Yesterday was 466 days since returning to the UK, or in other words, 66 weeks and 4 days which has a nice symmetry to it. Looking back we feel very lucky, being able to afford to go travelling, particularly the […]
Home sweet home
On the weekend we finally made it back on British soil after 51 weeks away from home, let’s call it a year. Saturday was a lazy morning, packing our bags for the last time and gathering our thoughts. It’s hard […]
Venture Over
Last night we arrived into the port of Antwerp in Belgium. This morning we clambered down the rickety steps on to solid ground, and it couldn’t have come quicker. The Independent Venture was a much smaller vessel than our previous […]
Transatlantic, Less Than Frantic
It’s about that time. Today we board the Independent Venture in Wilmington, North Carolina for our home continent. In 11 days time, if everything goes to plan, we will arrive into Antwerp and then four days later catch the train […]
The Heart of Cajun Country
For our fourth workaway of the trip, we have come to the deep south. After easing into Louisiana by spending a few days enjoying the delights and beignets of New Orleans, we arrived into Lafayette on Wednesday on our first […]
Land, ho!
Yesterday, on time, we arrived into Long Beach south of downtown Los Angeles. It was the most exhilarating way we have entered a new country so far, with the large containers stretched out in front of us slowly passing smaller […]
Entering the domain of the Golden Dragon
Tomorrow, at 4am GMT, we will be boarding the CMA CGM G. Washington in Xiamen bound for Los Angeles. The time and effort that have gone into arranging this, not to mention the money spent, will finally pay off. We’re […]
“We have a booking”
A bit later than I thought, we’ve finally booked and paid for the cargo ship journey across the Pacific Ocean – eee! Before our trip began we trawled the internet to find out how on earth we book a cargo […]
Quá lâo, Vietnam.
We’re about to get on a train out of Hanoi which will take us overnight to the Chinese border and then on to Nanning. Because the gauge is different in Vietnam, this train uses its own special track laid from […]
The Long Awaited Awesome Appointment
After a very anxious morning, and a wait of 12 days instead of the advised 3, we visited the US Embassy in Hanoi for our B1/B2 tourist visa interviews. The interview process was very fast. You’re not allowed to enter […]
