My Overland Adventure

Around the world in a Land Cruiser
Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio National Park

8th November    MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK Having read online about problems with people parking their cars at the national park and safety issues, we weren‘t too sure what the situation would be and if we would be able to visit one of Costa Rica's most famous...

Tree of Life Rescue Centre

Tree of Life Rescue Centre

5th November       TREE OF LIFE RESCUE CENTRE We explore further down the coast, driving to the small village of Manzanillo hoping to go snorkelling. When we get there, we find the waters are really choppy and the beach is deserted so we have to give the snorkelling a...

Jaguar Rescue Centre

Jaguar Rescue Centre

2nd November A drive down the coast brings us to Puerto Viejo, sandy beaches, palm trees and an endless amount of boutique hotels, cabinas, sodas, restaurants and tourists riding around on bikes.  We stop at a bakery (with slow bad service) for breakfast.  It looked...

Caribbean Costa Rica

Caribbean Costa Rica

CARIBBEAN COSTA RICA The 205km drive to the port city of Puerto Limon takes us around 5 hours on jammed roads, having to continually overtake slow moving trucks and cyclists.  The route takes us via a toll road through Braulio national park and the busy highway 32 all...

Monteverde Cloud Forest

Monteverde Cloud Forest

28th October   MONTEVERDE CLOUD FOREST RESERVE The towns of Monteverde and Santa Elena sit between two cloud forests which straddle both sides of the Continental Divide.   Warm and humid winds from the Caribbean sweep up the mountain slopes where they cool and...

Costa Rica – Arenal

Costa Rica – Arenal

27th October      ARENAL In the morning, the sight of the looming Volcano Arenal is a majestic one, standing like a huge sentinel overlooking the serene waters of Lake Arenal and pastured green hillsides. The volcano was dormant for hundreds of…
Kaikoura – Giant Sperm Whales

Kaikoura – Giant Sperm Whales

3rd  February      KAIKOURA WHALE WATCH TRIP  Kaikoura first attracted Maori who came to harvest the abundant seafood and were followed by European whalers and sealers.  The town is built on the site of a whaling station established in 1843. Giant Sperm Whales are...

New Zealand – The Rainbow Road

New Zealand – The Rainbow Road

5th February     THE RAINBOW ROAD From the spa fun in Hanmer Springs, we drive via Jacks Pass on a bumpy gravel path to the remote and majestic Lake Tennyson formed from a glacial moraine dam, where we camp up for the night under a blanket of stars.   As we are up at...

New Zealand- Molesworth Station

New Zealand- Molesworth Station

4th February      MOLESWORTH STATION Molesworth Station is New Zealand’s largest farm, covering almost half a million acres with the country’s largest herd of beef cattle (up to 10,000 in winter) and also its most remote.  At 900metres, it is the highest occupied year...

New Zealand South Island – Clarence Valley

New Zealand South Island – Clarence Valley

31st January     SOUTH ISLAND-MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS We leave early to catch the Interislander ferry across the Cook Strait through the Marlborough Sounds to the South Island.  After a short wait at the port, we drive on and head upstairs to the seating area which is...

NZ Wellington & Around

NZ Wellington & Around

26th January As we had already been to Hawkes Bay to the east of the island on a previous trip, we decide to head south 170km and 2 hours to the coast and Himatangi Beach driving the scenic roads out of the national park.   Finding a self-contained cabin, we relax for...

Rotorua & Tongariro National Park

Rotorua & Tongariro National Park

19th January    ROTORUA It’s 89km inland and just over an hours drive to Rotorua, NZ’s famous geothermal region which is home to spurting geysers, hot springs and bubbling mud pools.   We had been to Rotorua before on a previous trip from Australia where we lucky to...

Belize to Guatemala Border Crossing

Belize to Guatemala Border Crossing

We were expecting the Melchor de Mencos border crossing from Belize to Guatemala to be trouble free. Exiting Belize was easy; we paid the exit fee, had the passports stamped, cancelled the Temporary Import permit and we were off. The issues happened on the Guatemalan...

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