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Not so easy my friend. I've done all that stuff you mentioned, when I was in government service and later in business. It's boring, believe me. And I really hate airplane travel, especially the non-stop long distance ones. Worse still, I hate airplane travel where I have to make connections to another airplane. Lost luggage always worry me. And cramped seats, cramped toilets and just too many people minding their own business gobbling down airline food served by grumpy old stewardesses. Ugggh...
If you still think 4WD overland travelling is crazy, then read this story about a Brunei lady and her husband in their solitary Land Cruiser, doing an overland trip from Cape Town right up north into Egypt and across the Sinai into Jordan, Syria and Turkey. Then into Europe and back again eastward into China and down to Malaysia and back to Brunei. This is the website. Fascinating.
From Cape Town to Kuala Lumpur
A Mindef team with full RMN and RMAF support successfully attempted a 4WD overland from Cape Town to Kuala Lumpur covering 14 countries namely South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Thailand. 13x4WD vehicles and some 50 personnel participated in this 33-day endurance journey of over 20,000 km and two sea crossings. However, it didn't get into the Malaysian Guiness Book of Records. Real crazy, huh. Read on...
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With overland travel, you choose your own route, what you want to see and do. It's fun camping along the way; wonderful fresh air and beautiful natural environment. Everybody is a friend and there is a lot of camaraderie. Of course we don't camp all the time. We also stay in 5-star hotels; depending on how the country rates its hotels.
We sometimes cook out, especially for lunch when we can't find a restaurant along the way. A simple nasi goreng with eggs, ikan bilis and vegetables bought at the last town, tastes even better than what the best of KL can dish out.
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You'll never see this kind of sights on an airplane journey. You're too busy sleeping, watching a movie on a 5" LCD panel, reading inflight magazines or eating. Or waiting for the "Toilets Aft" light to go off indicating a free toilet. Having reached your hotel in the city, regretfully your canned tour itinerary can't include such exotic sights because they are on a different continent. |
Why not meet people like this instead. She is old but certainly not grumpy. Rather her smiles radiate her pleasure at meeting us strangers from a distant land she knows not where, but nevertheless pleased to pose for us for nothing. |
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And non-Malaysians are especially innovative
So, if it's not your cup of tea, never mind. It's certainly mine (and the people above whose exploits should at least be admired). In the last four years of my overland travel, I think I've learnt more of this world and had a better understanding of ancient history than the last 50 years of business-cum-holiday airline style travelling as you all know it. By the way, try reading these books; you might get inspired:
Here is a trip that should be affordable to you in time and money:
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It's not crazy...
Where else can you meet a Customs officer like this except in Latino Americano...
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