For a real sense of adventure, consider an overland specialist such as Dragoman (dragoman.com) that offers expedition-style trips.
Best of Morocco (0845 026 4585; morocco-travel.com) is introducing a new overland route to Tangier for 2009, targeting those who prefer not to fly, or those who simply fancy an adventure.
But the two countries' focus on trade has also allowed symbolic gestures of greater mutual trust, such as the reopening in 2006 of an overland trading route through Sikkim that had been closed since the 1962 Sino-Indian war.India knows that its ambition to be a global power will depend partly on its ability to mediate and resolve the rising number of crises in neighbouring countries.
On June 18th gunmen crossed from there into Israel and set off a roadside bomb, killing an Israeli civilian working on a border fence that Mr Netanyahu has ordered erected to curb such incursions and to shut off overland routes for work-seekers and refugees from Africa.
This can be overland using trucks, or by sea if the port offers connections with lots of smaller ships.
Last year it paid €440m ($532m) for Paris-based ACR Logistics in order to increase its presence in contract logistics.Klaus Herms, K+N's chief executive, says he believes the time is right to develop his company's overland business.
They confirmed that it was, and inquired whether the Baobab could be found in Baobab's native land.This helpful attitude was symptomatic of the assistance bequeathed by strangers on Baobab's overland trip from his base in Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, to the Malian capital, Bamako.
The route via the West Coast and overland costs about $600 per container more than Panama, depending on a ship's operating costs, which are of the order of $60,000 a day.The bosses of the world's shipping firms, who sit on the ACP's advisory board, started pressing for expansion as soon as Panama took over.
WITH only one paved overland road, South Sudan is not an obvious place for car lovers.
"Although our hearts are truly broken, all Americans stand with the people of Overland Park, of Leawood, and of Kansas City.
Michael Peck, pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Overland Park, attended the service and said the shootings "ripped a hole in the fabric of our community".
