It begins.

So, this is Marcie Palm.  I have never written a blog before and I confess that I am not the type of person who likes to keep a journal either but my husband and I are making plans to travel around the world by Overland Travel.  This is a daunting task considering we don't know anyone who has done this and it is such a massive endeavor.   Therefore we decided to create a blog to record our travels and keep our family and friends abreast of our whereabouts but also to meet other folks who have done some sort of Overland Traveling or would be willing to offer advice to us about our locations or preparations.

We intend to leave the Southern United States in the Fall of 2012.  We will also be attending the Overland Expo this April in Arizona to become acquainted with the tools of the trade.  Everything is quite preliminary right now but the following is our tentative order of countries.

1)        USA 

2)        Mexico

3)        Belize

4)        Guatemala

5)        Honduras

6)        Nicaragua

7)        Costa Rica

8)        Panama

Boat Darien Gap

9)        Columbia

10)     Peru

11)     Bolivia

12)     Chile

13)     Argentina

14)     Uruguay

15)     Brazil

Boat Atlantic

16)     Portugal

17)     Spain

18)     Morocco

19)     France

20)     Italy

21)     Germany?

22)     Slovenia

23)     Croatia

24)     Montenegro

25)     Albania

26)     Macedonia?

27)     Greece

28)     Turkey

29)     Georgia

30)     Azerbaijan?

31)     Russia

32)     Kazakhstan

33)     Uzbekistan

34)     China

35)     Vietnam

36)     Cambodia

37)     Laos

38)     Thailand

39)     Malaysia

Boat Pacific

40)     USA

As you can see we will mainly be driving a vehicle and that vehicle is a Toyota Tacoma extended cab outfitted with a cap which we will be making like a camper.  I'm going to leave that blog for my husband because it is more his department.  We would love any advice from fellow travelers and hope to meet some new folks on the road.  Cheers.