TourInsure: third party liability insurance traffic Middle East, Africa (Germany)