Hi all,
I've put together a website to help newcomers get started at planning their overlanding trip. It's got several maps with info about countries and routes on all continents, focused on people traveling with their own vehicle. It shows:
- what country can be entered or not
- which borders are open or closed
- the main/usual transcontinental routes (very rough outline) and their difficulty and length (estimate)

plus some info that's useful in the planning stage:

- climate maps (rain/temperature)
- carnet countries - not the official blurb, the reality
- some visa information - focused on French nationals but most of it applies to everybody (e.g., visas that you must buy in your home country)

All of the information can be found in other places too, but there it's all in one place. I hope it can be of use for people who are a bit lost in the first days when trying to make sense of all this. For more seasoned travelers and precise questions, the hubb is a goldmine.

Page in English:

Overland Aventure

This is not a commercial site, just a personal project, and of interest to our community, so I think it's ok to post here. Comments are welcome !

safe riding,
Laurent

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Le site est en français aussi, puisque c'est ma langue :

Overland Aventure

La carte des visas devrait être correcte à 99% pour les Français, mais bien sûr il peut y avoir une erreur ou deux (je n'ai pas personnellement été dans tous les pays du monde..), et en plus certains pays ont des règles assez fluctuantes.

Donnez-moi votre avis si vous trouvez le site utile. En plus, j'ai écrit un bouquin sur le sujet, vous pouvez en téléchargez un extrait sur le site et le commande on-line. L'idée est d'aider les motards (ou autres) qui préparent un tour du monde à s'y retrouver plus facilement. Pour les questions plus précises, le hubb est toujours là !

Laurent

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2- and 4-wheeled explorer and photographer
Overland Aventure

Very nice, thank you.
The routes section will particularly useful.

Looks good! (Why not call it Adventure though? )

Fortune and Glory, kid. Fortune and Glory.

Nice site. I like the weather maps, well done.

PS: Myanmar has opened for access on your own motorbike
Vietnam is planning to recognise a international drivers license

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Poul
May you enjoy peace and good health !

Why not call it HORIZONS UNLIMITED

Mezo.

Ref the last question in the FAQ

Awesome site bro!
Love the interactive map.
Its faster than google map in many ways.
Love the benchmark distance that's linked to each route.
God bless and keep inspiring!
Will keep an eye out for the English version of the book.

Great website, love the maps!

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'Normal' is just a setting on a washing machine.

Thanks.

Myanmar: the situation looks like China, so still closed off for all intent and purposes. The road is there, but it's "HorizonsVeryLimited".
Vietnam: Insh Allah ! (means: I'll believe it when people will start report firsthand about it)

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2- and 4-wheeled explorer and photographer
Overland Aventure

Well done indeet, would be SuperPlusNice if this could be an two way road, where people can give informations in real time...

Thank you great work!

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Thanks for all the work. I'm thinking of a trip to the Stans next year and this will be very helpful. Cheers

A very helpful website! These route visualisations are a great piece of work!

Please consider that currently the border between nigeria and cameron currently counts as closed, an verify should come in the next hours/days.

Here you will find the most recent informations about:

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...closed-77871-3

The question is, how you plan to keep your informations updated in the future. To keep yourself informed means to use some time each week, studying blogs and travel communities like the HuBB.

Overall your website is currently very helpful to get en overview about carnet and visa situations, the routes and the weather. Thank you for your work Do a plan for keep them updated.

I will write an article about your website in the new year, what should give you more visitors.

Surfy

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Trans-Africa over the west coast

Thanks for the great info

Are you going to make it possible for other overlanders to add info etc as this would keep the info up to date ?