Our first long trip together, which we have been saving up for and looking forward to! We are headed to SE Asia first, then Oceania, then hopefully South Africa and more of the African continent, and after that, we will see how much time and money is left! Mostly money....
| Date | Blog Title | Location |
| November 2nd 2012 | Goodbyes, goodbyes, goodbyes.... | Europe » Norway » Eastern Norway » Oslo |
| November 3rd 2012 | On the road! | Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi |
| November 6th 2012 | Ninh Binh - a necessary evil for most, the perfect stopover for us.... | Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Quang Binh » Phong Nha Ke Bang |
| November 7th 2012 | Ha Long Bay dreams! | Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay |
| November 9th 2012 | Cuc Phoung National Park | Asia |
| November 14th 2012 | Phong-Nha Farmstay, Phong-Nha Ke Bang National Park | Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Quang Binh » Phong Nha Ke Bang |
| November 24th 2012 | Hoi An – Tourists, expats, tailors, food poisining and motorbikes | Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Quảng Nam » Hoi An |
| November 25th 2012 | Hoi An to Prau: 2 Honda Wins, 4 backpacks, and a million bungee chords | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Dak Nong |
| November 26th 2012 | Prau to Kham Duc - repairs and early mornings | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Gia Lai » Plei Phung |
| November 26th 2012 | Pleiku-Buon Ma Thuot- sore butts, carpel tunnel and loose parts... | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Dak Lak » Buon Ma Thuot |
| November 27th 2012 | One more unexpected night in Buon Ma Thuot – the rewards of travelling far, fra off the beaten track... | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Dak Lak » Buon Ma Thuot |
| November 28th 2012 | Buon Ma Thuot to Dalat – cool breezes, pine trees and middle-class commodities | Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat |
| November 28th 2012 | Dalat-Phan Rang: neverending windy, steep dugout roads, and their inevitable effect... | Asia » Vietnam |
| November 29th 2012 | Ninh Chu beach -Phan Rang - fishing, tanning, and the beginning of the Russian invasion... | Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Ninh Thuan » Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm |
| November 30th 2012 | Phan-Rang to Mui Ne - driving in the dark.... | Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Binh Thuan » Mui Ne |
| December 5th 2012 | Mui Ne - golden skin, burgers, sand dunes and sunsets, plus a bout of heat exhaustion... | Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Binh Thuan » Mui Ne |
| December 6th 2012 | Mui Ne to Bien Hoa - straight, good roads and amazing amount of km/day... | Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Dong Nai » Bien Hoa |
| December 7th 2012 | Bien Hoa to Cu Chi - more unexpectedness... ;) | Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » Cu Chi |
| December 8th 2012 | Cu Chi tunnels, all the way to My Tho | Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » Cu Chi |
| December 9th 2012 | My Tho, Four Islands, and Vinh Long - a magical trip through tight canals, sleepy towns, quiet fruit gardens and hidden markets... | Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Tien Giang » My Tho |
| December 10th 2012 | Vinh Long to Can Tho - country roads, fruit gardens gallore, and the saviour of a family-run hotel | Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Can Tho |
| December 11th 2012 | Vinh Long – Tan An- Ho Chi Minh City – a farewell to our bikes | Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1 |
| December 15th 2012 | HCMC- Siem Reap – on the bus again... a description of what happens at the border and how to avoid scams... | Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1 |
| December 16th 2012 | First day in Siem Reap – our initial impressions of Cambodia.. | Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap |
| December 20th 2012 | The temples of Angkor – incredible beauty, early mornings, and long, sweaty days climbing hot stones in the blistering sun | Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor |
| December 22nd 2012 | One last day in Siem Reap - getting out of the city... | Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap |
| December 27th 2012 | Christmas in Sihanoukville! | Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville |
| December 28th 2012 | Phnom Penh – a completely different side to the city, a trip to the Killing Fields of Choung Ek, and an inevitable meeting with police corruption... | Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh |
| December 30th 2012 | The way to Don Khong, Laos... the bus ride to end all bus rides? | Asia » Cambodia » East » Stung Treng |
| January 2nd 2013 | Don Khong – island bliss, boat trips, cycling and New Year's Eve celebration, local-style! | Asia » Laos » South » Khong Island |
| January 4th 2013 | Champasak - more easygoing river life, hammocks and bicycle rides... | Asia » Laos » South » Champasak |
| January 6th 2013 | Pakse to Vientiane- catching up with old acquanitances and making new ones, tropical waterfalls and thick-as-mud coffee, and moving on | Asia » Laos » South » Pakse |
| January 9th 2013 | The way to Don Khong, Laos... the bus ride to end all bus rides? | Asia |
| January 9th 2013 | Luang Prabang - hunting for coffee, avoiding the alms circus, and learning to drive an elephant... | Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang |
| January 22nd 2013 | Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoi - a love story in three parts - going up, trekking, and staying longer than we thought... | Asia » Laos » North » Muang Ngoi Neua |
| January 23rd 2013 | Trekking from Muang Ngoi - Lao Lum, Khmu, and H'mong villages, transforming landscapes, spending a night in the 18th century and rejoicing at the thought of bathing in icy water... | Asia » Laos » North » Muang Ngoi Neua |
| January 26th 2013 | Muang Ngoi - Nong Khiaw - Luang Prabang - Vientiane: The way back down to civilization, and onwards to our next chapter... | Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane |
| January 28th 2013 | Train ride part 1 - Vientiane to Bangkok! | Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok |
| January 30th 2013 | Train ride part 2 - Bangkok - Butterworth - Kuala Lumpur - one night in Penang, three days in Malaysia! | Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town |
| February 4th 2013 | Singapore - our first (!) dorm stay, food gallore, being proper tourists and enjoying the high life | Asia » Singapore » Little India |
| February 5th 2013 | Singapore to Cebu and then to Bantayan, our first Filipino escape – a return to deep-fried meats, extreme socioeconomic differences, and rock-bottom prices... | Asia » Philippines » Cebu » Cebu City |
| February 9th 2013 | Bantayan – Relaxing, looking for the Virgin Island, working on our tans and eating as much adobo and pork as humanly possible... | Asia » Philippines » Cebu » Bantayan |
| February 17th 2013 | Negros, and our weeklong hideout at Sugar Beach, Sipalay | Asia » Philippines » Negros » Sipalay City |
| February 20th 2013 | Cebu via Dumaguete – soaking up every bit of it all before our next chapter... | Asia » Philippines » Negros Oriental » Dumaguete |
| March 1st 2013 | Arriving in Australia – um, honey, I don't think we're in Southeast Asia anymore... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Perth » Perth City |
| March 6th 2013 | On the road north! Perth to New Norcia, then Moora, and finally getting on the coast! | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Cervantes |
| March 8th 2013 | Cliff Head, Kalbarri National Park, and our first experience of 50°+ heat... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Kalbarri |
| March 12th 2013 | Fowler's Bluff, another beach to ourselves, Denham and Francois Peron National Park... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Denham |
| March 17th 2013 | Our week in the Carnarvon area: beach camping, station living, Library usage, one malfunctioning refrigerator leading to another visit to the auto electrician, doing more work on the car... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Carnarvon |
| March 21st 2013 | Coral Bay – seeing marine life from above the water, going on a boat trip to snorkel on the reef, seeing rays, sharks, turtles and endless fish, revising our plans and letting go of our Outback dreams, and moving on... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Coral Bay |
| March 27th 2013 | Up the coast to Ningaloo Station, Emu Creek, and Karajini National Park – 4x4 driving, outback living and a refreshing oasis of breathtaking gorges and cool pools and waterfalls... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Karijini National Park |
| March 28th 2013 | Bush life: a step-by-step guide to washing up while bush camping, using only a few drops pf water and producing very little garbage! | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Newman |
| March 30th 2013 | Karajini to Eighty Mile Beach – bush camping, driving the Boreline Rd, melting in Marble Bar and getting our first taste of unswimmable waters... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Nullagine |
| April 2nd 2013 | Broome – crocodile warnings, waiting out the Eastern Weekend, and saying goodbye to the Gibb River Road... | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Broome |
| April 8th 2013 | Broome to Lake Argyle - “Hell's Crack”, a lot of driving, creepy encounters and restoring our faith in humanity (or at least Western Australia) | Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Lake Argyle |
| April 12th 2013 | Kununurra, Katherine, Ntmiluk, Litchfield National Park – the home stretch to Darwin | Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Litchfield National Park |
| April 13th 2013 | Two weeks in Darwin – keeping the faith, feeling poorer than we've ever been, and getting extremely lucky... | Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin » City of Darwin |
| April 30th 2013 | Escaping Southern Bali - Gili Meno, part 1 | Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gili Meno |
| May 9th 2013 | Gili Meno - part 2 - living on the other side of the island! | Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gili Meno |
