Overland adventurers Alec and Jan Forman share how they prepared for their 40,000-mile Land Rover road trip across Africa, Asia, and Europe in 1977.
The best part of overland travel is the people you meet along the way. These strangers helped Alec and Jan along their 40,000-mile, 29-country expedition from England to Nepal and back, via the Sahara Desert!
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Early one morning in the Himalayans, Alec and Jan drove out in pursuit of the highest motorable road in the world—Khardung La—despite it being forbidden.
Before the war, 1970s Afghanistan was a picture of majestic mountain ranges and quiet villages. Follow along an overland trek through the Hindu Kush, visit the Minaret of Jam, and Buddhas of Bamiyan.
In the days before GPS, crossing the Sahara Desert meant navigating 1,000 miles off-road with only a map, compass, and binoculars. One couple recounts their 1977 Land Rover desert adventure.