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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 […]

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Mischa
Posted in Canada, Round the world, WorkawayTagged canada, countryside, offgrid, snow, workaway7 Comments

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 […]

Posted on February 5, 2018February 6, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Canada, Cargo ship, Round the world, USA, WorkawayTagged cargoship, countryside, forest, snow, workaway8 Comments

One country, two systems

Hong Kong (or Xiānggǎng in Cantonese) was the name of a small fishing village and the island that it was located on. In 1860 it expanded to include the Kowloon Peninsula and then in 1898 it expanded again to include […]

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Hong Kong & Macau, Round the worldTagged botanical gardens, china, city, countryside, hill, museum12 Comments

Between Rivers

The name Hanoi means “Inside [the] river”. It was given this name in 1831 having previously been known as ‘Dragon Belly’, ‘Big Net’ and ‘Eastern Metropolis’, among others. It is apparently sometimes referred to as the Paris of the east, […]

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Round the world, VietnamTagged beer, city, countryside, museum, river, train, vietnamLeave a comment

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 […]

Posted on October 30, 2017January 7, 2018 by Mischa
Posted in China, Round the world, WorkawayTagged china, countryside, farm, workaway4 Comments

Xiahe, not quite Tibet

After looking at prices and travel times for the trip to Urumqi, plus how few unreserved spaces remained due to us travelling during Golden Week (the 7 day period that encompasses October 1st, the founding of the Peoples Republic of […]

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in China, Round the worldTagged china, coach, countryside, mountain, river, temple, walk4 Comments

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 […]

Posted on October 11, 2017January 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, News, Round the world, WorkawayTagged china, countryside, workaway7 Comments

Zao Onsen

We finalised the plans for our 21 day whirlwind shinkansen tour of Japan at our workaway in Busan. It took us two very stressful hours to work out the best way to navigate this elongated nation and see as much […]

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged bath house, coach, countryside, japan, mountain, onsen2 Comments

Hokkaido: the north island

Japan consists of four main islands: Honshu (the largest containing Tokyo), Kyushu (the westernmost closest to South Korea), Shikuko (the smallest and most rural underneath Honshu) and finally Hokkaido in the north. From this northern island it is possible to […]

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged bathhouse, beer, couchsurfing, countryside, hill, japan, train, walk2 Comments

All too brief stop in the Japanese Alps

Ever since watching ‘Joanna Lumley’s Japan’ a couple of years ago, I have wanted to walk on the Nakasendo Way. This is one of the main roads that went between Kyoto and Tokyo during the Edo period. On it are […]

Posted on August 2, 2017August 4, 2017 by Rosanna
Posted in Japan, Round the worldTagged countryside, japan, journey, walk2 Comments

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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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