We spent a little over two weeks in Jordan. We hired a car and drove through the country visiting various sties along the way. The local people are amazing – so friendly and welcoming. The country is beautiful and there are so many amazing things to see. There are many big, bucket list items (Petra,…
Category: Adventure / Active
Itinerary – Two Weeks in Jordan
We spent just over two weeks in Jordan on an amazing roadtrip through the country. When researching our trip to Jordan we found a lot of itineraries that were for 5 to 10 days. While Jordan is a relatively small country, we decided to spend a bit longer and take our time exploring Jordan. I…
A Drive Through the Balkans and Beyond
After spending several months in Albania, it was time to drive back to England. We travelled through several Balkan countries, as well as Italy and France. There was so much to see and enjoy, including visiting a number of Christmas markets.
Exploring Albania
Albania was an unexpected adventure. We were enjoying Greece when the country went into a full lockdown due to covid. We needed to leave the country (or spend weeks sitting in a hotel room) and ended up finding a cheap priced flight from Athens to Tirana, Albania. We didn’t know anything about Albania. We booked…
End of the Journey (North UK Series 3 of 3)
Now that we’ve completed the North Coast 500 route we started to make our way back home towards London. This post starts from Inverness heading back towards London. Check out our other posts on the journey north to the NC500 and the NC500 route. In the two weeks we took to get back south to…
North Coast 500 (North UK Series 2 of 3)
Journey Details | 17 Days | 1243.1 Miles Isle of Skye to Applecross – Lochcarron, Bealach na Ba, Applecross Applecross to Shieldaig – Toscaig, Applecross, Shieldaig Shieldaig to Autlbea – Kinlochewe, Redpoint Aultbea to Achiltibuie – Aultbea, Mellon Udrigle Beach, Corrieshalloch Gorge, Loch Broom Broch, Achiltibuie Achiltibuie to Kylestrome – Bone Caves, Ardvreck Castle Kylestrome…
Journey to the North Coast 500 (North UK Series 1 of 3)
We decided we wanted to do the North Coast 500 route along the north coast of Scotland. Since we were planning to drive all the way north, we thought we would take our time getting there (and back) from London. In the two weeks we took to get to Lochcarron to start the NC500 we…
15 Day Itinerary in the West Country (UK)
Day 1 – New Forest National Park New Forest National Park. We left home and headed through the New Forest National Park on our way to Beaulieu. The drive through New Forest was beautiful. Very green and ponies everywhere! The ponies would be in the field next to the road, on the shoulder, or sometimes…
A Night on an Island in the Gulf of Thailand – Ang Thong Marine Park
We decided we wanted to explore other islands in the area while on Koh Phangan. This lead us to the Ang Thong Marine Park, and the day tours that are available with various tour companies. The marine park is a protected area consisting 42 islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Most of the islands are…
Land Diving on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
While we were in Vanuatu the land diving was taking place on Pentecost island. The land diving ceremonies only happen for a few weeks a year, so we were fortunate to be in the country while it was happening. We decided to take the tour on our last day of our trip. We took a…