{"id":14143,"date":"2021-05-14T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T08:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/?p=14143"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:44:32","slug":"the-last-overland-in-indias-wild-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/the-last-overland-in-indias-wild-northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapped! Armed standoff threatens The Last Overland in India&#8217;s wild northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approx read: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h3 id=\"in-this-episode-of-when-it-hit\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">In this episode of When It Hits The Fan, we talk to filmmaker and presenter Alex Bescoby. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">In 2019, Alex led a small team of adventurers in a classic Land Rover from Singapore to London over 111 days. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/the-last-overland-repeating-one-of-the-worlds-great-overland-adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Overland<\/a><\/span>, as it was known, recreated a 1955 journey from London to Singapore and used one of the original vehicles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Trapped! Armed standoff threatens The Last Overland in India&#039;s wild northeast \u200b| Alex Bescoby\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJMT0aBAUIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs-.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14145\" src=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs-.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs--696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Alex-and-David-with-some-intriguing-roadside-signs--631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14144\" src=\"https:\/\/wordsandimages.battleface.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail_Copy-of-DSC04015-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"follow-alex:-\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Follow Alex: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"color: #ff9900;\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRYazBUX3Y1Y0VjMEpYdTVodm94V1dDaUkxd3xBQ3Jtc0ttaVRWaWtadkprMlhSZk9WTzVBNzQ2dHdxLWdzWjBLLXVVRGlxOUg2UG0zYUh2Z0VPUXRUT1N4WGFSMm9zUE5EVDV0dkV2VTRHeng5RVp3S1FUUExZOUVPeUhPUXRDeVBadnJLTnV3WGdMeHprOHJnYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fabescoby%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/abescoby\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCbjuEhWi-MuD_LMxkXtXsBw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCbju&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of When It Hits The Fan, we talk to filmmaker and presenter Alex Bescoby. In 2019, Alex led a small team of adventurers in a classic Land Rover from Singapore to London over 111 days. The Last Overland, as it was known, recreated a 1955 journey from London to Singapore and used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":14148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1659],"tags":[1479],"class_list":["post-14143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-when-it-hits-the-fan-podcast","tag-the-last-overland","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14143"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16707,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14143\/revisions\/16707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}