For our final day in Val Gardena, we headed up to Alpe di Siusi, which is Europe’s largest high-altitude plateau – and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We excitedly set off on a big loop walk across the plateau, and while most of the snow had melted on the meadows, it remained on the peaks…
Tag: Roadtrip
The Most Scenic Road Trip In The Dolomites
After four dreamy days staying in a traditional farmhouse close to the Austrian border, it was time for Craig and me to venture south-west and base ourselves in a different area of the Dolomites, known as Val Gardena. There were a couple of route options for our drive there: Option A) Follow the main highway…
Transported To Another Planet In Iceland
Iceland, wiggling along fjords and over mountain passes. It’s basically a big oval that looks like it’s been drawn by someone who’s sat on a plane with severe turbulence. Today we found ourselves in northern Iceland, near Mývatn lake – which felt like another planet – for the billionth time in this country. We were…
Northern Lights and Rainbow Clouds | Polar Nights in Norway
The sun has officially set for us until January but we still get some daylight for a few hours every day, although it doesn’t feel that way when the weathers bad and we’re in a gloomy state of twilight before it’s pitch black again. I normally enjoy this time of year, the colourful sunrises and…
Ferry Rides, and a Crazy Sunrise as we Travel Further North | Norway
It’s time to make our way further north in Norway and while it’s only 250km as the crow flies the journey is actually almost 500km when you drive the route. But, we don’t have a car so that means relying on public transport, taking 2 ferries, 3 buses and a night in a hotel. Our…
Our 19 hour border crossing from China to Kyrgyzstan via the Torugart Pass
We’d heard horror stories about the border crossing from Pakistan to China and how many checks there were and hours it took but in the end we didn’t find it too bad and it only took about 7 hours. Today though we were travelling from China to Kyrgyzstan via the Torugart crossing. I couldn’t find…
Driving along the jaw dropping Karakoram Highway | China
We checked into a rather expensive hotel at £23 but my goodness was it good. China has great hotel rooms, the mattresses are proper thick ones, not thin slabs of sunken foam. The bed sheets are always crisp and white, fresh from the laundry company, unlike in Pakistan where 50% of the rooms had filthy…
Crossing the highest border in the world | Khunjerab – from Pakistan to China
The Khunjerab border is the highest paved international border crossing in the world, set at 4600m elevation it closes for half the year due to snowfall. Our plan was to cross from Sost in Pakistan to Tashkurgan in China, via the Khunjerab pass. We stayed in a lovely homestay about 10km south of Sost, it’s…
Exploring the blue lakes in Naltar Valley | Pakistan
A lot of blogs I read suggested Gilgit wasn’t worth visiting and it was just a transport hub but we decided to spend a couple nights in the town. We didn’t arrive until the late afternoon so we just popped to a busy street near our hotel to look for some food and sip lots…
Parrots, beaches and friendly locals | Esperance, Australia
Sunset was approaching so we looked for a spot to camp. We bought some mobile data for this trip in case of emergencies but it ended up completely stopping working today so we stopped at the tiny village of Varley, home to just 10 people but hundreds of parrots. As we pulled into the village…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 