FMFAC Volunteering: K9 Rancho Del Perro

We are excited to share our first volunteer film project for Filmmaker For A Cause! While we love to travel and live life overland, the core mission of our trip is to volunteer for Filmmaker For A Cause (www.fmfac.org). We will shoot 1-2 films for selected non-profits in each country we travel through. There is a team in the US […]

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Dog-friendly travel

Yes, you can travel overland with your dog(s)! We have met many travelers in the Americas with their dogs, and most of them were like us–not the richest, not the most organized, not the most Spanish-speaking. If you want to…
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Roof dogs and tunnels in Guanajuato

We really needed to slow down. We had been travelling too fast and we were looking for somewhere to stop for a while. We hoped to not have to set up the tent every night. To know where we were going to sleep. To familiarise ourselves with a local food vendor. We also needed to save some […]

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Baby turtles and Christmas in Los Barriles

After four days camping on a beach with not quite enough water, it was time to drive somewhere with a shower. We arrived in Ciudad Constitución ready for a nice hot shower. This didn’t eventuate, luckily they had cold water and we had a home-made hot shower packed on the roof-rack. Problem solved. We finally parted […]

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Heartworm

We picked up some heartworm medicine for Blaze from the vet in La Ceiba and finally we had the chance to see what would happen if we would neglect the […]

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Baja—apparently not just sunshine and sandy beaches

After a week relaxing on the beach south of Rosarito, recovering from zipping all over the USA like mad people, it was time to get moving again. We just didn’t move very far. A short roll down the coast to La Bufadora, just south of Ensenada had us arriving at what must have been the best […]

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North of SanFran

we’re getting close!   After the 17 mile drive, we head north toward san francisco looking for Half Moon Bay.  We had a welcome invitation a while back from Christian and Persephone, who we haven’t connected with since the Maya Rally on our way south.  Christian was actually the one who …

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Serendipity in Sayulita

and some new friends… In the morning we drive into sayuita. We figure we’re so close we might as well hit a few shops, grab a burrito and maybe check out the waves. But more than any of that, we wanted to say hello to Jose, the vet that saved …

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Follow the Hound; Find the Hound.

To those who know our hound, it will come as no surprise to know that once again, he ran away. Deep in the Polish Masurian Lakes, surrounded by a river on three sides and with a lake taking up most of the other, with only one bridge to one hamlet as the only civilisation in…

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unBelizeAble

we made our way straight for belize….The rain started in just as we were pulling out of our camping spot, but we were trying to get some distance between us and the tempting sailboats of rio dulce as quickly as we could.  We made our way as far north as …

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Rio Dulce

In the morning we drove north and crossed yet another border.  Again, we were teased with what looked by a small and simple border crossing but instead found ourselves in line behind what turned out to be passengers from dozens of buses headed for a pilgrimage to a local religious …

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Macedonia

Macedonia Back in high-spirits, we headed across to Macedonia, knowing that as it was the first non-EU country we were visiting and the first that my insurance did not cover, and it was a Sunday, so we were expecting to find the border crossing difficult and lengthy. This couldn’t have been further from the truth, in…

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On the quest for the elusive Justin Beaver and the discovery of better things

Emma had spent the entire trip through Canada peering hopefully into all the lakes and rivers trying to spot a beaver. Justin Beaver was not keen on making an appearance however. These elusive ‘Justins’ (as they soon became known on the trip) seemed to be hiding from us. We spotted plenty of other wildlife: bears, […]

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No, Emma, you can’t have a puppy

Our time in Whitehorse proved to be quite busy, catching up on odds and ends, making good use of the wi-fi, doing oil changes, buying the ingredients for Ben’s shower project, that sort of thing. But we also found time to take in a few of the local sights. We eyeballed the world’s largest weather vane: […]

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Take me to the Wilderness

Many years ago not long after jen and i first met, she told me “Take me to the wilderness.  If I’m ever stuck inside my head, or so low that i cant find a way out of it.  Simply take me away and into nature.  That’ll make it better.” Sadly, …

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Pony Homecoming

We got our van back! Tuesday afternoon, as Team USA was losing to Team Belgium, we took Milo in a rental car and drove down to Port Hueneme in Ventura County. We were a bit apprehensive, as the month of…
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Los perros

This is a tough one for me. For some time I’ve been thinking of writing about the dogs that I have seen since leaving the U.S., but so far I haven’t been able to work up the strength to put… Read More ›

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Los perros

This is a tough one for me. For some time I’ve been thinking of writing about the dogs that I have seen since leaving the U.S., but so far I haven’t been able to work up the strength to put into words… Read More ›

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The East Cape and La Paz, Baja California Sur

As you head north out of the Cabos and around the east side of the peninsula toward La Paz, you duck inland for a bit and then come out at the sea again near Buenavista. The highway/carraterra follows the coast… Read More ›

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The Ocean Breeze and Birds with Backwards Knees

After dropping Nate’s mom off at the airport, we decided to get a hotel room in the city for one more night before returning to…

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