Author: Robert Van Den Hoven

By Robert Van Den Hoven

INDIA

India is the second most populated country in the world (China is number 1) and the most populated democracy in the world. India faces challenges of Poverty, Corruption, Malnutrition and Inadequate public Healthcare. India is projected to be the world’s most populous country in the world, by 2022 over taking China. Its population is set…

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TAJIKISTAN VIDEO CLIP

Tajikistan is part of Central Asia and completely landlocked. Unfortunately, Tajikistan does not appear high on the list of destinations visited by overlanders. For us Tajikistan was an incredible scenic country with some of the most beautiful, wild and remote terrain and mountains in the world.  Since 1991 independent from the Soviet Union. Civil war…

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MONGOLIA

Mongolia is a must do overland travel destination. Approximately 35% of the population is nomadic or semi-nomadic. Permanent dwellings are few and far between, fences even fewer and the land is owned by the people, like one large National Park. This is a tremendous destination to experience the outdoors, Mongolia also boasts unique history dating…

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TIBET

Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the “roof of the world”, Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 5,000 meters (or nearly 17000 feet). Many Tibetans believe in the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, seen by his followers as a living god, but by China as a…

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Video China

China is divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions. We explored China twice in our own vehicle, 8 weeks in total.  And once as fly in tourist. Unfortunately, China and Tibet still have many restrictions for self-drive overlanders. The only way to explore China in your own vehicle is…

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