9 Days Overlanding Oman (Part 1)

Episode 925 | Filmed April 2024 | Oman days 1-3

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Who are Kara and Nate?!

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.

We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)

So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.

Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.

4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!

After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 9TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)

We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!

00:00 Oman road trip
03:13 Full Unimog Tour
10:54 Inside tour of the Unimog
19:50 Putting it to the test
25:24 our beach campsite
27:06 Bioluminescence!
28:07 Bloops

[LMZ]

I love how many times Kara and Nate say “if you had’ve told 2018 Kara and Nate that we would be doing this….”
They continue to surprise themselves and have wow experiences…even to the places they’ve already been. Love the gratitude ❤😊

[Nomakeupmama]

You guys are literally becoming this generation's national geographic and I'm here for it.

[HelloMoto_]

For some reason these are my favorite types of videos.. something about y’all road-tripping is so much more exciting than flying in fancy planes

[Griffis-]

We were spoiled last year with the weekly videos, 2 weeks feels like an eternity 😂

[RasmusBakKristensen]

Nate: "Enjoy your last meal"
Kara: "STOOOP"

Also Kara: "IF WE GO DOWN, WE GO DOWN TOGETHER" 👩‍🎤🎤🎤😂😂

[DodlDecF]

Kara's face when Nate is driving is priceless.

[Zzzxcvbnn]

Ali selflessly dedicating his day to helping couple strangers in need is a greater reflection of Omani hospitality. After fleeing civil war in Lebanon, we lived across the Middle East, including three years in Muscat, Oman, before settling in the US. I will always remember the Omani people for being some of the friendliest and most hospitable in the region. It’s a standard custom to treat tourists in their country as they would a guest in their home. Ali did a great job representing the best of Omani values, just as Kara and Nate always do a great job representing the best of American values wherever they go!

(Their encounter with Ali is mentioned in a different video)

[NandoLofi]

Here after watching the update video. I had plans to watch this series, now I'm committed. Perfect for a work day.

[immarissa]

I could (& will) watch you guys do absolutely anything and be happy about it.

[saschak]

Hi. I think it is a little missunderstanding for the audiance to say, the Unimog ( Univerial Motor Tool) started out as a military ambulance ;-) this specific one was one. the Unimog started in 1948 as a farm vehicle, because in Germany we were not allowed to build big motors for anything from the other militarys ( french, english and of course USA). so especialy for tractors or trucks.
So because you wondered because of the strange gear setting with 8 forward and 8 backward gears... that is the reason it was made for farm and Utility vehicle. Now a days the Unimog has so much usecases its mindblowing.
From Military with ambulance to technision version with a backbuget, official version for street cleaning to sidestripe mowing or snowclearing. And there are a lot of betwenn tools you can hook up in front and back.

[LIFE-txtg]

The legend says the first hour after a video has been uploaded you guys will be reading the comments!!! love this kind of camping, one day i will do it with my friends.

[dominika]

I love this "edits from the future" when for example, Kara talk about stuff being in the drawers for safe ride and then you show a giant water bottle falling "in the future". It's absolutely hilarious!

[disha]

was having a really bad day and thought of rewatching your old videos since you two bring so much comfort to me. and now i have a whole new video to watch : D

[oliverkapp]

This brings back memories. I drove these in the German army, way back when in the 80s. How fun to see these vehicles are still around.

[Raurya]

This has to be the best travel channel in the world at the moment these two are crazy....

[christinepeterson]

Kara has the sweetest most positive attitude! She makes me want to be less negative, it’s so refreshing.

[Ravenrodriguez-ek]

I love how nate had her ready to bail if he messed up going down hill!!! That's hilarious but also True May be one of my favorite videos of test drives lol

[mikemike]

Oman is amazing but honestly Omani people generosity and hospitality and respect beyond amazing

[FittingInAdventure]

Loved seeing your grandpa again. One of my favorite videos was your trip with him! Hope he is well! - Angela

[TheOutFit]

As the owner of a Unimog (living full-time in it) I was really excited about this episode and it did not disappoint! Can't wait for the next episode :)