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Mischa and Rosanna off on a flight-free adventure!

After spending five years living, working and studying in Sheffield we decided we wanted a change. A plan was concocted! To travel around Japan and spend a couple of months seeing what it’s like to live and volunteer in the country supposedly most different to the west. As plans do, they grew and grew. Why not travel there overland through Russia, let’s see northern China, I don’t know much about South Korea… and so on. It resulted in backpacking round the world for a year without taking a single plane. Flying often is damaging to the environment so we wanted to minimise the impact our travelling would have. We spent three weeks crossing Russia via the Trans-Manchurian, seven months in Asia and finally three months in North America. Our longest time spent in one country was China and we crossed the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans on cargo ships which took 15 and 11 days respectively. We returned with a new appreciation and love for our home country, the United Kingdom.

This blog was started for our family and friends who were interested in following us around the world, but also for our own memories as a journal to read on returning. Now the once-in-a-lifetime journey has ended, the blog will remain up as a guide for future travellers or those just interested in reading about the surprises and delights we came across along the way.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re looking for advice or would like to know more about our journey:

mischa@myjumbokimono.com & rosanna@myjumbokimono.com