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ABOUT US

On 1st Oct, 2015, we headed off on a journey, hoping to travel around the world.

We have sailed across the Atlantic and up through the Caribbean, toured North, Central and South America in our VW van and are now enjoying our trip through New Zealand.

Enjoy our blog - older posts are found at the very bottom of the blog page.

WHERE ARE WE NOW ?

New Zealand - The Catlins and Otago Penisular

New Zealand - Stewart Island and Invercargill

New Zealand - Fiordland

New Zealand - Queenstown

New Zealand - Aoraki - Mount Cook

New Zealand - Wanaka

New Zealand - West Coast of the South Island

New Zealand - Nelson

New Zealand - The Wairapa and Wellington

New Zealand - Back to the East-coast

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Colourful Suriname

We left French Guiana, crossing the Maroni river to arrive in Suriname. The ferry, which takes about eight cars, only runs a couple of...

French Guiana - a bit of Papillion

We arrived at the French Guiana border on a Sunday afternoon. A quiet modern post, manned by a policeman and a customs officer. No...

Brazil - Pará - Belém to Macapá

From Brasília it was a long drive north to Belém. We had previously decided to miss the Guyanas and Suriname but, somewhere in route...

Brazil - Matto Grosso, Goias, Brasilia and the Tocantins

From the Pantanal we headed up into the State of Mato Grosso. We thought of seeing a few sights in Cuiabá, but as it appeared on the...

Southern Brazil - The Pantanal

We spent June and the first week of July in the UK, running around and catching up with friends and family. A few too many drinks, a lot...

Southern Brazil, a little Uruguay and a bare mention of Argentina

On a Sunday morning at the end of April, we crossed from Paraguay to Brazil at Ponta Porã. With the knowledge that Rachel's passport was...

Paraguay

We crossed from Argentina to Paraguay on a small car ferry on the Triple Frontier, at the confluence of the Río Iguazú and Río Paraná. ...

Argentina - Up North

From Uruguay, we crossed back into Argentina just north of Salto at the hydro-electric dam on the Rio Uruguay. We were now heading to...

Uruguay - Birds

Once we left behind the built up coastal areas of Uruguay, we were amazed at the amount of wild life, and in particular the birds that we...

Uruguay

We crossed the río Plata and entered Uruguay at Colonia de Sacramento, a beautiful old town (UNESCO Heritage). In 2003 my brother Kevin...

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