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Yes, we live in Colombia, although we've been outside the country for about a third of the time in the last decade (big and smaller trips). We haven't tried renting tents in NA, so far. Our next planned NA trip will be 6 months in Canada, with perhaps a month in Alaska. Shipping rates have...

Once you've explored the closer places, and you have more time, I suggest you head south to Tierra del Fuego - some of the best fly fishing in the world! Not a very good photo - I was more focussed on the fishing : )

...and that's why we normally sleep in the vehicle : )

Yes good points - we too have books (lots) waiting for the right moment to read... Good point that having a tent would encourage us to get further into the wild, which would be good. We are minimalist in approach, and have refined our stuff to the point where we do have a bit of space, and...

Good point - we do carry hammocks - not ideal in monsoon season though : )

...or even those who sleep in the vehicle... Interesting question, which got me thinking. We rarely go anywhere we can't reach in the vehicle, and when we've done so (Roraima, for example) we've been able to rent tents locally. So, we don't carry a tent. We do carry sleeping bags, day packs...

Fill the 1990 4Runner with fuel and start travelling. Don't spend anything on it - use the money for fuel. As you travel you'll find you need stuff - something on which to cook, something for which to eat, something from which to drink (this one's important). No reason to do anything other than...

Just for reference: “Big trips” - on average, once every 3 years for 10 months. On the last “big trip” we spent AUD 12,180.00 (= USD 8190.00) to cover around 45,000 km - so about USD 18/100 km. If fuel price had doubled half way through the trip we would have changed nothing - the value of the...

A bit of a generalisation but I'd prefer to recover a lighter vehicle.

Thanks for the clarity - some thoughts to help (I couldn't resist coming up with a long list, so you can pick out the Rockies places at this point): Some of the most enjoyable hiking we’ve experienced has been in Glacier NP, Grand Canyon NP, Rocky Mountain NP, Arches NP, Mount Hood NF, a...

AT tyres, tyre repair kit and compressor, jump leads. After that, figure out how you're going to sleep and eat. Then get out on the road. After that, tow strap, shackles, and damper(s), consider a snorkel and/or winch.

Yes indeed - from my perspective a LC80 or Montero is "full size" and an F350 is "huge size". To answer the question, thinking back to a period when I used to get out into very difficult places my primary vehicle for most of the time was a Patrol and it was extremely capable and reasonably...

1) Yes, I can see that this makes sense. 3) re shipping, although I appreciate that one accepts reality (as for example the price of fuel ), I believe that there's a point at which the numbers change the plan. For example, when we went to Australia in 2019 we weighed the alternatives and chose...

1) Any particular reason for restricting your trip to the USA and not visiting Canada (other than for transit)? I realise that you have limited time however suggest that there's a lot to see/do in Canada. 2) WHat are your interests? The advice will be very different if you're interested in...

Realised that I hadn't answered the original question - what do we do (or consider "overlanding")? Long trips: 11 months around South America, 10 months around Southern & Eastern Africa, 10 months around Australia Short trips: 1 month around Iceland, others in SE Asia, North America...

I did make a couple of errors: should have written: "However, from experience in many bits of the world, you can get most places with a clearance of 250mm. Our current vehicle has a 50mm lift giving clearance of 285mm and has taken us everywhere we've wanted to go including desert crossings...

...and you can rotate the RTT (if fitted on the turret) as needed to get the best view

- Sleeping; roof tent? In vehicle? Pull behind? Our last two vehicles were set up to sleep inside - obviously this works for us since we travel as only two people. We've used a vehicle with a RTT and it was less inconvenient than I had thought, and more convenient in some ways. If you go to a...

As others have said, it depends on what you mean by "anywhere". However, from experience in many bits of the world, you can get most places with a clearance of 250mm. Our current vehicle has a 50mm lift giving clearance of 285mm and has taken us everywhere we've wanted to go including desert...

You'r right of course, in terms of new vehicle availabilty, however Shoguns were sold until last year in some parts of Europe, so there are some very good ones around. If it has to be a new vehicle then there are none. We travelled in two countries in Europe last month and Pajeros/Shoguns were...