Our Tasmanian winter road trip was off to an interesting start. Apart from catching an awesome sunset on our flight out of Sydney, our plane was laser’d with a bright green laser pointer as…
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A cradle mountain winter hike was set to be the highlight of our five day Tasmanian road trip. Tasmania is the island 240 km south of the Australian mainland and is home to amazing…
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Our Iceland glacier hike mission was off to an awesome start. We had been fortunate enough to see the northern lights through the plane window on the way over. Only thing was, it was…
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Our 2 days in Tbilisi begin with our arrival at Tbilisi Railway Station on the Baku – Tbilisi night train. Finding a taxi, I speak to our driver in broken Russia as he speaks…
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Embarking upon the Baku – Tbilisi night train was an experience I was greatly looking forward to. Having recently completed the epic Trans-Siberian Railway journey, we were eager to compare the onboard Azerbaijani Railways…
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After our epic Trans-Siberian adventure we flew from Moscow to spend 2 days in Baku, Azerbaijan. I had always wanted to visit, I don’t know why, it just sounded like an unusual place to…
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We are almost on the home stretch of our Trans-Siberian Railway adventure. The fire alarm sounds as we wait for our train to be announced in the main hall of Yekaterinburg Railway Station. We…
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Standing amongst other passengers in the central hall of Irkutsk Railway Station we watched the screen to see which platform our train would arrive at. Unable to avoid a conversation with a lingering drunk,…
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After checking in, we reunite with Scott in the hotel bar and I order a ‘Balkan Grill’. To the envy of everyone it turns out to be an amazing and delicious meat feast. Scott…
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Planning to do a few more hours of exploring Ulaanbaatar before our train, Matt and I wait for Brett in the lobby. After 15 minutes I go to his room to find him a…
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We’d only just arrived in Mongolia but it felt like we had already seen so much. That is the beauty of rail travel. We arrived at Ulaanbaatar Hotel, it would have been considered grand…
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My iPhone alarm went off. Dammit, why did we stay out so late? Brett was not getting up. It took a few tries to rouse him. We were too early for the hotel breakfast…
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It was finally happening. My dream of doing the Trans-Siberian Railway had come true. It wasn’t just going to be me though. Three close friends that I had known from my school days were…
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Our journey to the top of the earth first took us to Norway. It was a simple and hastily made decision discussed over a few chilled beverages. How about a road trip in Norway?…
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After exploring Oslo for 2 days, it was time to prepare for our 7 day road trip around Norway. Well, around the middle of Norway. We weren’t going too far north or south. We…
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After our road trip around Iceland, the plan was to sail aboard a Faroese passenger and cargo ship to the Faroe Islands. After returning our hire car back to the dealer, we were to…
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Road Trip Day 4 – Hvalnes Lighthouse, Hengifoss and Egilsstaðir We awoke in Höfn to darkness, a howling wind and freezing rain. It was the first real bad weather we had experienced so far…
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I had been wanting to go to Iceland ever since I was a teenager and had found out there was actually a place called Iceland. I started travelling in 2008, and even though I…
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The following day we woke up early and drove south-west, to the island of Vágar. There we would visit the village of Gásadalur and see the waterfall that cascades into the ocean at Gásadalur…
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After our visit to Tjørnuvík we made our way to the second largest city in the Faroe Islands, Klaksvik. We drove through the snow covered suburban streets on the way to the house we…