What? Its Over?

What? Its 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, fueling it up, then...
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...
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 to 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 yesterdays 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...
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...