We are Sonja and Gert Jan.

We travel the world in our Milady Landy, a Land Rover camper from 1998. We do this full-time and as much as possible over land. That’s why we call ourselves overlanders.

You can find more about us on the About Us page.

This is our Milady Landy,
our travel companion, our home on wheels and our travel vehicle.

From October 2019 we have been on the road full-time and overland with this Land Rover Defender camper. Milady is a tough lady with a rich history. At the moment she has driven about 600,000 km and is not tired yet. Her heart, the 300 TDI engine, is one of the most reliable Land Rover engines and we keep the rest of the car in top condition through regular maintenance.

We have converted the car ourselves, with some help from professionals, into a camper. A pop-up roof and a camper interior ensure that we can stay indoors. We have the necessary storage space inside and outside and a large awning to shelter from the sun or rain. We have enough drinking water with us and we can heat the car well. This way we can travel and live in a spartan and comfortable way in summer and winter.

More about Milady Landy in this video.

With our Milady Landy we are traveling around the world.

We left in October 2019 with the dream and aim of traveling around the world and getting an impression of as many countries as possible.
We want to do that mainly by land. Of course we cannot avoid taking a ferry or other transport ship every now and then. And we also want to see our children and grandchild at least once a year, so we fly home at least once a year.

We stay in and around our Milady Landy as much as possible, and we park her in the most beautiful places. On the water, in the mountains, on a beach, in the forest or the desert, you name it, we always find a safe place to spend the night.

We actually determine the route we take day by day, we travel to the Horizon. Of course we have a big plan in mind, but that can change daily. A tip from a fellow traveller, a recommendation in a travel guide or a changing health, political or safety situation can mean that we take a completely different route.

An overview of our world tour so far can be found here.

The Start of our Overland Adventures | Africa 2016-2017

When we shipped our old Milady Landy to Namibia in July 2016, we knew this journey would change our lives.

For 6 months we traveled through the south of Africa for 6 months, from west to east and from north to south. Our old Milady Landy transported us, crossing 12 countries and 26,000 km . We drove through deserts, over steppes, through busy cities and through nature reserves. We met countless interesting people and saw untold wildlife. The roads were often challenging and sometimes downright bad. We were stuck in the sand and had bad luck with Milady, sometimes we had to change our path because it was unsafe.

Still, we agree that this was the trip of a lifetime. After this trip we decided that traveling would become our life. We sold our house and bought a new Milady Landy and we’re on our way to the horizon.

More about our African adventures in 2016/17 in these blogs.