There are days when the sun is shining, Mowgli is purring along a busy road, meandering along the south of Spain and all is good in the world. All of a sudden, the engine stalls as you decelerate for a roundabout, a rolling bump start, left foot braking, right foot holding the revs on the … Read More
Special Moments in the Sahara Desert of Morocco We’ve spent almost 2 weeks in a growing convoy from Ziz Gorge to Zagora on the lead up to Christmas. It’s now time to part company with our new friends, at least for now. We’ve had a wonderful time and here are a few images of some … Read More
Well what a year! 2015 started out a little grim. We were back in the UK with a failed attempt at reaching South Africa under our belts. We’d not even reached the equator and civil unrest and a big dollop of Ebola blocked our way forward. But that’s the way it is with long term … Read More
It’s surprising how many people are wandering around the desert. Yes Merzouga is a popular tourist destination but even further afield, life in the dunes sees a lot of traffic. From the well known ships of the desert, camels, to rally cars; from 2 feet to 4 wheels; there’s a variety of vehicles crossing the … Read More
When you’re building your own overland vehicle, one of the most important elements is designing your living quarters. After all, your overland vehicle will be your home so you’ll want to make the maximum use of the space available to meet your needs. It needs to be functional, ergonomically sound and comfortable. The build quality … Read More
When we started our overland adventure over 18 months ago, we did so with 6 tyres on Mowgli the Unimog. She was wearing 4 and we carried 2 as spares. Many mountain tracks, plenty of pot-holed East European roads and 30,000 km later they’re showing signs of their hard life. Our recent incident on Cirque … Read More
Midelt is set in the heart of the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco. There’s beautiful and dramatic scenery at every turn. At an altitude of 1600 – 2200 metres, we figured on it being a fine location for a bit of off road driving. The Cirque de Jaffar is a popular, challenging 4×4 track through … Read More
Mowgli is as capable as a camel in a sand box and as nimble as a mountain goat on a hill, or so it says on the Unimog off road marketing pamphlet. So we left Rabat to head to the desert and try out Mowgli’s world famous off road capability. But first we needed to … Read More
Unimog is a range of multi-purpose auto 4 wheel drive trucks produced by Mercedes Benz. Unimog is an acronym for the German “UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät”, Gerät being the German word for machine or device. Daimler Benz took over manufacture of the Unimog in 1951 and they are currently built in Wörth am Rhein, Germany. Another Mercedes-Benz plant assembles Unimogs in Aksaray, Turkey. According to Wiki, … Read More
No trip through southern Germany in a Unimog would be complete without a visit to the Unimog Museum in Gaggenau. It is about an hour north of Stuttgart, two if you are driving a Unimog. It just so happened that we had time to make a detour with Mowgli and pop in for a look … Read More