Links of General Interest
Tread Lightly! – Off Road doesn’t have to hurt the environment. Read about how to be responsible and have fun in the outdoors.
Toyota Land Cruiser Association – Thousands of Land Cruiser owners, excellent bi-monthly magazine (Toyota Trails), incredible source for ‘Cruiser information. Amazing how tight-knit a multi-national group can be.
Yahoo Weather Reports- Central America – daily weather reports and forecasts on Central America. Especially useful is the satellite photo of Central America. There is a Mexico Weather Page as well
Ih8Mud.com
The best place online to learn about Land Cruisers. Great source of information on technical details, travel, upgrades, common problems, techniques, etc.
Central America Daily – Daily news reports and headlines
Northwest Cruisers of Idaho – Great group of cruiser-heads who took us on a wonderful trail run through the snow
CIA Factbooks – All sorts of data on just about every country in the world. Some of it seems like it may not have been updated very recently or is based on early 90′s data.
National Geographic Xpeditions – Downloadable maps of the world, available with or without cities and towns. Handy for all sorts of stuff.
Metric-Standard Conversion Tables – Don’t know how many pounds there are in a Kilo? Want to see how far 500 kilometers is compared to your daily commute? This page makes it easy.
South American Explorers Club – Books, travel tips, maps, stories. We bought some stuff from them and weren’t terribly impressed by the production quality, and most of the information is anecdotal and/or based on a single experience. But it is a good resource.
Todos Santos Directory – Information on Todos Santos, Baja, and Scotland (really!) The owner, Ken MacFarlane, is a very nice guy who helped us update while on the road.
Driving to Mexico – Information from the Mexican government. Seems to be pretty solid advice.
Other World Travelers
Two Gypsies – Husband and wife team of fulltime travelers, Don Hardy and Rebecca Hill have written some very interesting essays about life in Mexico, USA, Canada, Portugal, Thailand, Nepal… and counting. They share inspiring stories and beautiful photos.
Ihana.com – Two crazy brits who manage to get their Landy stuck all over Central and South America, in between trips to bars and discos and whatnot. Good photos, funny stories, wicked fun.
World Record Tour – Pictures and stories of the 26-year-journey of Liliana and Emil Schmid through 168 countries in a Toyota Land Cruiser.
Africa Overland Network — Well done site with an extensive collection of links to overland trips, mostly Africa, some Australia and Americas. Most of the rigs are Rovers.
www.TransworldExpedition.com Nicolas Rapp visited us in Tamarindo, on his way towards driving around the world in in fzj80 Land Cruiser. He made it back to California in 2011.
Pacific Northwest Outdoor and Offroad Adventures – Offroad travel. Landruisers, good photos of the Pacific Northwest. Also some tech tips and some thoughts on all that is offroad travel. Worth a visit.
New Cruiser – Robin and Raenelle Travel in Central America and Canada in a very cool custom built aluminum Land Cruiser. They stopped in on us in Tamarindo and we had a great time (twice)!
The website of Babak Fakhamzadeh. Travelogues, photologues and more. Mostly Africa.
The Turtle Expedition – Gary and Monika Wescott travel the world in a highly modified Ford with camper.
South America Four Wheel Trip – Follow Roy & Gladys Halvorsen’s trip through Latin America in an old Land Rover
Sons Of Thunder Christian Off-Road Club – These guys do missionary trips to Central America in some very nice Jeeps
Pat Hudson in Latin America The site may be suffering a little, technically, but the stories are interesting.
Starship Millenium Voyage – A group of scientists and journalists travel around the world in a very cool ship.
Around the world in 80 Clicks – Extensive collection of stories about travels throughout the world, includes some good pictures- over 10,000 at last count.
WorldWander – Karen and Scooter travel around the world, visiting the wonders of the world.
Extreme Telecommuting – Sid and Kristanne, travelling the US and Europe, telecommuting to work in California! An interesting twist on “Business Travel” (last updated in 2000, I think)
Finally- some links to other sites of interest that may or may not include any Travel nor Land Cruiser information: