On the road to Whistler

Not being fans of crummy weather, the advantage of living in a house with wheels is that you can relocate to drier climates as it takes your fancy. This is why we left Banff slightly sooner than initially planned, but we were delighted as we headed west to be greeted with clearer skies. It was, […]

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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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It’s in the pipeline

Since we were taking so long to get to the official ‘start’ of our journey in Deadhorse, Alaska, it made sense to delay a bit longer. The starting point of our trip South is also the starting point for the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. This pipeline finishes in Valdez, in Prince William Sound. So we thought […]

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There’s no place like home

The beach, Peru [by Paula] When we blogged last week, to say that our van was back in the game after 11 months off the road, we mentioned that we had another enormous challenge to face before we could really get back into the road trip part of this journey. We’re over the moon to […]

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Pickled limbs and ice-cream

Not on the same plate, but in the same day. That’s what Bangkok is all about. A city of contrasts and chaos. [This is the first in the series of posts sharing some of the photos from our last trip in 2012, while we try to be at least a little bit frugal and save …

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Journey Across Russia – Trans-Siberia

Bundles of Russians and an English touristka trundling across industrial city sprawls that churn smoke to the skies and spew cars along straight roads that cut through the vast swathes of taiga. And we go silently through the night except for the clickety-clack of steel wheels on the rail tracks...
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