The South Island November 28 Things looked better once we got to the South Island. We haven’t been forgotten even once. It has been a while since our last update, but click on the mid-November update to see some of our earlier trials. One dark and rainy night (In New Zealand???), Mari and I arrived [...]
Back Home Today is October 23rd, 2000. One year ago on this day, my wife and I left to travel around the world on a backpacking-honeymoon saga. As of this day our plane tickets, world health coverage, and camera warranties all expire. We have reached the magic point that our Gregorian calendars dictate is significant. [...]
Norway August 25 – September 7 As much of a shock to ourselves as to anyone else, we ended up our last few days in Scandinavia. It all started out so innocent though. On our last day in the UK we decided to try and find the quickest way into Europe. At one of a [...]
Scotland "The trouble with Scotland is that it’s full of Scots!" Our first trip into the wilds of Scotland left us enchanted and enthralled. Not only by the historical situation that is so evident, but by the modern Scots themselves. A race still proud and strong after all they have gone through. We travelled quickly [...]
Ireland and the United KingdomAugust 4 – 25 Ireland – Eire The Land of the Leprechaun and the Emerald Isle still exists, but Ireland today is a fast paced international country that is moving forward into the 21st century. So although we were looking for a bit of nostalgia and, of course, some good pints, [...]
Turkey When we had been in Selcuk, Mari and I had an entire campsite to ourselves. It was very beautiful, natural and quiet. We boarded a bus and landed in the town of Bodhrum, which a tourist resort town on the Mediterranean coast. The difference was amazing. This town had restaurants catering to absolutely every [...]
India June 6 – July 6 By the time we arrived in India, we had heard so many stories from other travellers, that we were ready for absolutely anything. India, it seems, is a love/hate country among the group of wanderers that we have met. NOW, Mari and I can agree that India has its [...]
White-Water Rafting – Sun Khosi On the morning of May 28th, we set out with Equator Expeditions to begin our rafting trip on the Sun Khosi river in eastern Nepal. The river is a Class 5 white water river, that runs for over 300 km through the mountains and foothills of the Nepal Himalaya. Our [...]
Nepal April 12-June 8 For those curious readers who have been wondering what what had happened to us, we are currently in Kathmandu, and have been in Nepal for six weeks now. In that time we have done 26 days of hiking, followed by a few relaxing days in Pokhara (where the internet wasn’t working [...]
