Anyone else following The Tiger Bus?

[gelPsy]

the transformation of the van is pretty epic...it wasnt a 16"

The "Metamorphosis" has been updated to the latest status, btw

.martin

[gelPsy]

Greetings from Malaysia!

[hotpod]

it looks like you are getting ready for a rail journey on those wheels

[Roving Rich]

A cunning plan.
Stick it in a shipping container and send it ahead. Meet up and explore a new country.
Please keep us posted, I struggled with your German website.
Cheers
Rich

[gelPsy]

Sorry about the German website... even the German version is waaaay behind, as we are struggling to gather material for the final book - a looooot of work. Doing translations got lost completely, so we switched to a very simple update procedure with short texts and pictures over on facebook. There we keep most updates in German AND English, so xou might want to follow us there. The page should be accessible by the general public even without fb account!

Still don't have the van out of customs... maybe tomorrow!

Ciao,

.martin, Kuala Lumpur

[gelPsy]

The TRack has been updated to reflect our current position.... seee here http://www.traveller-tracks.de/bl/journ ... tiger2asia" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sarah already on her way home...


Next stops will be Mongolia, Lake Baikal... Russia all the way west to the Baltic states.

See you,

.martin+sarah, China

[Mickyfin]

Awesome, been following all along and it looks like you are having a great time. Is there anywhere that you are sharing/documenting expenditure?

[PetenAli]

I was looking at the various web pages showing the build of the Tiger Bus just last night. The level of detail that has gone into this is just awesome and gives a non engineer like me something to aspire to!!

[gelPsy]

Try the FB-page for now, should be publicly accessable: http://www.facebook.com/TravelTiger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Mickyfin]

Cheers, checking now again.

[PetenAli]

Try the FB-page for now, should be publicly accessable: http://www.facebook.com/TravelTiger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is.

[gelPsy]

huhu we're in china, about to leave for mongolia… and we just published our 4th video )) see here: https://vimeo.com/45123601" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; greetings, martin

[PetenAli]

What an amazing adventure. Who'd have thought a few years ago that it would be possible for Western Europeans to drive through Iran and come out the other side. I guess it also says a lot for Sarah and Martin's approach to travel.

[KarlT]

I did go a few years ago,
Drove across whole of Iran, Baluchistan (Eastern tribal area), Pakistan, North west Tribal areas (Pashtun tribe area's), Pakistan's Kashmir & up the Khyber (Pass) .


We saw amazing sites, wandered Isfahan's 1000 year old bazaar, smoked in the local's 400 year old hubble-bubble tea shops.
Explored, the totally deserted, 2000 year old citadel of Bam, made entirely from mud (now destroyed by a massive earthquake).
Climbed into Darius's tomb, welcomed in by workman, the first King/creator of the Persian empire. Visited nearby Persepolis at sunset, the city destroyed by Alexander the Great.
Got a guided tour of Shiraz by the local (perfect english) trainee doctors, taken to their mosque at prays, saw a wedding, watched a funnel. Sacrificed & ate a goat with their entire family......... And that was just Iran

Just fan-bloody-tastic, I'd recommend it to anyone with a true sense of adventure, who enjoys a challenge (there are lots of them, but that's what makes the experiences all the more vivid). If you can make the time, make the money & have got the will-power. Go for it. Overlanding through the middle east/asia has got to be the most exciting/challenging/welcoming/rewarding/interesting route in the world. There is so much history, culture, ancient sites, modern day dynamics going on!!

I'm getting carried away.

In the west all we see is bad news from these countries & of-course they have their problems but all I can say was it really was fantastic. People of un-touristy areas/countries are the most open. Muslims are the friendliest, most welcoming of people. It is muslim culture to be helpful to travellers.

[PetenAli]

I did go a few years ago,

When I wrote that I thought to myself - there'll be someone comes on here in a few minutes to say they did the same journey several years ago!!