Day 85 – Thursday, July 18th 2013 We awoke to the joyful news that a bridge 30km ahead was down, and that there was a ferry in its place – which would go roughly every 4 hours, if there was enough traffic to fill it. Lun learned this while searching out some food in a … Continue reading
Day 29 – Thursday, May 23rd 2013 After waiting about 2 hours in no man’s land between the border of Georgia and Azerbaijan, we were finally let into the inspection area. Unfortunately, we had to be separated as all passengers go through a different gate – so Kim walked her way through the border and … Continue reading
Day 27 – Tuesday, May 21st 2013 After faffing around in Trabzon for the morning we made it to Georgia by midday and stopped in at Batumi again to thieve a little internet from the Justice house again – Kim’s passport had made it as far as the UK, but it was still a long … Continue reading
Day 23 – Friday, May 17th 2013 “Hello, Packet?” “No packet” Still no Iveco parts when we stopped in at the hotel, still no more useful information online – but the parts were at least in Turkey. We made it Trabzon early that day, and decided to check out the city. It was a struggle … Continue reading
Day 19 – Monday, May 13th 2013 Cruising along the coastal highway of the Black Sea on a beautiful sunny day, we left Turkey for the second time on our voyage. Everything went smoothly at the border and we were even given a tube full of Smarties by one of the border officials – Turkish … Continue reading
We’ve made it through China okay, looking forward to the next section of our adventure. The cheeky Chinese internet police wouldn’t let us post anything while we were there, so we must apologize on their behalf for letting the day-to-day story slip a little. The good news is that we’ve written loads more of it, … Continue reading
Ok, here is an update of our itinerary that is long long over due. Thanks to everyone who kindly pointed out the errors in the last itinerary we posted. Feel free to let us know if that are any other mistakes – we do assure you that we will be travelling into 2014 🙂
Firstly – SORRY! We know we’ve been bad bloggers – This travelling round the world business is complicated, it takes time – and the internet is not quite as worldwide as it is made out to be (or at least WiFi anyway)! We promise we will do what we can to put things right, and … Continue reading
Hello to all of our loyal followers… we have been bad bloggers, but without access to WiFi we are limited in what we can share. This is just another quick post to say we are safe and sound in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. We are getting ourselves and Ivor ready for the grand voyage across China which … Continue reading
Well sorry for the silent treatment everyone! This is just a quick update to say we are about to board our ship in Baku to cross the Caspian sea to get to Turkmenistan. We’ll be back in touch after we land!
down the road we go 