Before we started to plan our trip through East and Southern Africa, I always thought there were only two realistic ways to do it. The first was to go on an organised tour in a wonderfully kitted out overland truck. The second would be to drive yourself.
Kutaisi is Georgia’s second-largest city and, with its wonderfully named David the Builder airport, the latest destination for budget airline WizzAir. We had spent the previous
After a fun few days in Tbilisi, we hired a car and spent a wonderfully varied four days exploring different sights dotted around the country. We were only in Georgia for 10 days, and after our
The 134 km long Pangong Lake flows from India through Tibet and into China. In Tibetan, Pangong means high grassland lake and at 4350m above sea level, it’s the worlds’ highest saltwater lake.
The lake is simply wonderful. In...
After a wonderful few days in Swaziland, and after a little detour to the wrong airport to pick up Bev in Nelspruit, our roadtrip continued as we headed for South Africa’s famed Kruger...
Catherine and I recently made our first visit to the Balkans, spending just over a week in Montenegro and two days in Dubrovnik’s beautiful old town.
Montenegro, or Crno...
Morocco is a popular destination for those living in London, both for its proximity and the affordability of flights, and many head over on a long weekend to enjoy a few days in Marrakech. After spending a few evenings reading and researching, though, we quickly decided that a long weekend...
As we left Russia and drove through no-man’s land headed for the border proper, we recalled hearing stories about teams that spent upwards of three days at the border waiting for their cars to get stamped in. Thankfully, we...
After traveling through Kyrgyzstan, we always knew that Kazakhstan and Russia would be a long, hard slog and that’s exactly how it turned out with some 2,700 km covered in five consecutive days of...
As we crossed from Tajikistan into Kyrgyzstan, the change in country gave way to brilliant roads that were tarred and pothole-free and vastly different scenery: snow-capped mountain ranges were replaced...