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Preparation

Embassies and visas

At first it felt like a logistics nightmare attempting to work out when and where is best to get visas, before we left or on the go? After researching the requirements for every country we thought we might visit, we […]

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the world, VisasTagged china, russia, usa, vietnam, visas4 Comments

Packing for a year

Having only been on holidays/trips for a max of two weeks before, thinking about packing for a year seemed impossible. Queue googling and reading a ton of other blogs! Turns out, unsurprisingly, many people have done this before… And lots […]

Posted on April 1, 2017March 28, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the worldTagged backpack2 Comments

The route plan (so far)

Sunny Cornwall has been very grey, a little rainy, but a few degrees warmer than oop north as usual. We’ve been trying to relax but also book the travel as far as Harbin in China. Our Russian visa is limited […]

Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the worldTagged booking, cornwall, ice cream, routeLeave a comment

Kernow a’gas dynergh

After 6.5 hour drive we made it to Falmouth from Sheffield on Tuesday 14th March. A day later than we had originally planned but this becomes a theme over the next few days… They say that moving house is the […]

Posted on March 17, 2017March 20, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the world, United KingdomTagged cornwall, moving out, sheffield3 Comments

Needles

It’s vaccination time. Yesterday, I had three jabs. Two in my left arm (hepatitis A and B in the same injection, and Japanese B encephalitis) and one in my right arm (rabies). These are the first of three jabs for […]

Posted on January 24, 2017January 25, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the worldTagged medicine2 Comments

Travelling without flying

From March 2017 to March 2018 we backpacked around the world without catching a single aeroplane. This blog contains our experiences and stories, from surprises to delights, plus some tips on how we travelled flight-free.

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In the Beginning

  • London to LuxembourgLondon to LuxembourgMarch 31, 2017

Random Posts

  • Spicy PandasSpicy PandasNovember 1, 2017
  •  За здоровье За здоровьеApril 11, 2017
  • The Thousand Year CapitalThe Thousand Year CapitalSeptember 6, 2017

Recent Posts

  • Food for thought July 4, 2019
  • Travelling by Amtrak July 2, 2018
  • Answers on a postcard June 20, 2018
  • The most southernly northern city June 13, 2018
  • Mischa’s Belgian Waffle May 15, 2018
  • The Reunification Express May 6, 2018
  • The Diamond Capitol of the World April 21, 2018
  • Embassies and visas April 18, 2018
  • Crossing the Pond April 2, 2018
  • Home sweet home March 28, 2018

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  • Pacific & Atlantic Oceans
  • USA
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