Self-driving the Pamir Highway: eight days on the ‘Roof of the World’
March 29, 2025
Self-driving the Pamir Highway is one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. This guide is our eight day itinerary, and the information you need to plan your trip.
I like to make things up as I go along – take each day as it comes. Usually every day is different. Some days are more different than others: unique experiences you don’t find just anywhere.
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Self-driving safari in southern Africa: itinerary and planning
March 27, 2025
A self-driving safari in southern Africa is definitely one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our twenty-one day self-driving itinerary from South Africa to Namibia and Botswana, and provided some information to help you plan your own ultimate African roadtrip.
Planning a tour in Turkmenistan: our 9 day itinerary
March 26, 2025
This post is the itinerary for our nine day tour in Turkmenistan. It’s about how we arrived at this plan, what we loved about it, and things we’d change in retrospect. Feel free to copy our itinerary directly, or borrow a few of the days you like best and use it as a base to kick off your own plans.
Travel in Turkmenistan: from a city of marble to the Gates of Hell
February 23, 2025
Everyone knows it’s not easy to get into Turkmenistan. Ok, a lot of people probably haven’t heard of Turkmenistan. But once you do, you mainly hear how hard it is to visit. Starting our pre-travel research, I read: ‘The country is known for its autocratic government and large gas reserves’. Sounds fascinating, right? Well, having got the visa, we can say that yes, it definitely is.
Self-driving roadtrip in Mongolia: itinerary and planning
July 2, 2024
Self-driving and wild camping in Mongolia definitely makes for one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our 16 day self-driving itinerary, and I’ve provided information to help you plan your own ultimate roadtrip.
Roadtripping in Mongolia: an off-road adventure
June 24, 2024
Maybe it’s just me, but the first word that comes to mind when I think of Mongolia is ‘hordes’. But for a place once famously home to all sorts of hordes, it’s pretty empty now. Actually, it’s the least densely populated country on earth. The Gobi desert, the endless steppe, the taiga – all that vast emptiness – waiting to be explored.
Trekking Langtang valley without a guide: itinerary and planning
May 13, 2024
This post is the itinerary and planning for our seven day Langtang valley trek. It’s about how we arrived at this plan, and how it went. Feel free to copy our itinerary directly, or use it as a base to kick off your own plans.
Bhutan: in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
April 25, 2024
Bhutan: a tiny Himalayan kingdom with a pricey entrance fee, and a border crossing in the middle of a city that straddles two countries. Standing on our hotel balcony in India, we looked across the street and into the next country. Surrounded by mountains, Bhutan really is a world of its own.
Home is where the car is: a roadtrip in Southern Africa
December 11, 2023
From meerkats to lions and everything in between – puff adders come to mind – roadtripping and camping in southern Africa is next-level. It took us exactly one camp cooking session and a single night in the roof tent to start considering stealing the truck ourselves and becoming vanlifers.
Eritrea: a week in Africa’s North Korea
November 15, 2023
An Italian colony, a British protectorate, an Ethiopian state – Eritrea has changed hands a few times. Since achieving independence in 1993 after a long and bloody fight, it has become a reclusive nation often referred to as ‘The North Korea of Africa’.
Self-driving the Pamir Highway: eight days on the ‘Roof of the World’
March 29, 2025
Self-driving the Pamir Highway is one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. This guide is our eight day itinerary, and the information you need to plan your trip.
Self-driving safari in southern Africa: itinerary and planning
March 27, 2025
A self-driving safari in southern Africa is definitely one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our twenty-one day self-driving itinerary from South Africa to Namibia and Botswana, and provided some information to help you plan your own ultimate African roadtrip.
Planning a tour in Turkmenistan: our 9 day itinerary
March 26, 2025
This post is the itinerary for our nine day tour in Turkmenistan. It’s about how we arrived at this plan, what we loved about it, and things we’d change in retrospect. Feel free to copy our itinerary directly, or borrow a few of the days you like best and use it as a base to kick off your own plans.
Travel in Turkmenistan: from a city of marble to the Gates of Hell
February 23, 2025
Everyone knows it’s not easy to get into Turkmenistan. Ok, a lot of people probably haven’t heard of Turkmenistan. But once you do, you mainly hear how hard it is to visit. Starting our pre-travel research, I read: ‘The country is known for its autocratic government and large gas reserves’. Sounds fascinating, right? Well, having got the visa, we can say that yes, it definitely is.
Self-driving roadtrip in Mongolia: itinerary and planning
July 2, 2024
Self-driving and wild camping in Mongolia definitely makes for one of the world’s ultimate roadtrips. Thinking about taking it on? In this post I’ve outlined our 16 day self-driving itinerary, and I’ve provided information to help you plan your own ultimate roadtrip.
Roadtripping in Mongolia: an off-road adventure
June 24, 2024
Maybe it’s just me, but the first word that comes to mind when I think of Mongolia is ‘hordes’. But for a place once famously home to all sorts of hordes, it’s pretty empty now. Actually, it’s the least densely populated country on earth. The Gobi desert, the endless steppe, the taiga – all that vast emptiness – waiting to be explored.
Trekking Langtang valley without a guide: itinerary and planning
May 13, 2024
This post is the itinerary and planning for our seven day Langtang valley trek. It’s about how we arrived at this plan, and how it went. Feel free to copy our itinerary directly, or use it as a base to kick off your own plans.
Bhutan: in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon
April 25, 2024
Bhutan: a tiny Himalayan kingdom with a pricey entrance fee, and a border crossing in the middle of a city that straddles two countries. Standing on our hotel balcony in India, we looked across the street and into the next country. Surrounded by mountains, Bhutan really is a world of its own.
Home is where the car is: a roadtrip in Southern Africa
December 11, 2023
From meerkats to lions and everything in between – puff adders come to mind – roadtripping and camping in southern Africa is next-level. It took us exactly one camp cooking session and a single night in the roof tent to start considering stealing the truck ourselves and becoming vanlifers.
Eritrea: a week in Africa’s North Korea
November 15, 2023
An Italian colony, a British protectorate, an Ethiopian state – Eritrea has changed hands a few times. Since achieving independence in 1993 after a long and bloody fight, it has become a reclusive nation often referred to as ‘The North Korea of Africa’.