If the truck gets stuck in the sand or mud, everyone must pitch in to dig it out. Setting up tents, shooing away critters, collecting firewood, and fending off the natives are group responsibilities. Meals are prepared from truck staples and whatever the day's designated cooking crew can find in the local market. The Unit and I expect to import the maximum allowable quantity of duty-free Skippy's Extra Crunchy through English customs for consumption during the trip. Many areas we visit do not have the infrastructure required by the package tourist.
Adventure travel does involve a certain amount of risk.
We will be crossing areas of the world that do not adhere to western safety standards and may have inherent political or economic instability. Long experience has shown us that these trips are unsuitable for the vast majority of people outside the 18 to 45 age bracket. Week 1 Dash through Belgium, France, and Spain, picking up African visas and colds from sleeping outdoors in the winter. Weeks 2-4 Cross the Straits of Gibraltar and zigzag down the west coast of Morocco visiting ancient, walled cites such as Fes and Marrakech. Explore mountains and desert in search of Arabic tribespeople while settling into life on the road.