Around Annapurna, Part 2: Snowbound

<< Read Part 1 For the second consecutive day in Braga the rain continued to fall. Plan A had been to make a three day diversion to Tilicho Lake, the highest lake in the world at over 16,000 feet. The mountain shelf on which Tilicho sits was visible from the dining room of our lodge, [...]

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Men in Black...

OK so its not quite Men in Black but I couldn’t be bothered to think of something better.A trip to the state park in Wilmington and a trip to the shop where you pay for camping. The gate said they close the campsite at 6pm….true. So it was no good for us as we wanted to go out for dinner after working on the car. To be more accurate, working on the difflock that wasn’t set correctly when they did the gearbox swap. Not [...]

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White Sands

White Sands National Monument is a unique place, resting between to mountain ranges in a valley near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The area was first explored by U.S. Cavalry in the mid-1800s. You access it from Highway 70 about 16 miles… Read More ›

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A Souk, a Riad and the Road North

Almost overnight, something changes for us in Morocco. Perhaps it’s the energy that envelops Meknes, perhaps it’s the massive injection of B12 back into our diets. Maybe, it’s just me letting go of trying to push through things and easing myself back into the headspace of allowing things to unfold as they may and taking […]

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San Miguel de Allende- You will not want to leave

Be careful about visiting San Miguel de Allende, there is something about this small, picturesque town that sucks you in. Sam and I came here for a few days and ended up staying for twelve. Part of it is the great campground in the heart of the city, a rare find in Mexico, with really […]
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Smiling despite the weather

Well this morning arrived without the terrible weather forecast so we ventured out on the BMW’s to give them their first run on Scottish roads in over a year. First we had to tax them though, luckily all done on line but at £78 a tad expensive, how come small cars pay little or no...
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01/26/2014 – 206 days/18725 miles

Here’s just a couple more photos from my last couple days in Kathmandu…and I’m off to Bangkok in the morning! Himalayas from a plane…             That’s Everest             Boudhanath Temple…one...
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