by Sharyn Nilsen | Apr 30, 2014 | Travel Tips and Advice
I was working on a blog post yesterday about keeping the motivation up once you’ve booked your holiday but still have to soldier on until the departure date. I suggested reading a book about or set in, the location you are about to visit as one way to keep your...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 29, 2013 | Travel Tips and Advice
Russian 4wd – Gobi Desert, Mongolia Deviating from the usual updates on what we’re doing now, I thought I’d put together a series of blogs on how we plan and “execute” an adventure. Weve had nearly 8 years on the road (in 17) and have...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Sep 3, 2013 | Cycling Across Australia, Gear specifications, Travel Tips and Advice
Well it’s probably of interest to some of you what we’re riding and what changes we made to the manufacturer’s specs. We did hours of research on what we needed and then consulted some experienced cyclists we met on the road and trust implicitly. I...
by Sharyn Nilsen | Aug 5, 2013 | Travel Tips and Advice
Heading for home…We fly tomorrow for Perth. In the next month we will launch our new website Titled “Catch our Travel Bug”..The tagline is “Sharing our passion for independent, budget travel”. The following is the first blog title...