Our next 2 weeks in Vietnam were pretty laid back. We had some dodgy tummies amongst us so we had lots of down time, chilling, and enjoying being in the Vietnamese countryside. First we went to Ninh Binh and stayed in another lovely homestay. Travelling with kids has meant that what we are looking for […]
Continue ReadingWow! What a riot of colour, sounds, smells, and tastes! Our journey to Vietnam came with a few hiccups. Logan’s e-visa wasn’t processed properly so when we tried to board the plane in Istanbul, Logan wasn’t allowed to board! We had about 90 seconds to make a decision about what to do and decided that […]
Continue ReadingWe had a lovely couple of days in the Puglia region (the heel of the boot of Italy) visiting pretty towns and villages and beaches with warm, clear, turquoise water, and continuing to sample the delights of Mediterranean gelato! Another beach…another chance to leap off the rocks! Monopoli was a lovely town with large, interesting […]
Continue ReadingWe had heard such good things about Croatia but the beauty of Slovenia and the kindness of its people was always going to be a tough act to follow. Croatia’s rise to tourism-stardom since its independence from Yugoslavia (and the resulting Yugoslav Wars) was rapid. In the course of twenty years it went from a […]
Continue ReadingCrossing the border into Italy in the evening, we were pretty thrilled with our first Italian Park4Night spot, right next to this very old village that is currently being restored. We loved our time around the lakes and rivers of France so decided to head straight to the Italian Lakes in the north of Italy, […]
Continue ReadingNathan, Michele and Enzo generously agreed to let us take their campervan to Europe so we flew to London to pick it up. We had 2 nights in London and used the time to catch up on sleep, washing and Formula1. We also fitted in a very British activity – “Proms in the Park” at […]
Continue ReadingWe had a brief stopover in Istanbul on our way back to Europe from Africa. We’d had an overnight flight from Cape Town with little sleep and found the heat of the day a bit of a shock, so we didn’t push ourselves to see or do too much. These were a few of our […]
Continue ReadingFrom Maun, Botswana, we had two reasonably big drives to get to the eastern entrance of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP). This ‘Peace Park’ was created in 2000 as Africa’s first national park that straddles two countries (Botswana and South Africa), and borders a third (Namibia), with an aim of creating an enormous conservation area (over […]
Continue ReadingAfter leaving Etosha, we had three nights to make our way leisurely towards Bwabwata National Park and the Zambezi Region. Two of these nights were our last wild camps for a while, 1 of which was next to the Kavango River, which is the border between Namibia and Angola in this area (the river is […]
Continue ReadingOur next stop was Spitzkoppe, a group of beautiful granite peaks rising out of the Namib Desert. We have an awesome GPS in our vehicle but for some reason it took us on a totally wild route to get to Spitzkoppe via some rough tracks through the wilderness. Our vehicle coped well and ‘Jungle Man’ […]
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