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Hey guys! Greetings from Canada!! Just caught wind of your adventure; most impressive and commendable! My father and I have purchased two 1990 VX-80 Cruisers our selves, and thoroughly enjoy them. Your adventure has certainly re-affirmed the sturdiness and the reliability of this series. Having read your maintenance records it seems you had few, although some steady problems(punctures, brakes, bearings). Well, considering the stress of the roads and the load that you must be dealing with; these issues are tough to deal with in certain parts of the world, but not catastrophic. Best of luck on the remainder of your journey! Wishing you well and safe travels!
Jay
P.S. Keep up the updates. Land Cruisers of Canada are cheering you guys on!!

hi sounds like you all have a good time on and off road,just read your breakdowns,you should open a 4x4 workshop when it is all over .good luck,hope you will stop in whangarei when you are in nz,great diving at the poor knights islands .

Hi there,
just thought I would drop you a quick hello and ask how your sheets are fairing? Glad to see you are still hard at it and fab to see the rich and infamous are wishing you well. Thanks for your postcard and look forward to reading more about your journey. Hugs to Alex take care luv Kerry

Hey guys, having an amazing time still I see. Met you all in Laos, Vang Vieng whilst we were on our travels Had fun jumping off the tree into the lagoon I remember near the caves. Wish you all the best of luck.

I met Martin in Dili, East Timor. I'm doing my own "overland" trip to Australia, so I asked Martin to smuggle me in his car to Australia. We had no deal! :) I wish everything good for the Team!

hello overland-knights,great trip,good idea!
i've seen one of your cars last week in labuanbajo/flores/indonesia...i was really surprised.first time in 8 years in indonesia that i see an car from the UK.
go on,all the best for you guys!!!

Please write something about "NOKCHA" interior of Balochistan, where Amir, after having that special orange juice in the Ahmad's Cherrokee jeep, Middle of the night , and Kabir & Ahmad Omar were party to it, Amir became a total stoned "STATUE" !!!!!!!

Kabir

Really envy of what you guys are doing. Really a great great luck and best wishes. Remember it is not the destination but the journey itself.................... Cheers

Hi Alex, met you with Jef in Al-KAffah Food Court, Bukit Antarabangsa, Malaysia. Wish all you well. If you guys intend to go to Borneo, and need some info, you know where to contact me.
Selamat Jalan.

you have not seen Australia until you have seen Tasmania.

Guys, saw the Cruiser parked up in Chomporn, Thailand. Good luck with the rest of the trip. I have donemuch smaller trips (4 months around AUS) and know that it is one of the best things you will ever do Keep Cruising!!

Hey Martin Met u Yesterday In Penang (Malaysia) All The Best For Your Trip!

Hey Martin!!! How are you!! Thailand looks amazing!! Love the diving video!! How are things? Have you clarified your plans for Australia already? I think I'll be going there too!!!
Take Care
Greetings Myrna (Your Dutch friend from hometown Chambery)

Hi from Hua Hin, it was nice to meet you again. We hope you could have bought some mirrors (maybe your own ones). We enjoyed Angkor Wat very much and now we are back in Thailand. We have been to Ko Chang, a very beautiful place, for diving but the weather was teribble and so we moved on to here. Hope to see you again...Istanbul...Phnom Penh...Sydney? Doro, Jupp and Monster

Hi guys, its great reading your diary, i'm glad u are having fun and still glued to the tarmac, offroading in Malaysia now that will be testing the skills... but i'm sure by now Maz and Martin are trained to avoid the animal traffic...i'm not sure about Alex though... do put up some more photos we would like to see Nepal and China and how the Cruisers fared on the tracks. keep safe and smiling, lots of Love

To Alex and Maz, was nice to meet you and hope u had a really good birthday in Patong! I think your trip is amazing and want to wish you lots of luck for the rest of the way. Love Jo (braided hair - in case you'v forgotten me!!)

Max Smith!!! Wheres my roof box you robber!!!! Hope its all going well and your losing that plum in your mouth. nothing has changer here apart from Martin Fisher is the new A.M.
See you when you get back i'm sure. good luck ,Billy

I will see if I can find you a boat to dive from around Komodo !

Nice project, we carried cargo for Care during the Tsunami see our link at

http://www.songlinecruises.com/WindjammerReliefEffort.php

Great Job guys... contacting me.. I'll be sure to provide some assistance to you once you're here in Malaysia. As you know we Malaysians are nuts about TransContinental Overland Driving...we've been there, dona that and more... We have the resources to assist you here if you need anything for your vehicles...( the Rainforest Challenge is a great testing ground) and we've had our fair share on 20,000+km drives...

Still, I takes a lot of guts, and of course money to do all this... kudos, my hat off to you guys! And all for a very good cause. Hope to see you in Malaysia once you get here (14th May's the target right??) and I'll take you guys a round for a couple of days and meet the Malaysian 4X4 and Overlander's community doen in Kuala Lumpur (we have over 200 seasoned overland expeditionaires). Get a quick photo op at the Petronas Twin Towers, Putrajaya, Sepang F1 circuit etc and go off somewhere on an offroad forray... junt the knid of fun you're looking for right?..

Till then have a safe journey in Laos and Thailand.. (I amy see you there after all). Stay Safe, Stay Alert and Stay Cool..

Jeff Zaiham - 4X4 Adventure Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Off Road Explorer, 4by4.com.my, Driven Magazine

hiya max hope ur all o.k?bin reading up about ur travels as bored at work!am very proud of you as didn't realise this was 4 charity.please be careful you dont want anymore shit in ur eye.u may or may not know dale and i are going back 2 france weds 29th mar i have totally fallin in love with morzine and skiing but i must admit i do look a bit of a flump in my get up.well max i better do some work so i'll leave u 2 ur adventure. love ur sister in law marie smith xxxxxx