The Camel Trophy undoubtedly conjures attractive images of adventure and exploration using Land Rovers in the way they were built to be used, and these days I reckon there is still a market for these events. So what can you do? Make your own!

This Youtube user did, albeit in…

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This is a guest post by Dominic O’Neill. He currently works for DFID in Sierra Leone and for 4 years worked for Raleigh International on 10 expeditions in Namibia, Mongolia and Patagonia. He will soon be moving to Nepal and has sold his 300Tdi to buy a Puma Defender. He…

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So it seems that these days, to go round the world in a Land Rover means that you need an accompanying website. It’s a great way to keep a journal about what you get up to, to inform your friends and family at home and inspire others. Over the years…

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I thought i’d share this little episode of the time I got the Land Rover stuck in the jungle when all by myself. Nothing focusses the mind more than a survival situation and nothing teaches you more about driving off road than getting stuck up to your axles in mud.…

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In a new series of posts, I will be looking into current Land Rover Expeditions and following them as they go from the Expeditions section. To start with I have been following this year’s winners of the RGS Go Beyond Bursary, whereby teams submit a plan for an…

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So you’re in a Defender and the clutch pedal isn’t working. That’s okay, you just have to match the revs to the speed of the gearbox. Ok. Oh no, we’re entering Accra and there’s four lanes of traffic on a three lane highway. Okay, just coast to a stop and…

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Started on the plans and materials list for the Chiquibul South Ranger Station project. Not before being called into town by Greg mid morning and then dossing around with a long lunch in Hanna’s and getting back to the office at 3:30.

Well the plans and materials have to be…

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Loz and I hotfooted our way down the Gale’s Point after much um-ing and ah-ing about Placencia, Monkey River Town or some other interesting place down south and far away from Cayo. Came across a group of 4 guys on the Coastal road with a puncture in their shite Nissan…

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At least for a bit i got to have a trip to Belmopan to get our visas extended. Good to do some driving and not staring at a computer.

Diagnosed the new noises on the Land Rover. Scraping noise = brake pad worn to the metal and has grooved the…

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Antonio took us on a tour of the Mayan offering cave, showing us all the pots and bones, but it was the obsidian that caught my attention. A crystalline shard that’s razor sharp and a very useful tool. Spent an hour down there and a few squeeze through bits and…

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Supposed to be leaving with the others to go into the Chiquibul for a 1 night recce, but encoding the video’s taking ages so I would be meeting them there. After trawling San Ig for a fast internet connection and uploading the videos to the UK, it’s 16:30. 15 mins…

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Greg and I had a meeting with Wilbur Sabido, Chief Forest Officer for Belize, a very influencial man. I’ve heard a lot about him this year but it was good to put a face to a name. The Forestry Department of Belize is fully of very educated, passionate and personable…

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New steering rod bought, tools collected, another 2.5 hour drive almost to Las Cuevas to fit the rod to the stranded Land rover. “Screw the ends in, drop it in and tighten up”, the army lads said. Lying in a jungle stream under a Land Rover with mossies buzzing in…

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Well give the Army boys a chance to get out of camp to do some good and they’ll jump at the chance. Got there for 8am and sat around drinking tea and chatting with the Welsh Guards. Eventually, there I am driving through the jungle, followed by a green ‘Wolf’…

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With a map of the Chiquibul, we tried to find two dotted lines on, that signified the only northern roads towards the northern boundary of the Chiquibul National Park, which is an intended project. Needing to find a source of water there and a possible casevac route, launched the Land…

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