No way, San Jose – California Highway 1 road trip
There are plenty of ways to travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles. But there is really only one way suitable for a round the world adventure like this – a road trip down California’s iconic Highway 1. In total…
A couple of days in Seattle-on-Sea
After more than three weeks on the road camping and sightseeing our way across America we needed to get some housekeeping done. Chiefly some good sleep, baths for everyone, washing all the clothes we own and catching up with some…
Florida, USA: Striking gold on Treasure Island and Busch Gardens
Beached on Treasure Island If you are looking for some relaxing beach time on Florida’s gulf coast you could do worse than Treasure Island. We certainly hadn’t heard of it before and simply came across it in our quest for…
Florida, USA: The magic Keys
The Florida Keys. A string of connected and dreamy islands forming the southernmost part of the continental United States*. We knew little more about the Keys prior to visiting, other than we suspected it may be a good place to…
A long layover in the wilds of Los Angeles
After the paradise of Vanuatu we were off to South America. A combination of available routes and budget saw us make the journey via Fiji and Los Angeles. So – what to do with a couple of days in LA,…
Vanuatu: Pacific Island Paradise
If you live in the UK, the chances are you either haven’t heard of Vanuatu or you’ll be familiar with it as a low scoring answer on popular afternoon quiz show Pointless with the multi-talented Alexander Armstrong. For the uninitiated,…
An early Christmas in mighty Waikato
The combination of a rough plan and a dose of luck saw us arrive in Hamilton, Waikato, home to some great friends, in time for an early Christmas celebration. Not only did we have a fabulous Christmas with them including…
A Wonderful Weekend in Wollongong
Taking the prize for unexpected pleasure is the town of Wollongong. We were looking for somewhere to spend a couple of days outside Sydney. To the north we couldn’t find anywhere to stay within our budget, but Wollongong offered plenty…
Wonderful Aswan for a few days
We had the best part of three full days in Aswan, Egypt. We felt Aswan would be a good base for us as we knew we wanted to make the day trip south to near the Sudanese border to see…
A wonderful few days in and around Sotogrande, Spain
We are lucky to have great friends Ana and Simon and daughter Sara who invited us to stay at their place for a couple of days. As we had come down from Paris and through the Pyrenees this would be…
Adventuring Together
