Two rather interesting hills

There comes a time in every traveller’s life when they feel the need to camp at the foot of an active volcano. Right? Well, we did anyway. We heard the nearby volcano Popocatépetl was quietly bubbling away. Conveniently in the same general direction we were heading. We arrived at the crossroads at the top of the […]

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Wolves at the door

Sure, we only had a few days left on our US Visa, but it would have been poor form to leave without visiting Yellowstone National Park. So we took another detour. As it happened, this was the last weekend that many of the roads in the park were going to be open. Everything was winding down […]

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No sleep ’til Brooklyn

There comes a time in two perfectly reasonable people’s lives when they decide that driving cross-country to New York is a sensible thing to do. “Now wait a minute” I hear you exclaim “Aren’t you driving to Argentina? That is quite a lot further away from Alaska than New York and therefore a slightly madder […]

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Russian Trains and Barren Planes: The Estonian Coast

October is rarely a month that one chooses to spend heading north. With every flock of migratory birds we opposed, we had to remind ourselves why it was we were doing this. When the rain and the wind picked up, we really started struggling for answers. Then we reached Haapsalu, and were swiftly gifted a…

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Second Battery and a Fridge

Second Battery There are a several reasons why we decided to install a second battery. The main reason being we intend to install a fridge in the car, but it would also run the power inverter and LED lighting. Although we could run it all from the main battery, it is perhaps not a good idea […]

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The amazing, convenient glaciers of Alaska

One of the best things about Alaska is how convenient all the glaciers are. Sure there are plenty of inaccessible ones, and thousands we would never see without a plane and a lot of time on our hands, but the fact is, there are some that are downright easy to get to. After travelling around […]

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And So It Begins

So this is the ‘Big Adventure’ Victoria and Jason have been talking about for so long? Well, I didn’t especially love how it began. They woke me up at 5AM to pull the last comfy thing out of our home, the mattress. Victoria and Jason were laughing the whole time, but I’m...
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