Since we have been on the road, we have had countless people approach us and give us support and words of encouragement for what we are doing. I think part of it is definitely the fact that we have some pretty flash trucks. (Yes I am incorporating some of the slang from the various countries we […]
Category Archives: The Toyotas
China is Starting to Take its Toll
September 10, 2007 – 4:56 am
Getting into China was quite an undertaking for TWBR and we were excited to get finally get in. However, given the shear size of China and the amount of time we had been granted to get through it, we knew we were in for some long days on the road. As expected, driving in China […]
Knocking off the k’s
September 3, 2007 – 7:53 pm
Over the last few days the ground beneath the trucks has been flying by. After finally getting all of our paperwork straight and all of the “inspections” done, we made our way to Kunming, a day later we raced off to Dali, Li Shaing followed by Tiger Leaping Gorge and now we are hours away from […]
Almost There… We Think
August 29, 2007 – 9:34 pm
As Steve mentioned the other day, we are physically in China now. Once we crossed the border (which took a lot longer than it should have as a result of some paperwork errors – which were not our fault) we drove to Mengla where we were supposed to get our vehicles inspected. Because of the […]
Just What the Doctor Ordered
August 23, 2007 – 2:14 am
Many of you are now well aware of the ongoing saga of getting our vehicles into China. We were supposed to get in on August 27th, but were then informed that we would have to wait for an official to return from a business trip before crossing the border. As luck would have it, our contact has […]
Some TWBR Road Stats
August 21, 2007 – 5:12 am
Although the mileage indicator on our homepage gives you the general idea of how many miles we have put under our belts since we left Denver back in February, we get a lot of questions about how many miles we have driven in each country. We also get questions about how much gas costs in […]
Blame it on the Rain
August 10, 2007 – 9:49 am
In the early planning phases for the World by Road, we wanted to be as flexible as possible in determining our route and setting timeframes for each country. There were, however, a few macro-level timeframes that we wanted to maintain to make overland travel in certain regions of the world as easy as possible. Namely, we […]
10,000
August 6, 2007 – 8:04 am
Just a little notice for those of you that may not have seen on the homepage. We have broken 10,000 miles! Along with this we have now also visited 10 different countries. The miles should start to turn over more quickly in the coming months. Our exact entry date into China should be available to us […]
You Guys Have it Pretty Easy
August 4, 2007 – 10:00 am
This is a statement we get from a lot of other travelers we meet on the road. The Toyotas stand out like a sore thumb anywhere we go and within minutes of parking them, whether it be at a guesthouse, a border crossing, a national park entrance or a popular attraction, we find ourselves deep in […]
Troubles at the Border
July 24, 2007 – 6:54 am
So far, we have had pretty smooth sailing in terms of crossing new frontiers with the trucks. We anticipated some potential problems in southern Thailand… no worries. We were a little anxious about Cambodia… nice people. We had researched as much as we could from as many sources as possible about crossing into Vietnam with the […]
