Whenever we leave a country, we usually turn to each other and say “that’s definitely one of the top countries of the trip”. This was […] Read More

We started our time in Thailand very slowly, having a few days off in Mae Sot while Verity recovered from a tough last few days […] Read More

In many ways this was the start of a new leg of our journey. Having reached Mumbai and had a wonderful time with Magic Bus […] Read More

18 days, 10 places, 9 overnight transport – we have packed a lot into our tour of North India! The diversity of this country continues […] Read More

Seven weeks ago we arrived in Chennai to start our India leg. We had done a lot of research and Verity in particular was apprehensive […] Read More

Azerbaijan was cold (it was November after all) and we had very limited luggage allowance for our flight over Iran to the UAE. We had […] Read More

As we approached the border crossing, we were met by two border guards in smart, crisp, dark green uniforms. We were greeted with huge smiles […] Read More

Crossing the border into Georgia was a baptism of fire. Within minutes we had seen two crashes, almost run over a cow and our ears […] Read More

It’s fair to say that we have fallen totally in love with Turkey. We have been bowled over by the incredibly welcoming people, the delicious […] Read More

Having crossed the Danube for the umpteenth and final time we headed south and into Bulgaria. The landscape changed almost immediately with clearly more fertile […] Read More