Thought I’d give my life story a rest for one minute to bring you some wonderful linkage to other sites around the blogosphere that may be of interest to you.
First off is “The Journey Continues“.
I found this blog whilst on Blog Search for anything tagged with Overland. Silama, the author is constructing his very own wagon for travelling across, well, anywhere I suppose. I have to say that this is one of my own dreams, construct (or buy) my own campervan / expedition vehicle.
Unfortunately my off-centre mind has now conjured up the image of me perched atop a truck pointing to the distance and declaring in a distinctly pirate fashion “We be a goin yonder thata way! yarrr”
I’m not sure why the pirates came about, perhaps thats another crazy plan that I’ve secretly got lodged in my mind.
Prepare ye’selves for “Pirate Wannabe” blog… coming soon, or perhaps not, still if enough of you ask then i’m sure I could photoshop something, you weirdos! hehe!
… And then this caught my eye….
Perhaps the mightiest beast of all beasts. Based on the Unimog, but almost completely rebuilt is this monolith.
The description of the MaxiMog sums it up really
“The base vehicle is a highly modified Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis with a custom body, completely new power plant, computer controlled suspension, and integrated electrical, hydraulics and electronics systems.
Many of the onboard navigation, power, lighting, communications, computation and electro-optics systems were developed specifically for this vehicle.”
You really have to visit this site to see the remarkable opulance of the wagon. The trailer is less of a living accomodation and more secret service operating room. There is so much…stuff! Loads of gizmos and electronics. I serisously wouldn’t be suprised if there were some of these reporting back to the secret agencies of the world or broadcasting their own radio, tv and internet programmes.
The equipment list is exhaustive, including radars, cameras + webcams, night vision and just too many things. BUT… that’s just not enough.
The “accessories” page lists – a motorbike (normal enough). A jetboat – weird. An unmanned aircraft – crazy and an unmanned underwater vehicle!!! Stupendously outrageous!
If the end of the world does come I’m at the front of the queue for one of these, in fact, sod it… I’ve already started the queue, everybody get in line behind me!
Happy Travellin’
Overland Si
If you’re visiting here and you have your own blog please drop me a comment with your link, if you don’t have a blog then just say Hi! Now I have no job I have a bit more time to have a look at things, always interested.
I look forward to hearing from ya!
