Overlanding as the New RV'ing
There is a definite significant rise in the interest and participation in Overlanding. Overlanding is the idea of travel for travels sake usually doing an entire continent or around the world. T...
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It is amusing to me that some, a very few, on this thread have continued to make this about SEMANTICS and not the topic.
They seem to revel in this semantic argument over the meaning of "NEW" as if this carries some great national pride of place with it.
Why not stick to the intended discussion of Overlanding, What it is, how it's done, who does it, the vehicles, destinations and how it related to Rv'ing.
I think that it will always remain a small part of the Rv'ing world in America but it will grow steadily in the years to come. In Europe it is so common as to not cause remark by one's neighbor when you set off in your newly kitted out Expedition motorcycle or giant MAN truck for Kazakhstan to drive the Silk Road to cities like Samarkand, Khashgar and Bukhara. (that is overlanding)
And that approach to travel to say nothing of the destination is new for most Americans for sure. In Fact my bet is a good share of Americans could not find Khazakstan on a map or even name it's continent. And that just might be the problem with this semantics argument. We may be in territory that makes a few uncomfortable.
They seem to revel in this semantic argument over the meaning of "NEW" as if this carries some great national pride of place with it.
Why not stick to the intended discussion of Overlanding, What it is, how it's done, who does it, the vehicles, destinations and how it related to Rv'ing.
I think that it will always remain a small part of the Rv'ing world in America but it will grow steadily in the years to come. In Europe it is so common as to not cause remark by one's neighbor when you set off in your newly kitted out Expedition motorcycle or giant MAN truck for Kazakhstan to drive the Silk Road to cities like Samarkand, Khashgar and Bukhara. (that is overlanding)
And that approach to travel to say nothing of the destination is new for most Americans for sure. In Fact my bet is a good share of Americans could not find Khazakstan on a map or even name it's continent. And that just might be the problem with this semantics argument. We may be in territory that makes a few uncomfortable.
