Mountain Biking in Squamish & Whistler – BC, Canada
To understand how much riding in Canada means to me we have to go back about ten years. Back when I was fresh out of school and not planning to go to university but instead… »
Maple syrup is good but there's a limit – Whistler & Vancouver
This post has been a long time coming, we're now home and have been moving house and kitting out a van to be a campervan so we've been pretty busy. The last couple of weeks… »
Squamish – Is that even a place?
When I first met Josh he was planning to go to Canada mountain biking, so I'd heard a lot about Whistler where he had planned to go for the bike park. Somewhere I'd heard a… »
The final country, finally – Vancouver, Canada
After spending six weeks driving up the West Coast of the USA in a camper van we were glad to be sleeping in a real bed and cooking in a real kitchen. Our flight to… »
Escape Mavericks Campervan Review
Why we booked Escape I'll start off by saying that the USA is HUGE, and therefore it really is recommended that you have your own transport to get around easily whilst you're there. Our first… »
Redwoods & water for days – The Pacific North West
So for our last two weeks in America we had picturesque views a plenty, lovely campsites and a generally chilled vibe. No matter where we went, whether we were just driving through or camping for… »
Gunshots & Cop Cars – Northern California, USA
We left San Francisco on the 27th of March with a long way still to go up the coast to Seattle but now we were heading north pretty much all the time instead of driving… »
Banks & Bikes – Monterey Bay, San Mateo & San Francisco
This week marked the middle of our USA adventure, also marking the middle of our longest time spent in a camper van so far (we were due to have over six weeks in our Escape… »
A change of plans – Bakersfield, Morro Bay & Mount Laguna
Our first couple of weeks were spent driving around the desert landscapes of southern California and bits of Nevada, Utah and Arizona. After our longer than planned stop at Mojave though we left that landscape… »
Stuck in the desert – Zion, Grand Canyon & Mojave Desert
Our second week in the USA saw us in the desert for a very long time, when I heard the word desert prior to this trip I just expected sand as far as the eye… »
We lost all our money in Vegas – LA, Vegas & Other Places
After the calm and quiet of New Zealand's South Island we flew to the USA. The flight was a two part, overnight, cross timezone affair that left completely shattered. [The best bit about it was… »
Ahhhhhhhh – Mountain Biking in Queenstown
Queenstown's trails have been featured in numerous bike films and videos I've watched so I knew there were trails but I didn't plan to go mountain biking there during our road trip of New Zealand's… »
Get those bloody sandflies away! – New Zealand
I'm currently sitting writing this blog post in our second camper van of the trip in Mojave Desert USA, we have been stranded here due to high wind weather warnings and boy are they not… »
NZ Roads Are Different – New Zealand, Mount Cook & Wanaka
Queenstown marked the halfway point of our time in NZ and the start of our journey back up the south island. We enjoyed the activities the town had to offer but were glad to be… »
JUCY Cabana Camper Van Review
Why we booked JUCY If you've not visited Australia or New Zealand before then you're unlikely to have seen a JUCY camper van. However, as soon as you set foot in Australia or New Zealand… »
New Zealand you beautiful mofo
Our second week in New Zealand saw us in the southern most part of the South Island, and with it we were blooming cold. The greatest downfall of the Jucy that we've found so far… »
"Is that a kiwi? No that's just a bird" – New Zealand
Back in February we thought we should decide how to tackle New Zealand and ended up booking a campervan through Jucy. We'd heard of them before, when we were researching for our trip before we… »
Great Barrier? More like EPIC Barrier Reef!
The Great Barrier Reef was the only place in Australia that we actually knew a little something about, but even then we didn't know too much apart from that it was meant to be spectacular… »
Is that art, or rubbish? – Mackay to Cairns & Brisbane
Nikki's last blog saw us staying with Maggs and her dog in Rockhampton halfway up Queensland. We still had to make it all the way up to Cairns by the 27th of February for a… »
99 Problems But A Beach Ain't One
After New South Wales we headed to Queensland and spent the rest of our remaining time in Australia there, travelling up along the East coast from Gold Coast to Cairns. Our first stop was an… »
Wait, so Sydney isn't the capital?
After over 1000km and more than 12 hours of driving over the course of a few days we finally arrived in Sydney. In England a drive of that length would take you up, across the… »
G'day Australia – Melbourne & our road trip to Sydney
We spent our time in the Philippines super excited to get to Australia, looking forward to being in a Western culture again. But two weeks prior to leaving, all of a sudden, I became very… »
What we packed to travel around the world – couples packing list
Josh decided fairly early on that we would try and travel with only one carry on size bag each. Josh knew it was possible as he read many blogs from people who do it, mostly… »
Travel Photography – A Little Guide | Part II
This is the second and final part two quick posts about what works for me with regard to travel photography. The first part covers what gear I've got with me and why and this part… »
Can you be eco friendly while travelling?
As cliché and as boring as it sounds, travelling has really made me realise just how important the world is and how important it is to look after it. I think my realisation really hit… »
Not really feeling it in the Philippines
I'll start off by saying we didn't do much at all in the Philippines. There were two main reasons for this; first, before we even arrived we'd made up our minds that we didn't want… »
Our top 10 travel tips
We've been travelling for just over six months now and in that time we've been to many different places and experienced different cultures. Here's our top travel tips gained from our own experiences… 1.… »
I think our guide is deranged – Lan Ha Bay Cruise
I think if you plan on going to Vietnam then you've probably heard of Ha Long Bay as a place to visit, if you don't plan on going then you may have seen photos of… »
Trekking (trying not to fall over) with Sapa Sisters
We've had some comments from people saying they're not sure if we enjoyed our trek with Sapa Sisters or not and that our blog sounds a bit negative. To be clear: we are really glad… »
Our Top 12 Travel Apps
When we were planning our year abroad we read conflicting advice on whether to take a smartphone. Most people & blogs said yes, but some were adamant that you shouldn't in case it gets stolen.… »
Oi Oi! – Hoi An & Hanoi
It's quite a mouthful Hoi An and Hanoi isn't it? It is also VERY easy to get their names muddled up when you're speaking about them, Josh and I have done this many times now.… »
What's health & safety? – Da Lat & Nha Trang
We left Mui Ne on the 4th of December on a Sinh Tourist bus to Da Lat, where we stayed until the 8th. From Da Lat we carried on to Nha Trang on another Sinh… »
Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh City & Mui Ne
We'd heard Vietnam was amazing from friends who'd been travelling before us, from Jack Whitehall's recent series on Netflix we'd seen that it was quite a cultural place and from books we'd read we knew… »
Travel Photography – A Little Guide | Part I
I spent a long time thinking about what kit to take travelling, how to carry it all and how to best use it. I read many blog posts, articles and researched into different products. In… »
"So… Mount Agung just erupted" – Canggu & Kuta
We're into our final two weeks in Indonesia in this post, the last half of November. We've had a few places with shockingly bad internet so things have got a little out of sync but… »
Diving in Gili Air & Waterfalls in Lombok
After staying in Ubud for just over a week we got the boat over to Gili Air for a few nights and then over to Lombok for a few more. Our days in both these… »
Bali – Kuta & Ubud
If you know anything about Indonesia then you'll know that it's made up of a ton of islands (over 17,000 of them), picking which islands to go to during our month there was our… »
You want beaches? You got beaches – Ao Nang & Koh Lanta
Images of southern Thailand and its many islands are what shaped my idea of what this country would be like in the lead up to our trip. Photos of clear blue water and pristine beaches… »
Pai – The Land of Chill
How do you describe Pai to someone that hasn't been there yet? A very green and quiet town in the middle of mountains, filled with hippies and travellers. The only problem is getting there, especially… »
How can food this cheap be this good
We left Bangkok hoping for something a little smaller and as nice as Bangkok was, a little more chilled. We found it. A common theme throughout our time in Thailand so far has been increasingly… »
Our day with elephants at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary
I'm going to start by saying I don't think I've ever done so much research in my life for a day activity. On a previous visit to my nan's house she had shown me photos… »
Cooking with Tom Yum Thai Cooking School
We've decided to write separate blog posts about the experiences that we have chosen to do with our wedding gift money so that we can write about it in a bit more detail to remember… »
I think I'm in love with Thailand
Going to Thailand was one of the things I was most looking forward to – my grandad used to talk fondly about his visits with my nan, friends had talked about it, the culture looked completely… »
Three & a bit days in Athens
Wednesday 27th We got up early on our last day in Giannitsochori and packed our stuff, leaving our tent behind for another volunteer to use as well as our sleeping mats. We said goodbye to… »
Volunteering with Archelon – a look back
Volunteering with Archelon was always most definitely Nikki's idea. Not that I didn't want to do it, I just didn't have any massive desire to do it. Our arrival to the campsite did nothing to… »
Goodbye Archelon!
This post is an absolute monster. It covers our last ten days at Archelon. It did also originally contain our time in Athens but that was just too long so we separated it out. Saturday… »
How many emotions can you feel in a fortnight?
This fortnight has been a crazy one, there's been so many ups and downs that it's been hard to process it all to try and commit it to memory. At least we're writing a few… »
No, I'm not Greek. I just have a tan.
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th The main feature of our week this week was our first wedding anniversary, for which we booked a night in a hotel in Kyparissia to have a proper bed and… »
I can't believe it's been a month already
Josh and I have now been in Kyparissia for over 3 weeks, we've completely settled in and are loving the camping lifestyle as well as all of the conservation work that we're doing. We're loving… »
You know it's hot when even the Greek volunteers are complaining
Our second week with Archelon sees us becoming more at home with camping in 40° heat and having a permanent dusting of sand over everything. The heat is tiring and the sand is irritating, but… »
Whose idea was it to go camping in Greece?
This is my first blog post, so I'm sorry if it doesn't read very well… If I'm honest I can't quite believe we're finally in Greece saving turtles, I've had this in the back… »
Adventures in the French Alps
This is a very long post, if you make it to the end I'll be surprised. Expect the posts to get shorter as time goes on. The first stop on our travels was the French… »
“You must be so excited!”
Well, yes - and no. Today was my last day at work, I'm now unemployed. That's a scary thing and I did it intentionally, to go travelling for a year. That's something other people do,… »
The plan so far
As you may, or may not, know Nikki and I are planning to travel around the world for a year soon. It's been a long time coming, made longer by us getting married last summer;… »
Three peaks, three days and lots of Mars bars
I sat at work wondering who I could blame for what was about to happen. In less than an hour I was going to be in a car for 10 hours, climb up a mountain… »