Hi all,

Quick back round, After a few years of thinking, saving, researching, I've finally set a date.

I will be setting off, from my home in April 2014, with a duration of 6 months, but doesn't have to finish that quickly! then I will be living in Sweden with my girlfriend. As she wants to move home eventually, I found this the perfect time to do my first reasonable size trip.

Anyway, we will be doing around 15,000 - 18,000 miles, from England, to the top of Norway, Finland, Russia across to Mongolia, back via Ukraine, down to Bulgaria and the black sea, then across via ferry to Italy from greece, back up to Sweden. Or something like that, anyway.

Initially I thought motorbike, however had some bad experiences this year which has put me off a little bit.

So my next option was cycling, or truck. I'm just swinging towards truck.

With my budget I have around £4,000 to buy the truck. So all of my options are around 10 years old, with 100,000 miles on them. This doesn't scare me, however, should it? Low capacity diesel engines should last for ever right?

My options are;
Toyota Landcruiser
Toyota Hilux
Jeep
Nissan Navara.

I'll then have a budget to prepare, maintain, fix anything wrong with the truck of a reasonable amount.

I know and have read many story's of people going round the world on many different things. I can't afford to do a Ewan. Am I been crazy, is the risk too high on such a vehicle? I am reasonably handy with my tools.

If not, what should I choose? I really like the Hilux, just the idea of a pick up is confusing compared to a standard land cruiser.

Help