Some journeys are planned.
Others are decided years in advance … and then followed through without compromise.
Igor made that decision in his twenties. Before forty, he and his wife would stop everything and leave. Not for a holiday, but properly leave. Work, routine, structure—all of it replaced by a Land Rover Defender, three children, and two years on the road.
What followed wasn’t a curated adventure.
It was a family compressed into one vehicle, learning quickly what mattered and what didn’t. There were moments that tested that decision: a night on a Syrian beach that shifted in tone, a fall in Jordan that could have ended the journey in an instant, and the quieter challenge of returning home to a life that no longer felt the same.
This conversation is not about the route.
It’s about what happens when you actually leave, and what stays with you when you come back.
A rare, honest account of long-term overland travel with a family. Listen to the full conversation below.
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