This website has been set up to prepare and log our Overland journey from London to Cape Town.
In September 2009 a group of young people will be driving from London to Cape Town, raising money for SolarAid - a charity that fights global poverty and climate change with solar power. The aim of the trip is to increase the understanding of the issues facing citizens of countries across the Africa continent who are most effected by climate change yet contribute the least to the cause. The trip itself will contribute less to climate change than are normal daily lives in the UK as we learn from different ways of life.
We will visit the work of SolarAid (and hopefully some other sites where renewable energy is being use) in an 1989 Toyota Landcruiser partically powered by solar technology.
Travelling overland the perfect way to see the unique geography, history and culture all the way from Europe to Africa - why fly when you can turn the journey into a Safari
We will be updating this website (and various other networks) along the journey so you will be able to follow us as we meet new people / eat new foods / see wonders of the world / get stuck in the sand / issues with boarders...
OK so it isn’t just us planning to put Solar on cars – plenty of manufactures are!
At the top end of the scale – Swedish super car manufacturer Koenigsegg has recently released pictures of its 170mph four seater car. The company who have recently acquired a controlling stake in SAAB (after GM nearly went under) [...]
We are looking to get as much publicity and support for this overland journey, raising funds for SolarAid along with their profile is a top priority.
All supporters will be promoted on our website, which is already getting 50 000+ hits across the globe a month (before we have even left!)
There are a number of ways [...]
In September 2009 a group of young people will be driving from London to Cape Town, raising money for SolarAid - a charity that fights global poverty and climate change with solar power. The aim of the trip is to increase the understanding of the issues facing citizens of countries across the Africa continent who [...]
It has been a day of bitty bits and pieces on the Lancruiser. Got much of the handbrake sorted – but seem to be missing a vital piece. Not sure where that’s gone…
Think I have also sorted out all the hydralics for the brakes, don’t seem to be any leeks but must not speak too [...]
My first post on my new blog. Hopefully this should be feeding onto my website www.overlandinthesun.com and Twitter .com (I’m OverlandSun on that)
Up in Wales today working on the Landcruiser – it is at its final stages of the rebuild. Hopefully by the end of the day it will have working brakes, including the handbrake.
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