21 Comments Our parking spot is rather special with elevated views of Doğubayazıt, İshak Paşa Palace and wonderful landscapes in every direction. Its only the morning after […]
Breathtaking Views
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22 Comments Looking over the ledge of our parking spot towards Tuzluca, as another hot day gets underway. I can see below a network of dirt lanes […]
Day 33: Blow Out at the Base of Mount Ararat
24 Comments We wake just after 6 but by the time we finished breakfast, catching up on news and getting ready it is well passed 9am. We […]
Day 32: The Forbidding Jagged Mount of False Ararat
21 Comments Do you ever get that feeling that its going to be one of those days? Our uncomfortable feeling from yesterday is still with us but […]
Day 29 & 30: The City of 1001 Churches, Ani
25 Comments Morning arrives and the time comes for yet another goodbye, Masood and his family are warm, thoughtful and courteous. I sense the two children are […]
Day 28: Uneasy Feeling Satan’s Castle, Ardahan
13 Comments We drive back on to the D010 and point the satnav towards Karagol Sahara national park. Departing Artvin we climb high above the dam project. […]
Day 27: An Iranian Evening, Karagol Sahara National Park
12 Comments We step outside and they are already there, watching us from high on the mountain peaks overlooking the water. The four of us are still […]
Day 25 & 26: Deers, Dams & Bull Rings, Artvin
10 Comments Our motorhome is parked on a mountain ledge a few metres above the village of Yaylalar. The views over the village and down the valley […]
Day 23 & 24: Walking in Kackar Mountains, Yaylalar
30 Comments All night long the young mountain stream keeps up a light roar. The cool waters kept the air slightly damp and fresh, which is a […]
Day 22: Driving Through the Valley of Georgian Castles, Yusofeli
24 Comments We leave Isper and continue along the D050. Just around the corner and the scenery change is pretty instant and dramatic. We are in the […]
Day 21: The Wild West of Turkey, Yokuslu
10 Comments After an intense few days, it’s time to move on from the world of the Black Sea, tea plantations and hourly visits from our new […]
Day 20: Driving high into to Kackar Mountains, Isper.
12 Comments Our drive to Rize along the D010 is relatively short and takes just over an hour. Here are mountain backed coves, tea and hazelnut plantations. […]
Day 18-19: Turkeys Tea Party Town, Rize
12 Comments Our motorhome attracts the crowds and as soon as we step out of Vin we are greeted with smiles and hello’s. We chat to loads […]
Day 8 & 9, Boomshackala Black Sea Coastal Road to ...
18 Comments The garden sprinklers rear in to action at 4am and pulsating jets of water hit the rear of Vin. A second later and our alarm […]
Day 6, Early Rise as we Roll Our Tyres on ...
14 Comments I sit here writing our last post from Greece, as tomorrow we head off across the border to Turkey. Its been a real dilemma this […]
The Amazing Beaches of Northern Greece
8 Comments We are sitting at the top of the Halkidiki Peninsula. Often referred to as “Poseidon’s trident” which consists of three smaller peninsulas: Kassandra, Sithonia, and […]
Wild Camping on Secluded Beaches, Halkidiki
15 Comments As we made our way through the winding roads deep into the mountains our cell service dropped; we knew we were in for a treat. […]
The Bulgarian Mountains & Beautiful Brown Bears
10 Comments Time to say cheerio to Ivan, cough up €30 (3 days) and head to 100km to our next stopping point, Rila Monastery. But not before […]
The Spiritual and Social Life of Medieval Bulgaria, Rila
8 Comments We eat breakfast and sip coffee in the car park of Studenica before we enter Serbia’s most beautiful monastery. We enter via the gate in […]
The Most Imposing Serbian Site, Maglic
14 Comments Early morning, we feed the station chickens and then set off for Zlatibor. Within ten minutes, the sunshine disappears and the rains returns. Poor Vin […]
A Landmine of Cow Pats as we Hug the Kosovo ...
3 Comments Today, we are taking a historical train journey, the Sargan Eight Line from Mokra Gora to Sargan Vitasi. Our initial plans to catch the 10 […]
A Serbian Cultural Train Journey, Mokra Gora
6 Comments Normally, our motorhome summers are filled with endless days of sunshine, pining for a cool ocean breeze. Rarely do I count the days of rain […]
Floods, Lakes and Bears, Tara Mountains
11 Comments A rather late start but then again, we did have a late night. Yesterday we parked up and had a walk around Openac park. We […]
Mosaic Mausoleum to Make Shift Motors, Bajina Basta
15 Comments Trogir, is 40 miles from Krka national park, if you use the motorway. However, we chose the slightly longer route via the D8, a wide, […]