If you stood here the day you were born, you’d be 12 meters underwater. Today, the Aral has left, leaving behind its sea bottom.

This is Butakov Bay - a brutal reminder of how fast human systems break. Rusted ships sit miles from moisture. Hot springs that once fed a cold sea now gush into desert air. It’s the second most surreal landscape we’ve crossed overlanding from Morocco to India.

Read the dispatch: https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/07/kazakhstan-overland-aral-sea-baikonur-turkistan-silk-road.html

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#PhotoOfTheDay of my Land Cruiser at teakettle Junction in Death Valley wraps up what has turned out to be "vehicle week."

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It’s time for a new chapter. Introducing Project 10000—a framework for living with purpose and pursuing big goals.

The first "test" of this framework? An overland journey from India to Indonesia via Everest Base Camp 🏔️🇮🇳🇮🇩.

Full video breakdown of the philosophy and the trip plans here: https://youtu.be/OLI4Fiakrqg

(Also, thank you for all the birthday love! 🎂)

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Silent Tension presents: Calgary Bass Coast Pre-Party @ TBA - 08 May feat. Ryan James Ford, Overland

#SESH #RyanJamesFord #Overland

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of a very pleasant forest trail view from a GoPro attached to my Land Cruiser's roof rack. A Christmas ribbon flutters on the right.

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#PhotoOfTheDay is of my Land Cruiser on the dirt Racetrack Road in Death Valley.

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