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 […]
Wild Camping
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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 The dawn summons or Salat al-fajr is one of five calls to prayer. It marks the Muslim day but rarely do we hear because we […]
Day 16-17, The Pearl of the Black Sea, Giresun
8 Comments Apart from the low key hum of Turkish music half way through the night we slept pretty well. After a breakfast of bread and jam […]
Day 15: The Longest Tunnel & Biggest Kebab in Turkey, ...
8 Comments Ever since Istanbul, Vin the motorhome has attracted attention and plenty raised Turkish eyebrows. Motorhomes are a rare sight and so to are the dudes, […]
Day 14: The Amazon Warrior Women, Samsun
7 Comments As we sip our morning brew and gaze out to sea, a black dot appears on the horizon. We follow the dot with anticipation and […]
Day 12-13, Homeland of the Famous Diogenes, Sinop
13 Comments Knock knock….there’s somebody at the door! One of the park cleaners in bright blue wellies and a high viz coat stands to the rear of […]
Day 10, Panoramic Coastal Drive & Stoned at Sunset
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 ...
8 Comments There’s a cockerel somewhere close by that wakes us, before it’s light. It just pips the morning wailing to the post. This is no normally […]
Day 7, Driving Along the Black Sea to Amasra Bay
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
8 Comments After a night of storms and wild dogs fighting over scraps, we wake rather bogged eyed and cranky. It is 5.30 am and lorries hurtle […]
Disappearing Roads & Catching Snakes, Studenica
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 ...
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
9 Comments The blue skies of yesterday are gone and we wake to a rather grey and dismal sky. The thunderstorms in the night have cleared the […]
From Flea Markets To Monasteries, Topola
8 Comments We wake at sunrise and sip coffee as we listen to the dawn chorus. On the river bank, a little bird with a red crown […]