Overland Traveller was created by me, writer and editor Emma Field.
In July 2009 I quit my job as Acting Head of Editorial for Columbus Travel Media to travel from Brazil to Canada without setting foot in an aeroplane. Since then I have become one of The Travel Editor’s most-viewed authors, with nearly 60,000 page views and 69 fans. I have been published in Black Meringue (an alternative bridal magazine), The Independent Traveller, Metro, Exmoor the Country Magazine, Stanfords and World Travel Guide. I am the author of online guides to Manitoba, Cusco and Bath and am working on one to India. In a successful bid to help and amuse other travellers, I established the Overland Traveller website and blog.
Besides writing, I specialise in editing, project management, social media and websites. I am available for commissions and contracts. I write about travel (obviously), lifestyle, weddings, chocolate and anything else that catches my rather discerning eye.
How travel is meant to be...
Canada by train: mountains, lakes, clouds and bears
Canada is immense. The second largest country in the world, Canada spans six time zones and is nearly 70 times bigger than England. In short, travelling across this enormous, sparsely populated country is daunting. Thank the gods of luxury travel then, for VIA Rail. In this nation where drive-through ATMs are de rigour and the car is king... read more
*NEW* Blog: The eco impact of Brazil to Canada overland and the knock-on effect on me
*NEW* Video: Riding an ascensor in Valparaiso, Chile
Blog: Brazil to Canada? Overland? Check!
Blog: Elton John and the Bison Ballerina
Ziplining in Manitoba, Canada: Hy-Wire Zipline Adventures
Video: Ziplining in Manitoba, Canada: Hy-Wire Zipline Adventures
Images: Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba
Images: Canada - Manitoba's quirky roadside statues
Feature: Hecla Island photo story, Manitoba
Brazil to Canada overland
Overland Traveller has just completed one of the world's most epic overland journeys.
We like to think of it as the Pan-American Highway, with twists. Between October 2009 and May 2010, OT travelled from Brazil to Canada via Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and the USA. In a final flourish, OT travelled east across Canada by train, from Vancouver to Winnipeg to finish triumphant, albeit poor, battered and broken.
Why the Americas? Because it’s one of the longest overland journeys you can do! Overland Traveller has already travelled from Holland to Singapore overland, which is about as far as you can travel, latitudinally speaking, and this longitudinal epic was the obvious next adventure.
Read trip updates from Brazil to Canada overland, October 2009-June 2010...
Top ten pages on OT
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Five alternatives to South America's top destinations
2.
Hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro
3.
Responsible travel on the Inca Trail
4.
The Ten Commandments for night bus travellers
5.
Touring the Pantanal with the world's most hardcore guide
6.
The two month slump: Colca Canyon, Peru
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Images: South America roundup
8. Images: Panama - San Blas Islands (Kuna Ayala)
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Video: giant otter eating a caiman
10. Traveller Fishbowl: England