Inspiring Sailing Story: Swell – A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening
Sheri and I often say that everyone has a story. And often, the best stories are those told by other travelers. What follows is the first installment in an ongoing series where we share some of our favorite books, films, and blogs on travel that we’ve found both entertaining and inspiring. Hard to put down … Read More
Shark Diving for Dummies
Introduction Back in 2006, Sheri and I spent five weeks in Lagos, Portugal learning to scuba dive. Diving along Portugal’s sun-drenched Algarve coast was addictive. Get up, dive, laze on a quiet beach, spend the night partying, sleep, and repeat. We were immediately hooked. Diving, we quickly discovered, was a perfect complement to our lifestyle … Read More
A Bike Shop ‘Salon’ & a Stranger’s Guitars
Buenos Aires, Argentina February 16, 2017 Embracing the Unexpected Travel is about embracing unforeseen opportunities. It’s about following a path in one direction only to take an unplanned fork in the road. The sort of fork that leads to extraordinary experiences. Forks like the time we met a cook named Ali behind a restaurant … Read More
All Roads in Ireland are One Way: Up
At the start of any new journey, we’re always a little off – out of balance. It takes time for us to slip back into our travel groove. As much as anything, our opening days bikepacking in Europe have been about hitting our stride. More than usual, perhaps, as we’re kicking off something completely new … Read More
Bikepacking Europe: The Start of a New Adventure
Pardon Our Dust OK, so before I provide an update, I feel compelled to offer up this preface. We’re long overdue to post a proper update on our travels. And by long, I mean like years long. Aside from one-off posts here and there, our last regular journal-type entry on the when, where and what … Read More
On Safari: Nighttime in the African Bush
Back in 2000, Sheri and I went on our first African safari in South Africa’s Timbavati Reserve. To be honest, in the days leading up to our departure, I can’t say we were particularly excited about our upcoming trip. In retrospect, I think our lack of enthusiasm, in part at least, came down to all … Read More
The Emergency Back-up Campsite
There’s nothing like spending a night or two (or three…) on a quiet stretch of beach, along a roaring river, or in the middle of a small clearing overlooking snow-capped mountains. Recently, we’ve had a particularly good run of wild camps. Heading north through South America we’ve camped by mirror-like fjords, placid lakes, and most … Read More
Why We Wander: Desert Camp, Hoarasib River, Namibia
We’d like to introduce Why We Wander – an ongoing photo and video series that offers a glimpse into our lives on the road, and which aims to convey what we love about travel. For our first post, we’ve chosen a photo, which we took in September 2016. It’s an image of Sheri relaxing in … Read More
By Any Means: 5 Reasons to Travel Overland
There are endless ways to explore the world. For years, our travels made good use of airline tickets and a couple of backpacks. Then, in 2005, we discovered overlanding and soon after we departed England for Africa – our first overland trip. Today, we still travel by many means. Overland travel, however, has become our … Read More
Timeless Africa: 12 Black and White Wildlife Images
There’s something timeless about a black and white photograph of wild Africa. The monochromatic image of a dusty bull elephant standing sentinel on a grassy savanna or a herd of zebra lined up to drink on the edge of a mirror-like waterhole – their black and white stripes imprinted on the water’s glassy surface. Such … Read More
Dreaming of Africa
As I write this post, it’s been a few months since we left Cape Town for South America, and I find myself overcome by a familiar sense of nostalgia. It’s a nostalgia born from past travels and a nostalgia traced to our first visit to South Africa some 17 years ago. A trip in which … Read More