a fantastic expedition to enjoy, even as a spectator.

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Lubumbashi to Kinshasa - Expedition Portal Forum

This is quite a long story but really amazing.  Very much like that Top Gear Bolivia video except in written and photo form.  I started by just browsing the photos and reading a bit, then I read it all and so worth it I am going back again...

In 2006 we sold all our belongings (literally: ALL), quit our jobs, took all of our saving money and decided to go on a little trip. We had done our homework during the many months/years we had saved up for it and bought and prepared a Landcruiser. (I will go into further detail on the preperations later on). We planned to travel for 1 year. People who have done this too will certainly remember the moment when you say goodbye to all your family and friends knowing you will not see them for an entire year. That is a big decision to make. We travelled overland, 25.000km down Africa (west route) and after 9 months found ourselves in South Africa. We liked the travelling so much and found it such a pitty that we had such little time left to drive back that we started counting our money: Lo-and-behold, if we didn't do crazy stuff we could extend our 1 year trip with another year.

Some random imgs.

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Pretty cool. I just started looking at and I'm hooked!

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There are some CRAZY expeditions on that EXPO forum...and some sick rigs too!

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yes.  there is a story of jeep going around the world i am gonna tackle next.  the link is in this story about 2/3 through