My favourite surprise

Our days in Etosha were drawing to a close. We still had one full day before we started the extended journey back to Windhoek to catch our flight. And it turned out to be a very special day. The morning dawned glorious and golden – and rather chilly – as it had most days. Our …
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Wale und Wandern im schönen Nationalpark Forillon

Kilometerstand Abfahrt: Phare Cap Madeleine (Kanada): 39.584 km Ankunft: Percé (Kanada): 39.824 km Gesamtetappe: 240 km Es ging weiter entlang der Küste von Gaspésie, bis wir unser Ziel erreicht hatten: den Nationalpark Forillon. Im Besucherzentrum … Weiterlesen

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Ein Elch, zwei Elche, drei Elche – viele Elche! Moose-Glück auf Gaspésie

Kilometerstand Abfahrt: Matane (Kanada): 39.282 km Ankunft: Phare Cap Madeleine (Kanada): 39.584 km Gesamtetappe: 302 km Bevor wir am nächsten Morgen in Richtung Nationalpark aufbrechen konnten, „durften“ wir einen kleinen Blick in das kanadische Gesundheitssystem … Weiterlesen

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Whalewatching und ein super nettes Lunch-Picknick

Kilometerstand Abfahrt: Tadoussac (Kanada): 39.065 km Ankunft: Trois Pistoles (Kanada): 39.112 km Etappe: 47 km und ein paar Seemeilen 😉 Unsere Whalewatching-Tour im Zodiac hatten wir am Vorabend online gebucht und um halb zehn morgens … Weiterlesen

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Back to Nature: Smokey Mountains

Kilometerstand Abfahrt: Nashville, Tennessee (USA): 35.192 km Ankunft: Cherokee, North Carolina (USA): 35.613 km Etappe: 421 km Jetzt hieß es: von der Kultur zurück in die Natur. Von Nashville waren es rund 330 Kilometer bis … Weiterlesen

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Nationalparkhopping in den Appalachen: Blue Ridge Parkway & Skyline Drive

Kilometerstand Abfahrt: Cherokee, North Carolina (USA): 35.613 km Ankunft: Altoona, Pennsylvania (USA): 36.824 km Gesamtetappe: 1.211 km Die letzten Tage verbrachten wir auf dem Blue Ridge Parkway, einem über 700 km langen Naherholungsfahrweg mit unzähligen … Weiterlesen

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The Alaska Marine Highway – The Inside Passage

Alaska motto – North to the future. One of the many highlights for us on this trip has been the various ferry journeys we’ve undertaken with Bertie. They’ve all been memorable for one reason or another but none have been…

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The Arctic Circle – Our final frontier …….

For over a week we had been waiting for the Dalton Highway to re-open after the flooding and finally we were in Fairbanks, the jump off point for the Highway. Jim went off to see Dan Armstrong at Adventure Cycleworks click…

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Alaska at last

  Our trek through Canada has taken us through Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon, all vast open spaces. Taking the eastern access highway,  2 days riding from Edmonton saw us reach the official start of the Alaska Highway at…

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School Report 10 – Canada and the Bears

Dear children We have now entered country 15, Canada. If you have a look at a world map or the globe you will see that Canada is joined to USA and has the longest international border in the world. It…

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School Report 9

Man Made and Natural Wonders of the World There are things in our world that are truly amazing. They may be something that man has built or they may be something natural. Grumpy and I have been lucky to see…

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That One Time When We Were Robbed In Costa Rica

Heather Don’t worry it 8 years ago but I wish this public service announcement was around on our first visit […]

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THE MYSTERIOUS FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH

Butterflies feature in the carvings and friezes uncovered in the ancient Mesoamerican cities. Cultural myth honours them as a symbol of transformation. The Aztecs believed them to be the spirits of dead relatives, returning to assure them all was well. In Aztec lore the butterflies circled the bouquets of flowers carried by men of social […]

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Wild Bison in Białowieża

Europe was once a postcard of biological diversity, with an abundance of wild beasts roaming free through its forests, plains and valleys. Unfortunately, today, human interference has changed that drastically and while one may spot a deer from time to time, or complain that an urban fox got into suburban bins, it is but a touch on the spoil of life… Read more →

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So are we in Alaska, or British Columbia?

As we’ve mentioned, we quite enjoyed Alaska, we didn’t want to miss our last opportunity for a visit, so we made the detour to Stewart and Hyder. Stewart is in British Columbia. Hyder is right next door and is technically in Alaska, although they do use Canadian money and run mostly on Canadian time (except […]

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Moose, marmots and bears, oh my!

The wildlife of Alaska. In contrast to New Zealand where the native wildlife consists almost entirely of birds, it is a bit of a change to spend some time in a part of the world where the wildlife is large enough to trample and/or eat you. Our first tramping (hiking for non-Kiwis) trips into bear […]

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Melbourne in pictures

Some cheap airfares made it possible to take a pre-trip trip to Australia to catch up with friends and family and to have a bit of a break from work. The first week of our trip was spent exploring Melbourne with our good friend Phillipa as our tour guide. We spent some of our time […]

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The journey begins

The USA—it’s like New Zealand, only the junk food is cheaper and they drive on the right (wrong) side of the road. Also, for some reason they have these crazy four way stops where a roundabout would have been a good option. Although Ben seems to be warming to these after a few weeks of […]

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Going for Gold

Things have been pretty hectic with last-minute trip prep of late, but I decided it was well past time to start working through and publish some of the nearly written blog posts that have waited in the wings for a while. So here’s some more about Australia: Part two of our brief Australian excursion took […]

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An African Experience

Africa is a place we been to a couple of times now, but one of the most memorable trips we have ever experienced was our three months overlanding from Nairobi to Cape Town. Traveling through seven countries and covering thousands … Continue reading →
An African Experience is a post from: The Next Big Adventure

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