Trips & Tours
Since 2000Travelling tales
Here you’ll find a collection of our travelling tales from as far back as 2000 (that’s when we first started blogging!). Everything from backpacking and bike touring, to city breaks and van life road trips.
We’ll throw in trip tips with reviews and recommendations when we can.
Maybe you’ll find inspiration for your next adventure…
Click on the flags below or use the search box above to find posts for a specifc country.
Countries Visited
We are currently in:
South Africa
Where to next?
Ireland
Countries Visited
July 2023 – Work in Progress – we are migrating all of our posts written between 2000-2020 from various other blogging platforms to this new WordPress site! It’s a slow process. We are doing it manually one by one as we don’t have the techincal know-how to do it any other way!
Plus we’ll be adding posts from our current adventures. Scroll down for the latest posts.
PERU
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
TURKEY
Our Latest Travel Posts
The Story of Spot, our first camper van
It was after the Olympics finished in Sydney in September 2000 that we started shopping around for a vehicle that would take us not quite the length...
The last days of our summer in New Zealand
The last days of our summer in New Zealand It is the end of our first ever bicycling tour, and the last days of our summer in New Zealand. Arriving...
Reflections on board Dora, the Northern Explorer Train
Reflections on board Dora, the Northern Explorer Train: Wellington - Auckland Today we hopped aboard Dora, the Northern Explorer Train, for one of...
Catching up with the Coyles
Catching up with the Coyles We missed them on our last visit to Wellington so this time it was all about catching up with the Coyles. Bob is an old...
The tale end of the trip
The tail end of the trip We're reaching the tail end of the trip. With little more than a week remaining, and very little riding left to do, I...
Back in the saddle again
Back in the saddle again: Saint Arnaud - Blenheim Time to get back in the saddle again! It was more bleary eyed and less bushy tailed this morning...