The bad weather is finally behind us so we started driving towards the mountainous region of Oman, stopping first at a wadi for a hike along a very interesting route, following the village Falaj (irrigation system). It was basically a large concrete gutter with water gushing through the middle and a flat section on either…
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Camels and Turtles on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula
After exploring the stunning canyon that is Wadi Shab we continued south to Sur, a port town that was basking in sunshine when we arrived…which was a rare sight after so many overcast days. We took a stroll along the corniche and along the beach where the tide was out and it created some cool…
Our first impressions of Oman | The start of our 14 day camping trip
After 9 months working in a hotel in the Lake District it’s finally time to hit the road again. Our original plan of doing a huge USA roadtrip were rudely demolished after Craig was denied his visa for no apparent reason. Which led us to going back to the drawing board and figuring out a…
Moving to the Lake District for a seasonal hotel job
I worked out that in the past 15 years of travelling the world we’ve worked less than 5 years, now that’s the sort or work to travel ratio I like! So in 2023 we decided it was time to get a job again, ideally we’d of worked in Norway but the rules have changed since…
Dancing aurora, winter paddle boarding and arctic swims | Northern Norway
After two months living in the dramatic Lofoten Islands we decided to hop on a ferry and head to the Steigen, a region on the mainland that we fell in love with a few years ago. The last time we took this ferry it was during the night so we didn’t see any of the…
Winter season in the Norwegian Arctic | Part one – Living on a tiny island
Norway, the country that stole our hearts back in 2014 when we drove Pablo our trusty camper all the way up to the Arctic. We fell in love with the deep fjords in the south, carved through the rocky landscape where we could stand 1000m above sheer drops, but it was the spiky mountains in…
Earthquakes, flower festivals and temples | Taichung, Taiwan
It was time for us to leave the east coast of Taiwan and explore a bit of the west and to get there we needed to catch a couple of trains. We could of made it there in a few hours by catching the high speed railway that can travel up to 330kph but we…
First impressions of Taiwan | Hot spring hotel in Jiaoxi
Taiwan is home to 260 summits over 3000m, more than 50% of the land is covered in vegetation, remote hot springs can be found beside raging rivers and there’s endless beaches with great surf…need I say more? It’s been on our list of places to visit for a few years and now it’s finally time…
From Africa to Nepal | A crazy last minute decision
We made a bit of a crazy decision. After our volunteering position in Zimbabwe turned from three weeks to one we had to basically change all our plans. We’d intended on spending a couple weeks volunteering in Botswana and then Namibia but seeing how challenging the construction jobs were in the heat and knowing how…
Rural life in Zimbabwe | Collecting water and visiting a school
The hard work started today. At 6:45 we were sent down the road to a muddy field where we had to collect rocks. I was sleepy and we weren’t really given instructions so I just grabbed a couple rocks and our host noticed one of them and said “this is a rock?” I picked it…
