Paul Theroux

Africa is really a place for the wealthy traveler. It's got some nice hotels, but they're very expensive hotels. It doesn't really cater to the backpacker or to the overland traveler.

American Novelist

James Luceno

I spent about a year traveling overland from Egypt through Sudan and Ethiopia, and eventually into East Africa.

American Author

In contexts where the journey itself is a highlight, with emphasis on the adventure or exploration.

Journey Emphasis

Often used when traversing rural or wilderness areas rather than urban environments.

Non-urban Areas

Common in historical contexts, when sea and air travel were less prevalent.

Historical Context

Used to explicitly state that the transport or travel is on land as opposed to other options.

Explicit Contrast

Suggests a practical, sometimes safer alternative when other routes may have issues.

Practicality

Suitable for discussing environmental considerations on the impact of travel methods.

Environment Reality

 thing I laid out everything that I was going to take with me and I took a picture of it and showed people this is what's inside my pack now I knew that this was going to be a tricky journey because I was traveling overland through so many different climates and I also knew that my ultimate goal was

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 The formidable Viking longship had its origins in the humble dugout canoe, or log boat. For millennia, the inhabitants of Scandinavia had used these canoes for transportation. Dense forests and tall mountains made overland travel difficult,

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 he hired a Hungarian engineer to forge the largest cannon in the world, used Serbian miners to dig tunnels under the walls of the city, and ordered his fleet of ships to be carried overland, attacking the city from an unexpected direction.

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 the day getting lost here could be lethal and yet this is the home of one of the most remarkable animal travelers an ant that regularly leaves its home in these sands and sits out on the longest overland journey made by any insect it's

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 of their kind to be found anywhere in the world until the 1800s the steep terrain of the coast meant that overland access to the region was possible only by mule while many oases of quiet can still be found here particularly away

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 Like I said, it was an overland journey and we were going first by overnight buses. It was great, like it was amazing. First, the bus barely starts, then all the seats are full, and then you're like, oh, that's pretty packed.

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 couldn't have done it without your support you really are one in a million or one in 10 million they're setting off on the greatest overland trek made by any animal but wherever grass eaters travel predators lie in wait

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 overland through southeastern Tibet to Lhasa with a young colleague, and it was only when I got to Lhasa that I understood the face behind the statistics you hear 6,000 sacred monuments torn apart to dust and ashes,

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Overland