Horizon Chasing
Thanks for dropping by. This is Sam Watson’s blog – sometimes writer for various magazines, traveller, writer, geographer, conservationist and itinerant scruff. Insta – samwatson4994 / X – SamWatson__ / Fb – Sam Watson
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Driving in other countries……
One of the biggest eye-openers for overlanders travelling outside their own country is, surprisingly for many, the driving style in different countries. I don’t mean necessarily that the driving standards are in any way worse – just – different! Adjusting to them is one of the biggest changes of mindset for a traveller, and
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Some bush recipes
These might be handy to enliven the menu when camping or on a long trip….. Tomato and Onion Salad You need; 2tbsp white vinegar 1tsp sugar 1 onion, thinly sliced 4 sliced tomatoes ½ cucumber, sliced 1 green chili, deseeded and chopped finely 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped Juice of one lemon 1tsp salt Coriander
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Diary entry from Nepal – 2017
I ran across this diary entry which I thought might be worth sharing…… “I’m writing this in a tiny mountain lodge 4000 metres up in the Himalayas, at the entrance to the Thorong La Pass in Nepal. My friends Miles, Tom, Tek and I have come up here in a Defender Puma 110, passing through
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Syria
Recently I was lucky enough to travel through Syria for a week or so, taking in ancient sites I’d wanted to visit since childhood and taking a Land Rover through the Syrian desert. Syria, as you might expect, currently shows examples of both the best and worst of humanity. A beautiful and varied landscape holds
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Travel outside the reach of the law
So much of Land Rover ownership is to do with being within the law – obeying the law, what to do when you fall foul of it, and so on. Overland travel, however, often occurs in areas outside the law, or beyond it – places where the police cannot, or will not, reach you –
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Fake medications whilst travelling
I was on the road in Oman a few years ago with my girlfriend and she had an upset stomach. Not, I hasten to add, as a result of my cooking, but as a result of a hotel stay beforehand that was the tradeoff against an overland trip that we’d agreed in a bargaining session!
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