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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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.… »
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… »
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.… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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 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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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… »
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,… »
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;… »
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… »