We had a rocky arrival into Alabama, the Megabus broke down in Virginia making us four hours late into Atlanta and we missed the Capitol Crescent Amtrak train to Anniston. Three hours later we jumped onto the next available Greyhound […]
Life in a haystack
For our fifth workaway of the trip we house sat a straw bale house in Ontario. The owner was away studying in Toronto for three days a week and because the house was completely off grid it needed someone to […]
Have I got news for you
Suddenly, after being more flexible with our time and plans this year than I’ve ever been in my life before, we now have a very clear view of our movements until reaching London. We have even booked our Eurostar from […]
Allons boire un coup!
Lafayette is also known as the Heart of Cajun Country, due to the acadian culture, and Hub city, as all roads in south Louisiana lead to it. It was our home for a week for our first American workaway. Abigail […]
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 […]
Back to work
For two weeks in October we decided to do another workaway. It was our first in China and also our first which did not mention cleaning anywhere in the job description. It was billed as an aquaponics farm on the […]
Amongst the paddy fields
We couldn’t travel through China again without stopping and settling at an attempt to experience more of Chinese life. Our third workaway of the trip is on a farm focusing on aquaponics. And yes, we assumed hydroponics too, but aquaponics […]
A month in Ehime-ken
The original idea for this trip was to spend several months in Japan to learn what it’s like to live and work somewhere very different to the UK and Japan is supposed to be one of the most opposite countries. […]
Lost in Kumakogen Town
So! A train from Kyoto to Okayama, across the Seto inland sea on an Anpanman decorated train to Matsuyama the largest city on Shikoku island, an hour bus to the town of Kumakogen then a final short hitchhike north brought […]
Farewell Korea
Today we leave Busan in South Korea for Japan. We have been in Korea for 1 month, 3 days in Seoul and then 4 weeks in Busan. We arrived here with an embarrassingly small amount of knowledge about the place, […]
