Deniz Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 First of all I'd like to all of you guys that helped me with their recommendations while I am preparing my lifetime adventure. Thank you all... So to give a context what I am talking about, we have gone and back a one month long overlanding trip through the coast line of Spain and Portugal. Ok last week was a bit fast week since we wanted to see some touristic cities but overall it was great. At first we used the back roads since I believe you can see more beautiful places while you drive through small back roads. And it was absolutely spectacular. We have driven 3611 miles at the Iberian Peninsula +136 miles to and from Ferry in total 3747 miles. Why I have separated those because we used ferry and somehow the Trip A gone crazy while crusing in the sea. I entered the ferry at 68 miles and came out if I remember correctly 3000+ miles. So I decided to reset it and see how much we'll drive in the peninsula itself. As summary, we have stayed some crazy places, beautiful places, comfortable places (campsites), met a lot of friends, and hopefully inspired some people on the way. We got lost a lot and it was the most fun part of the trip. We have driven where there was no road and we had to turn back from some skechy places a few times since the surface ended (at that point there was no road anyway). I had to adjust the headlights in the middle of the night, why because with that all weight apparently my headlights were too high for europe . That was a challence since I had all the necessary tools (at least I thought I had) but not a phillips head screw driver). Now it's in my toolbox Sometimes we had a hard time to find a camping spot in the mountain but who cares, driving was fun. We've done a lot of night driving and oohh man those Rigid lights, wuuhuuuu. We had a few electrical gremlins at the last day but overall Jeep was great, got lot's of stickers, had tremendous amount of fun, and collected countless memories. Now need to start to plan the next adventure , and give a good clean to the Jeep 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTJ Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Looks like it was a fabulous trip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member V Posted June 10, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted June 10, 2022 Wow! What a great trip. I would love to go exploring in Spain again. If you are planning another trip, consider exploring the 4x4 trails in the Pyrenees in a group. You could easily spend a week starting from San Sebastian heading towards Argeles Sur Mer and another heading back to Bilbao/Santander. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniz Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 42 minutes ago, V said: Wow! What a great trip. I would love to go exploring in Spain again. If you are planning another trip, consider exploring the 4x4 trails in the Pyrenees in a group. You could easily spend a week starting from San Sebastian heading towards Argeles Sur Mer and another heading back to Bilbao/Santander. Pyrenees was on our list but we spent too much time in Portugal (got lost a lot actually) So it will be in the future. But you right those kind of trips are the best when you are with a group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member TimC Posted June 11, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted June 11, 2022 Great pics, looks like a fantastic trip and the sort where a roof tent really comes into its own. That looks a very well sorted Jeep you have there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deniz Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 10 hours ago, TimC said: Great pics, looks like a fantastic trip and the sort where a roof tent really comes into its own. That looks a very well sorted Jeep you have there. Exactly, I have managed to find a few tricks to close the tent and with practice now it’s very quick to set up and pack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald F Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Great pictures! Can I ask where the map of an off road route is of? The A7 between Alicanté and Valencia passes within sight of our house (though it's a very long motorway), and that looks like an interesting diversion, which might be quite close to home. I don't have any decent digital maps showing that sort of track, and the paper 'Topographicas' are too small to buy them all. We have had some fun in the Pyrenées when we drive through, though, travelling alone, we are not too adventurous since we are too old to walk out if we get truly stuck. That said, we rarely have to turn back since our GCs have all been very capable, with lots of power and traction control. You seem to have had a great time; hope you enjoy some more trips! Gerald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member digger Posted September 9, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 9, 2022 What an amazing trip . Well done! I'm up for the Pyrenees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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