This expedition listing is about Liam and Luke’s overland adventure tour driving through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Napal and beyond. Driving the most unlikely expedition vehicle, these crazy adventurers have not chosen an expedition 4 x 4 but are 9500 miles into their overland tour driving an 11 year old VW estate car. And it already had 136,000 miles on the clock. Fair shout!
Overland Adventure Expedition – Getting started..
Spare key for the day I lose the original. Baseball bat for when I need to open a can of beans in a hurry. My kettle for when I want to spill boiling water over my hand. Three man tent for the nights I meet a hot Swedish chick and her equally hot friend.
Compass….for finding the car in the dark after a skip of pints. Medical kit filled with hangover cures, baby prevention plastic and 1 plaster, incase of an accident. The thickest sleeping bag I could find..suitable for the arctic because I hear Iran has really being effected by global warming.
No real destination, map or plan to take me there, sure ill figure it out along the way.
Overland adventure tour – Iran, Iraq and Pakistan
These lads certainly don’t lack spirit, determination and a sense of adventure..
We were all very brave men when we were telling everyone that we were going to Iraq but as we came closer and closer to the border a little bit of worry/panic started to set into us all. Nervous laughs and jokes was the order of the day.
Seje was the worst by far and to be fair he had good reason being an American and standing out of a crowd like he did didn’t help the situation. I have to admit I was worried he might attract some unwanted attention to us which could escalate into something more serious.
Due to the unstable situation in Pakistan at this time the Pakistan government required us to have an armed guard or armed police escort with us at all times and we felt it was obviously safer to have someone with us then going it alone.
What normally happened with the guards was that every 20 or 30 kilometres there would be a police check point where we would fill in our details and pick up a new guard. A truck driver didn’t get out of the way fast enough so our escort smashed his wing mirror…that some rights the gardai don’t have
The main round-about into Tehran…it was like demolition derby trying to get on and off the bloody thing. After driving in and out of Istanbul I thought I had experienced the worst driving im likely to see along my trip…..what a fool I was.
The Lonely Planet description sum’s it up perfectly: “Almost anything goes on these roads and often does. Its not unusual to see motorbikes weaving between pedestrians on the footpath in an attempt to escape the gridlock or cars reversing down the highway at speed along an expressway to reached that missed exit
The sheer volume of traffic can be overwhelming and makes crossing the street seem like a game of Russian roulette, only in this game there are few empty chambers”.
To read Liam and Luke’s funny blog about their overland adventure travelling in the unlikeliest expedition vehicle please visit rusheeneast.blogspot.com
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Am I getting it right, driving in an 11 year old car to Europe, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Nepal and beyond. Maybe that is why you call it adventurous. Guts!