Ruby 2.0

Ruby 2.0

Introducing Ruby 2.0   We have made the call to spend a bit more time getting around with the L200 as it is heaps easier to cross borders in and around Turkiye and return without penalty. We have done quite the upgrade with a full canopy cover installed that...
Fin

Fin

We cross the border bright and early, and luckily no x-ray required. I will say travelling with women seems to make the crossing easier, as every time I go alone I get x-rayed. But it is busy. Our goal, get halfway home today. We take turns driving to make good...
Rhymes With Fun

Rhymes With Fun

Our first stop this morning, the “set” from friends for a coffee, and well for me, a waffle as well. I am known to have a slight attitude problem if I don’t eat. It was well done and the coffee was good. Stop number 1: A stunning field for some sun baking, beers in...
Pizzaaahhh

Pizzaaahhh

Waking up its still lightly raining, so that means one thing, power pack up. In 20 minutes we are all in the car ready to go. I must say for a cat who doesn’t like baths.. apparently rain is negotiable, so after going to find him we are now actually ready to go. We...
Seriously.. The Rain

Seriously.. The Rain

With the days running out we head south back to Bulgaria which mean one thing! Ferry time. Pulling past the long line of trucks we are ready to board, it is sunny, with little wind so the perfect day for a boat ride. Once back in Bulgaria we all get passport stamps...
Transfligginflagin

Transfligginflagin

If we weren’t on a time schedule to get to Antalya we most certainly would of spent a second night at this place. But instead, we head out, today we will wander up the Transfăgărășan which I just pronounce Transfligginflagin cause I can’t pronounce it. Either way, I...
I Vant To

I Vant To

Suck your blood. We wake up on the edge of the park in Cata, Suzie has slept in the ute overnight, and is how do you say, irritable. No no no, its all good, we are all a bit tired though from the late night. Luckily coffee is only 1 town away, and since this is Europe...
Triple Pack Up

Triple Pack Up

Sausages for breakfast? I do think so. Mainly as soon as I am on the road in a country that has pork I go crazy, since its either so impossible where I mainly stay, or so expensive, its not worth it. Full of food and ready to roll we start making our way. Our drive...
The Big Wet

The Big Wet

Today is basically a travel day to make some miles. We don’t actually cover a lot of ground its mainly shopping to prep for a few days of camping and cleaning. Which means hitting up this section of the market. We do arrive at camp early, and are straight into...
Window Lickers

Window Lickers

Well, wall lickers.. Now this was my favourite bit of the adventure. We quickly hit the road after a coffee with plans to make brekky on the road. This is a great plan overall, we find a place in the bush which is apparently in the hunting zone, so luckily this is...
A Bit Uppity

A Bit Uppity

This will cover 2 day in town, mainly due to the Ute needing some work. Aka NEW SUSPENSION DAY!!! These are the good days, I had preplanned a few weeks in advance with a shop owner for a new set of ironman suspension, so in the morning, I quickly headed out while...
Trio Of Trouble

Trio Of Trouble

We make a b-line out of the scary forest and head for Bucharest, as we have a guest arriving today. The drive is uneventful and we always find time for a coffee at the river. A very clean river actually. Water was nice.  You can tell its spring, the flowers are in...
Iron Gates

Iron Gates

Let’s motor to Romania today, a quick pack up happens while we let Pina climb his heart out, as he sleeps heaps better, But he sure gets carried away quickly. We stop in town for a top notch burger before forgetting a phone on the public bench, I run back at top...
Foaming At The Mouth

Foaming At The Mouth

Today we get a little bit of a scare, But more on this later, For now we got some Joe Rogan on and we are enjoying the podcast as it fills the driving gaps and also creates great conversation. Specially about the aliens.. mwuahahah. Asareh puts up with so much. Lol....
Walk Faster

Walk Faster

We are up at the crack of dawn and before Darko even wakes up we hit the road. Our goal today is to get to Belgrade is Serbia. About a 4 hour drive through the back roads and including a border crossing, which always seem to go quick. Of course there is always time...
Waterfalls…

Waterfalls…

From everywhere, the sky, registered land marks and even in nature. This is out of control. I will say this though, during the day time we are normally spoilt with clear weather.  So we will take the good with the bad, Today’s journey see’s us heading for Jajce to see...
Sarajevo

Sarajevo

Waking up in a bed is always nice as the swag is a bit tight on space now the Pina is full grown. We have a fantastic little apartment with a washing machines, so straight to chores before we head on out for the day. We don’t want to disturb the car so we do all of...
Bosnia Bound

Bosnia Bound

I’m pretty sure we skipped breakfast today as Pina woke us up as per the normal at the crack of dawn, which actual works quite well for make the most of our days.  We are spoilt with another cracker of a sunrise and find ourselves having a quick coffee before motoring...
Mouse In The House

Mouse In The House

The good news, no rain this morning and the sun is creating a spectacular light show over the lake. The bad news, Pina has taken about a 468% increase in interest to the headliner for some reason. As one would normally do, I smack the head liner, and I hear it, the...
Brutalism

Brutalism

Now that we had crossed into Bulgaria, the architecture has changed immediately, we are now in the world of grey cement. And that also means monuments. So let’s get into it. After leaving the casino we only had a short drive today, yet it would somehow consume the...
Beers In Romania?

Beers In Romania?

We have some time to kill… we have a vehicle… and we have passports in hand. With some quick work I install a second battery, fridge, and an isolator setup. With the L200 ready to go we begin our journey to, Romania! Why not mix it up. Of course we hit a few other...
Seriously Guys… Aliens

Seriously Guys… Aliens

We all knew this post would happen, I mean I was just at Karahan Tepe a few days back.. you can’t expect me not to stop at Göbeklitepe to see what its all about. Dating back to 12000 years ago, there is a bit of everything from obelisks to general simple carvings...
Straight From The Goat

Straight From The Goat

We start our day in Mardin looking for coffee, and we do succeed of course, this is Turkiye after all. We begin by walking around the old town and wandering down side streets. We even pulled into a nice shop and bought some wine, there was also a cute kitten that had...
3 Pointer

3 Pointer

TURN AND BURN BABY!! It sounds cool, but we didn’t really burn, more like a 3 point turn at the border then slowly worked our way home starting with a mangal on the way to Van, the road started nice, then got wild. And by wild I mean narrow with a few 100 meter drop...
The Call

The Call

For once the call wasn’t related to work. It was worse, This is back when Syria and Iran had a slight little missile exchange, With the news not looking good and airports closing, Asareh made the choice to meet me at the border with Turkiye. It’s a quick pack followed...
Killing Time

Killing Time

Well, with some free time and a spare vehicle, I found a bit of time to run around near Antalya, we will start these little warm ups heading for Ucansu Falls just over an hour away, For living so close its taken me ages to make my way out here. The drive was lovely...
What? It’s Over?

What? It’s Over?

With an icy start I crawl out of a rather warm tent, this heater is seriously worth every penny. With coffee boiling and eggs and bacon (read a full pack of bacon) I start the car which is running oddly rough this morning. It’s slightly missing, I think the glow plugs...
Will He Make It?

Will He Make It?

We roll the dice yet again if Georgia will finally let me cross into the country after all the paperwork fiasco of last time. But of course I first had to wash rinse repeat my normal start up procedure of getting the rig out of storage, washing it, fuelling it up,...
Casablanca – Starring Matt and Asareh

Casablanca – Starring Matt and Asareh

With a quick drive down the main highway we hammer back to Casa to meet with friends, and see a few of the sites around town before Asareh has to leave for work once again. I may have gotten a clamp put on the car here for not paying parking also, but hilariously, the...
I’m a Snaakkeeeee

I’m a Snaakkeeeee

A slippery little snaaakkkeeee, Some will get it, some will not. Either way we see many snakes!! Up early we have a quick little breakfast of bread and cheese before hitting the road, and of course we don’t get far before its time to stretch the legs in the forest and...
Seeing Blue

Seeing Blue

Seeing blue, and lots of it, something about Morocco is every city has a colour they stick with. Today, we are headed to Chefchaouen, the famous blue city. But of course, our day starts in town with me looking for someone with a drill to drill some holes for us to...
Reunited At Last

Reunited At Last

Reunited at last, Asareh had to head to Morocco over a month before I even hit the road, so meeting back up was amazing. Even if I did cause her to panic, after getting held up at customs for 3 hours due them scanning every vehicle, I had no sim card, and the guys at...
Aerodromes For Days

Aerodromes For Days

Crossing into Croatia is where the fun begins, I head straight for the air force base that is left to rot. Zeljava Aerodrome. Enjoy the photos from here. If you are in the area I highly suggest stopping in. although unless you have good tyres maybe don’t drive inside...
Why Is My Co-Pilot Asleep?

Why Is My Co-Pilot Asleep?

We will begin round 2 in Africa by actually starting in Turkey yet again. With the rig loaded up its time to motor to Morocco. I covered 3300kms in just over 9 days till I caught the ferry from Genova. The drive through Turkey is uneventful and I make great time due...
Introducing, Ruby

Introducing, Ruby

Well, due to the issues with the Pajero, the call was made to get a second vehicle for travel, mainly since the wagon cannot enter Turkey easily anymore. So we scored ourselves a nice little L200, running 50mm lift and 33″ tyres it sure does look the part. This...
End Scene

End Scene

The final blog of this chapter, we wake extra early to make the most of the day, with a final vacuum complete, Pina walks through the car with dirty paws to inspect. He looks unimpressed. Either way, its clean enough, we place the vehicle in storage and lock the...
Pushing Past 3200M

Pushing Past 3200M

This is it, our last day with the wagon on the road. We cross directly over the mountains and straight to Goght, which is where we will spend the night. The pass is huge and ticks just over 3200 meters. The wagon, suffering from a fan hub issues and now a bad...
Pants Are Optional

Pants Are Optional

Ahh yes, what do you do when you have a private area next to a lake, go swimming of course, well not fully swimming, but we at least got wet. Not much going on these 2 days, ohhh except, remember the plums?  Well we had sugar so Asareh made jam. Now that is how you do...
Frolicking in The Flowers

Frolicking in The Flowers

Today, I make sure we use the good camera a bit more as we are going to drive a route suggested to us from the campsite we store the wagon at. I spend the morning trying to photograph some birds. They are much too fast for the setup I am using. But I will keep...
Boiling Batteries

Boiling Batteries

Our day begins very uneventful, a nice wake up. Coffee, followed by a smoothie. While Asareh is around the car relaxing, I grab a bowl and get crackin, I have found black berry’s and by sacrificing my super sexy legs I wade into the shrubbery for our delicious meal....
Back And Forth

Back And Forth

We absolutely love camping next to water, either rivers or lakes. It means we get a clean up in the morning and we don’t need to stress about our water supplies. Plus, its calming, you know all that nature crap people love so much. Back at the task at hand, we are...
Retracing Steps

Retracing Steps

Well today we will pick up on a road we drove in a rental last time we were in Armenia, mainly because the views are stunning and there is a lovely little river in the valley to camp at. We have forgotten its Saturday though… this could be problematic. Our drive...
Blog 69! hehehe

Blog 69! hehehe

One day I will grow up, but not today. Either way, today is our lazy travel day, after yesterday’s blow out distance and time wise, we have decided to drive a massive 90kms. That’s it. Were done. As a bonus our first town has some cool cranes! And everyone (Me) loves...
It’ll Hold

It’ll Hold

After a full day in town, in which we covered the whole town top to bottom looking for a fan hub, even the Toyota dealership was paid a visit as I knew they had the special oil I was after. Which, fun fact – is only available for Australia and not for sale in...
Round 1 – Fight!

Round 1 – Fight!

Well, not fighting with people, just with the car. This is our first attempt at highway in the 40c heat, and let me tell you these mountains are giving me grief, as its mostly below 60kmh where we need the fan to aid, so we struggle, it never overheats, but it gets to...
Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

A short blog, As we are just getting the wagon back out of storage for a small trip. There are some niggling issues starting to show their ugly heads, mainly the viscous hub is failing, but its original, so its done very well. I noticed it getting a bit warm on the...
End Scene

End Scene

With our flight in 2 days it is time to strip the wagon down and clean everything. I mean even the tent comes off. We vacuum and wash the tent, the storage boxes, and even add the country flags we have missed. Even smelt clean! Spotless! Adding stickers But of course...
The Big Stuck

The Big Stuck

Well, when you wake up fresh and figure, you know what I feel like digging for 2 hours straight, the best thing to do is ignore the locals advice and go have a crack at the trail. And honestly, we had a very good start till we got to the 6km mark, snow, very hard...
Breakfast Of Champions

Breakfast Of Champions

What a day this was, stunning roads, friendly people, and some good food.  We started today with an early rise so we could pack up for our 8am breakfast meet up. And as stated, he is waiting for us at the agreed time. This was one of those early pack ups that once...
Borders, Bacon and Beer

Borders, Bacon and Beer

Ohhh yes, that’s right, today we leave Iran. And head for that sweet sweet country of pork and beer. Our host at the Airbnb (not actually called that, Iran has their own) shows us around the property, it is very well decorated and the rooms are clean. We grab a coffee...
Babak Fort

Babak Fort

Waking up before the sun rises is how we start the day, I quickly pack up the still wet tent from the dew and get the car ready to go, Asareh takes care of the coffee, which is in the travel mugs this morning for the drive out to save time. We start working our way up...
Aliens?

Aliens?

Ohhh… Asareh will love this blog!! But first we must pack up and leave Ireland, the camp was lovely, we even a windless night. Today we are heading to Babak Fort. We wind our way through little towns as much as possible, until we hit construction, and oddly enough we...
We Stop In Ireland

We Stop In Ireland

Well not really, but it sure looked close with the green rolling fields. Packing up in the morning the fog is heavy heavy, maybe 30M visibility, and in some places you can barely see past the hood. This is a nightmare to drive in as the drivers here can’t be trusted...
How Did You Get Here?

How Did You Get Here?

Upon packing the wagon and loading Pina up, we meet the hosts again who want to see the car, and chat with us before we head on our way, this is sometimes tough to do as you want to chat, but it will turn in to a meal and 5 hours so you sometimes do have to cut it...
I Dip My Toes…

I Dip My Toes…

In the Caspian Sea today, woooo. We wake up to a stunning sunrise as it lights up the mountains behind camp, although quite cold we make a coffee while packing up to speed to process. The wagon idles away, somewhat loudly, getting our bum heaters warm and giving the...
2021 Back Track – Petroglyphs

2021 Back Track – Petroglyphs

Ohhh this is a good one, we step back to the 2021 trip for the last time to fill in a small side track we did, We visit the Teymareh petroglyphs in the Golpayegan region. This area has rock art from over 7000 years ago with some ranging to over 30000 years old. It was...
North To Alask.. Wait.. Tehranish

North To Alask.. Wait.. Tehranish

Today we hammer north to Tehran, but first, I witness the most arched semi-trailer ever, I mean just look at it (Look below) its crazy, why? That’s way too much arch for such a short trailer. Any whooo… we basically head straight past Tehran, maybe next time I will...
Awwww Mannnnn….

Awwww Mannnnn….

Its time, the call has come. I must return to work. So we turn north, as we will be storing the wagon in Armenia. The tears flow… our drive north back to Isfahan is lovely, with a stop to hike to a water fall, plus just overall being in the highland version of the...
Persepolis

Persepolis

Today is the big day, Asareh has been going on and on about Persepolis for ages now, and today we finally visit. Now you have to think back to this time, rocking up and there are columns that looks 30m tall, horses at the gate. I mean, it’s absolutely wild. I will...
Shiraz – Exploring The Town

Shiraz – Exploring The Town

Back in the present, we are now aiming south to head for Shiraz, a city chock-full of architecture and history. The drive is along decent enough highways, well sorta decent, there are some crazy rough patches but most is high speed. The cat, as per the norm is out...
Back Track – Mashad 2021

Back Track – Mashad 2021

Today’s back track is from our adventure the Mashad, It was one of the places we just had to hit on our first trip. And was it ever worth it. We start with an adventure on an old 777, it’s a bit rough due to sanctions. But we get there. Of course the airport food is...
Isfahan Exploring

Isfahan Exploring

Where to start? We start by going full tourist mode and hitting up all the Big sites so this blog will be mainly a blog with pictures and links to Wikipedia to learn about the locations. Can’t take a dirty car So let’s start shall we! Stop #1: Hasht Behesht, a piece...
Eid Celebrations

Eid Celebrations

No wind on wake up, can’t beat that. Add in a cup of coffee with a view. We are off to a good start. We sit for 2 hours to let Pina run around and burn some energy off prior to beginning the pack up. We are going to go look for a waterfall on the way back to Ilam...
Up And Up And Up

Up And Up And Up

We wake up and start making coffee only to be interrupted by the new security on staff who are not impressed with our parking location. After some explaining they understand but still want us out before the big boss gets in, fair enough. We will do breakfast somewhere...
Shush

Shush

The sun starts to rise over the mountains, the cat has decided that we shall wake, so we wake, for the biscuits he makes get more and more aggressive as he hops between the both of us trying to wake us up. Breakfast for him and coffee for us. Plus some play time on...
Crackin’ Canyons

Crackin’ Canyons

Today’s list, a canyon, another canyon… then, you guessed it. 1 more canyon. Crazy times lie ahead. Our morning starts with a local police officer parked just down from us. He has seen us parked after attending the wedding and parked just down from us to ensure we had...
Boats Boats Boats

Boats Boats Boats

Where do we even start today? We woke up very tired due to our late night but luckily, we did have a safe night. We actually sat for a quick breakfast today which is not normal, but sometimes needed. Pina didn’t mind the hold up as he was busy chasing water drops...
A Bit Too Much Excitement

A Bit Too Much Excitement

Today was a relatively short day, but a wild day.  We start by packing up from Ilam and heading south, crazy right? Not only did we head south, but we even bought new pillows! Absolutely wild… Just kidding, Now the best part of heading south from Ilam is you go...
Backtrack! Ilam 2021

Backtrack! Ilam 2021

So this is not the first time in Iran, I was here the year prior, and did a bit more foot work since we didn’t have a car. So here is a little bit of our previous trip I thought fit in quite well. I guess we will start with my little adventure out to Zineh Gan cave. I...
Lazing Around Ilam

Lazing Around Ilam

So that’s how it done? Interesting. I have just spent the last 2 hours running around town trying to find fittings to fill up my LPG bottle and once I finally got a setup ready to go we drive past and see this:   Way to easy. Wish I knew prior. And boy do they...
Canyon Cruising

Canyon Cruising

Our end goal tonight is to arrive in Ilam and meet with some family, but of course the road zigs and zags, now the view is stunning so there are no complaints there, but some of the on coming traffic is driving shockingly dangerous even for my likes. It seems like if...
Back To The Bush

Back To The Bush

With our time in the city coming to a close, we head back east towards Ilam, on route though we cut south slightly and head towards the town of Cham Chit, a small town that was surprisingly busy, although it is Eid. The crew wide awake We swap drivers now everyone...
They Only Stop Me…

They Only Stop Me…

We leave town in the morning and do a small hunt for fuel, as per the normal to ensure we always have at least 1 full tank just in case we struggle to find fuel, The fuel line is long, but the guys are very friendly, 1 guy, a little to friendly, for the truckers that...
My Rice!

My Rice!

Our pot of rice that is… spills all over the ground for our dinner… but more on that later. We have a freezing wake up, there is a slight wind and that is making the coffee a struggle to heat up as we are running very low on gas. During pack up our tent cover zipper...
Findin Fuel

Findin Fuel

After arriving late at night in the dark we awake to a stunning view of mountains and the lake. There has been a light coating of snow while we slept as well, it seems to be following us with no signs of letting up, another issue being all the dogs from the previous...
Stewwww….

Stewwww….

Nothing beats a good stew on a cold day. And today was no exception. Waking up its not the hottest out, and the sun won’t make an appearance for many many hours due to the parking location. So its coffee and go today. Pina completes our prestart and gives us the tick...
We Are In Iran!!!

We Are In Iran!!!

All eyes are on me as I roll past the heavy metal gate and into Iran, “Here we go, I whisper to myself” I get out of the car and the first guard approaches, He summons me to the back of the car and makes me open the rear door, I comply. He looks at the wall of stuff....
Down By The Border

Down By The Border

Now its getting good, we are seeing road signs that say “Iran” finally. Asareh is over the moon excited. I can’t believe we are going to drive our own rig in. and as a bonus we do get some clear weather today. But first, breakfast. Our goal for today is to reach...
And More Snow?

And More Snow?

I was right, getting out of a warm bed to -5 is a struggle, no one wants to move, I now need to pack up a wet and frozen tent, my fingers are killing me but all with a smile on my face. Asareh is huddled as close as possible to the stove as it boils water, I assume to...
But Why The Snow?

But Why The Snow?

Grey skies all day today folks, and nothing will change for a while. But that okay, we enjoy our Turkish breakfast which was fantastic, and healthy. This allows us to normally run most of the day without having the need for a lunch. Which saves us driving time. Well,...
Here We Go Again

Here We Go Again

This time with a CAT! Yes that is correct we have added a family member, Pina. Our Scottish fold. He has a nice little seat in the centre of the car where he sleeps most of the time. Day 1 was a little exciting, as it was his first long long trip, he has been on many...
Home Time

Home Time

Second last day, leaving camp there is some angles on the track and I decide to get a feel for the wagon, 20 degrees feels very stable. Then its time to go check out some black sea cliffs, this is a great little side track through the fields next to the ocean....
Let’s Roll

Let’s Roll

With Asareh loaded into an uber, I pack the rest of our stuff into the wagon and aim south, well sorta south, This blog will cover my 2 day drive as I head south towards Odessa. Starting with me leaving town I head towards Pereiaslav and then turn further south.  My...
Churches and Chillin

Churches and Chillin

Back in town, I will add they took our monitors away before we arrived… so maybe there is some residual levels we don’t need to know about? Either way we are back in town and ready for some museums! Well, more like a day in the park and we add museums to it. Our first...
Chernobyl Part 5 – Inside The Sarcophagus

Chernobyl Part 5 – Inside The Sarcophagus

After we finished in the substation, it was time to head to control room 4, the room where it all happened. We continue walking down the golden mile through more full body scanners for radiation and move into rougher hallways, hallways that run along the original...
Chernobyl Part 4 – Outside The Sarcophagus

Chernobyl Part 4 – Outside The Sarcophagus

Our second day seen most of our time spent in the actual powerplant itself. As I said before, it was in operation as a nuclear plant until 2001, but is still in use today, as pictures will show, for use as a sub-station. We started our tour with entering through side...
Chernobyl Part 3 – The Vehicles

Chernobyl Part 3 – The Vehicles

No our car didn’t make the cut… Although I would gladly go back if I could take it in again. During our trip we were not able to view the vehicle grave yard, as most has been cleaned up for scrap. But they did have a range of vehicle on display to see and of course...
Chernobyl Part 2 – Inside The City

Chernobyl Part 2 – Inside The City

During our time here we spent a solid day almost exploring the city, well that is left of it, Founded in 1970 it was to be the poster child for soviet cities, it had everything, apartments, amusement parks, schools, the works. It was sectioned into micro districts...
Chernobyl Part 1: Outside The City

Chernobyl Part 1: Outside The City

Loaded in the van in the morning we set out, Out first stop along the way will be for the entry checkpoint, no photos here, but they take your passports and check you in. this is where you receive your first radiation meter to monitor you. We never did get the results...
Chernobyl

Chernobyl

Good morning all, today we wake up and get into a black van that will take us to Chernobyl, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in humanity. We will be spending 2 days in the area, visiting the city, power plant and the town of Chernobyl itself where we stayed in a...
Arriving in Kyiv

Arriving in Kyiv

Not much to do today except chill and drop the wagon off for some work and the mechanics, now its not there due to being unreliable. This company redoes steering wheels in leather and I also need my clock spring replaced plus a few niggling bits. Mainly preventative...
Bombs Away – Part 2

Bombs Away – Part 2

Now where were we, oh ya, its crazy hot out so let’s go downstairs, like down down, 6m wide silos sunk into the ground 1 for the workers, 2 at a time and the other for the sleeping giant. The workers would take 48 hours shifts in the bunkers, just 2 at a time. And...
Bomb Away – Part 1

Bomb Away – Part 1

This is a 2 part blog, and I will start with our day, go into just the outside area around the bunker and then blog 2 will continue inside the bunker as there were way too many photos taken. We get up early as we have made plans and stop in town for brekky, we hit up...
Space Cadets

Space Cadets

I have no idea what aeroplane it is, but it was cool so we stopped quickly to see it, this is the start to an exciting day. We visit the space museum, from the very start its cool, copies of sputnik on display, Asareh gets to meet wall-E and I am allow to touch stuff....
Big Ol’ Bunkers

Big Ol’ Bunkers

I would be lying if I said we did not stop for another one of those croissants that are crazy unhealthy before leaving town. So I won’t, we did, it was amazing. We did enjoy the morning lazily strolling around town and finally left around 11. With such a late start we...
House of Scientists

House of Scientists

  With the sounds of vehicles passing the car again we get out of bed, but of course we never leave camp without coffee and a chill. Golden rules guys. With the car packed we head north, our goal today is to reach Lviv. We have a nice Airbnb booked in the heart...
Waterfalls and Winches

Waterfalls and Winches

When will it end? We leave Ivano-Frankivsk at a decent hour, and all fresh from the hotel we stayed in. Our goal today, find a way through the mountains to a nice waterfall to camp at. We motor south enjoy the cool air, it’s a slightly overcast day but that is fine,...
Torture Time

Torture Time

Waking up early we are read to head to Ivano-Frankivsk but first we must stop at a castle for a look around, not more than 20kms from camp we pull into a small town called Khotyn where there is a full on castle/fort in an area with a stunning church next to a lake....
Black Out

Black Out

Double day bonus blog After surviving the night near the old facility we head further west with our goal of arriving at a camp site called База отдыха but first we swing through a small town by chance as we see a heap of statues on the side of the road, this takes us...