Explore The Silk Road to Turkmenistan

Explore The Silk Road to Turkmenistan

The Silk Road of Turkmenistan, Samarkand and Bukhara.  I’d been longing to travel it forever.  In the 90s, while living in Beijing, my friend Ann and I had made a strong attempt to go to Uzbekistan, but visas for backpackers were not issued.  Over the...
Roadtrip to Germany

Roadtrip to Germany

In July 2013 we, my partner-in-travels husband, Ian and I, set off from Bakewell, ‘capital’ of the Peak District in Derbyshire, UK to catch the 11pm ferry from Dover to Calais, France. Our mode of transport was our campervan by the name of Jean-Claude (named after...
Adventure in Oman

Adventure in Oman

The Open Road Beckoned When considering a new country there are some fundamental planning questions, which for me involves addressing the ‘big 5’ – when to go, what to see, where to stay, how to get around and with whom I might wish to travel. Adventuring over the...
Discovering the Via Francigena, Italy

Discovering the Via Francigena, Italy

It is the summer of 8 years ago. I am almost 42 and my young beautiful daughter is 12. August can be a scorching month in Tuscany, and the 2012 summer had been one of the hottest in the last 100 years. It is middle August, we are having dinner with some friends, and...
Tackling the Jumbo Circuit, North Island

Tackling the Jumbo Circuit, North Island

Into the Tararua Mountains New Zealand’s department of conservation is caretaker of over 950 huts located across both islands. These huts enable your average hiker to get further into mountains and experience overnight adventures that they may otherwise not. For a...

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