This image is a good start to this post taken outside the visa place that takes care of Pakistan in London.  Getting Visas for the big trip across Asia has been a massive logistical pain in the ass, no two ways about it.  This is a whole new world …

The countdown has started and we are in a frenzy of LOI and visa applications, here is the basic route Cross Europe to Istanbul via Croatia, Macedonia etc Turkey  Iran Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kazakistan Russia Mongolia for Naadam Russia and Kazakistan again Kyrgistan Tajikistan China Pakistan India Nepal India Pakistan Iran …

The trip to Morroco was the second main shakedown trip before “the big one” and was designed to push Nelson with a broad range of challenges from long motorway runs to river crossings and steep rock tracks.  The trip did all of this and more ! We were in a …

Our first major shakedown trip was a 3300 mile loop around the Baltic Sea, the long way round via Munich due to Gerrys work commitments, the whole trip took four weeks. Initially the long run from Edinburgh to Munich was done in three stages, down to the Ferry from Newcastle …

Cooking in a truck starts with visits to the local shops and finding out the correct word for “milk” in several different languages….we got this one wrong by guessing initially and poured something like sour yoghurt into tea..it was OK with cereal. Piim is what you need in Poland. We …

So we have been on the road now for three weeks and it is time to review some of the systems and design of our camper in real life   Things which are really working well The pop top Alu-cab roof is brilliant, it gives us enough space to stand …

Living in a truck requires scaling down on any “just in case” items as each bit of luggage has to earn its place. Decisions to be made are whether the tea tree wet wipes are ahead of the smart wool socks or the organic oatcakes…..G has given specific instructions that …

Observations of road travel in the Baltic countries…. Not driving allows plenty of time for drifting and thinking about whatever comes to mind. Types of trees..generally pine with some silver birch…why most roadstops sell hot dogs stuffed inside hollowed out bread and then filled with mustard and tomato ketchup…..advantages of …

Had a lovely dinner out in a Russian restaurant in Kaunas last night and camped about 5K out of the city centre near the river. Drove east the next day heading to Latvia and passed some lovely villages along the way. The houses reminded me of little crofts with many …

  The city of Riga in Latvia was a excellent overnight stop, the city camping ground was a modest hike to the old town, well enough equipped and had decent fast Wifi, the city itself is very pretty No matter where you go in the world there will still be …