Exterior Restoration

VW T25 Syncro Restoration Project: Part 1: Bodywork and Painting: We bought our Syncro on what was near enough its 30th birthday. It began life in Dresden, Germany, where it served as a vehicle in their fire department. At the end of its service it was bought by an English Gentleman, who converted it to […]

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Unwinding on the coast

After all the driving around we’d been doing in the USA, followed by some off-road adventuring around the mountainous back roads of Baja. It was time to slow down and enjoy the beach again. There is very little to report about our time in San Felipe. We simply spent several mornings and evenings on the beach, watching […]

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Super Off Road

Dan Rewind 19 years to a 17-year-old me, I was, to put it politely driving adverse, this pretty much continued […]

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Top 10 Driving Experiences

Having driven many miles in many countries we thought it time to look back and put down a list of our top experiences . 1 – Albania’s Unpredictability If you are planning to visit Albania, it is a land of driving extremes. From the baking heat, standstills and ample use of horns in Tirana, to…

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What’s in my bag / Ο εξοπλισμός μου [VIDEO]

Filed under: Ο γύρος του κόσμου με Vespa Tagged: 2013, 2014, africa, around, Around the world on a Vespa, Club, drift, gogos, greece, Halkidiki, HD, όχι στην εξόρυξη χρυσού, Αφρική, Βέσπα, ΕΛΠΑ, Εξόρυξη Χρυσή, Μεταλλεία, Ο εξοπλισμός μου, Στέργιος Γκόγκος, … Continue reading →

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Romania: Part 2

When we finally arrived at the highly recommended town of Sighisoara, and found the best camp site I had ever stayed in (although Dee strongly disagrees). The facilities left a lot to be desired; in fact it was little more than a field, but it was on a hill looking over the city and the view was unparalleled. It…

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Central Morocco

We arrived In Merzouga a little worse for wear but (myself anyway) incredibly excited to plow the Landy over some sand dunes. I quickly learned that the sand dunes that you picture when you think of the Sahara are actually sand seas, some, such as Erg Chebbi, not more than 30km across. The majority of the Sahara is actually…

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North Morocco

I had travelled to Morocco before, so I thought I knew what to expect, but there is big difference between coming through the border on foot with a local, and coming through without a French or Arabic word in your vocabulary, in a big Land Rover. The first major problem was in trying to determine…

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Finding Our Feet in the Pyrenees

etting off from Northern Spain it was straight up into the mountains for a spot of off road and our first wild camp site of the trip. The view from camp was stunning and lent itself to Ansel Adams style landscape shots like the one below. In terms of events, the week was just incredibly good…

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TRIP 2 – Zimbabwe

06/05/2014 The day start with the 18 Km (or 25km ??) to get to Gache Gache Lodge. thanks God I didn’t attempt to get there yesterday night because the road to arrive is nasty as expected but also there are two turn points that I would have surely missed driving at night. In fact I …

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Off-roading in Nigeria!

Θέλοντας να αποφύγουμε τον κεντρικό δρόμο από Μπενίν προς Νιγηρία, προτιμώντας να περάσουμε από ένα πιο ήσυχο πέρασμα στη χώρα για την οποία είχαμε ακούσει τόσες ιστορίες τρόμου, πέσαμε πάνω σε αυτό… Έναν δρόμο που σε κάποια σημεία απλά δεν … Continue reading →

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Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California

After finally making it out of Coco’s road and over the next 15 miles or so of rocky, windy, hilly, sand and gravel kidney-jostling road, I get back to the main highway at Chepala. I’m headed for Bahia De (Bay… Read More ›

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