As you should all know by now, we both love beer. Unfortunately we haven’t managed to get to any of the BIG beer festivals around the world. That might have something to do with the fact we like to avoid big crowds but I think we would make the effort for a celebration of BEER if we were in the area....
I was working on our new website about Ho Chi Minh City yesterday, writing a blog post about how to keep the motivation up once you’ve booked your holiday but still have to soldier on til departure date. I suggested that reading a book about, or set in, the location you are about to visit is one way to keep your spirits...
So many of our friends and family seem to be heading to the USA just lately. We haven’t been there yet but New York is definietly up there on our Bucket List. So…taking time out from documenting our cycling tour across Australia, I decided to do a bit of research on what some of our Partners have on offer. As...
I don’t want to sound holier than thou but in our opinion, if you can’t afford travel insurance you can’t afford to travel. One mishap can totally bankrupt you or your family and who doesn’t want to be back in their home country ASAP if anything goes seriously wrong. if you can’t afford travel insurance you can’t afford to travel....
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. We\ve had nearly 8 years on the road (in 17) and have made a number of different choices on where we travel, who we travel with and what mode...
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 figured a table would best explain things in a logical manner so I hope it all...
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 “Heading Home”. I hope you’ll all join us when it’s up and running. It doesn\’t matter how long you’ve been away or...
7 Apr, 2019
