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Overland 4WD truck parked at sunset in an open African landscape with rooftop tent
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Overlanding the World — Our Setup, Vehicles and What We Learned

Overlanding looks effortless on Instagram and it is anything but. Here are the six things we wish someone had told us before we shipped a Hilux to Cape Town.

@craig·24 June 2026·11 min read·👁 67
📍 Worldwide
Caribbean coastal town at dusk with palm trees and small fishing boats moored in the harbour
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Güiria Travel Guide — The Quiet Caribbean Corner of Eastern Venezuela

Güiria sits at the very tip of Venezuela's Paria Peninsula — the closest mainland point to Trinidad and a quiet base for some of the country's least-trampled coast.

@craig·3 May 2026·6 min read·👁 76
📍 Güiria, Sucre, Venezuela
Vast Atacama desert landscape with red sand and distant mountains in northern Chile
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The Atacama Desert — Mano del Desierto, San Pedro and the Driest Place on Earth

A guide to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile — the famous Mano del Desierto sculpture, the town of San Pedro, the salt flats and altiplano lagoons, and the astronomy that makes the Atacama the world's premier observatory site.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·7 min read·👁 19
📍 San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile
Snow-covered Remarkables mountain range above Lake Wakatipu Queenstown New Zealand
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Queenstown in Winter — Skiing, Snowboarding and the Southern Alps

Queenstown is the adventure capital of New Zealand year-round, but in winter — June to September — it doubles in size and becomes one of the great Southern Hemisphere ski destinations. A guide to the four nearby ski fields, the town in winter, and the long evenings on Lake Wakatipu.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·10 min read·👁 20
📍 Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
Small fishing boats moored at a Caribbean harbour at sunset
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Güiria, Venezuela — The Ferry Crossing to Trinidad and Tobago

Güiria is the Venezuelan port from which travellers used to ferry across to Trinidad. The ferry has been on and off for years. Here is what the route looks like in 2026, the current alternatives, and what Güiria itself is like for a stopover.

@craig·27 Apr 2026·9 min read·👁 61
📍 Güiria, Sucre State, Venezuela