North America Vancouver to Brooklyn Travel day today, but no real hurry. We sleep in a little, get up and pack. We say goodbye to Ron, one of our hosts, and head for the train to get to the train station. It's an easy ride, the system works well. We panic a little
North America Vancouver (day 4) As is becoming routine, we get up and head out to a spot we've picked based on Google reviews for breakfast. Today's choice is a classic diner type of restaurant, serving up the usual eggs, meats and pancake options. Courts chooses eggs and sausage, which comes
North America Vancouver (day 3) We awake and head for a local Bagel place around the corner. The reviews say the food is good, but the service not so. If you like a little bagel with your cream cheese then this place is for you. We jump on the subway/train for the first time
North America Vancouver (day 2) Courtney wakes up with a cold :( Jeff heads to the nearest drug store and comes back with a fist-full of remedies, including some with actual pseudo. Hooray! Sure enough Courts is feeling 100% again and we make our way into town for breakfast. We chose the place based on
North America Seattle to Vancouver Time to take a break from the States, we're heading North for winter. Today we're off to Vancouver, Canada. It's about a 3 and a half hour train ride from Seattle. We pack up our stuff and walk to the station, stopping for a
North America Seattle (day 3) As mentioned, the cool parts of Seattle are in the districts outside of the city centre. So we head for one called Queen Anne (or Green Eggs, as we've affectionately dubbed it). Unlike Portland where each district had its own vibe, this one feels about the same as
North America Seattle (day 2) After almost a week of American type breakfasts, we're feeling relatively slug like and head to a Cafe in Capitol Hill, which looks like it serves normal sized and healthy breakfast options. The area we walk through to get there is pretty ritzy looking, apartments blocks line the
North America Portland to Seattle Rise and shine and time to check-out. We've got a breakfast place lined up back in Alberta district based on internet recommendations. We jump in the Uber with all our gear and get another up-vote from the driver. She loves Pine State Biscuits, so I think
North America Portland, Oregon This city has captured our imagination. It's a decently sized city, but not too big. It's very walk-able, and bike friendly. Cars are constantly giving way to us, even when we aren't at a crossing. It's progressive - known as the Silicon-
North America San Jose to Portland We've got a flight to Portland to catch so we're up early. Which we're pretty stoked about considering we were out a little too late drinking one too many craft brews last night. Ah well, we can sleep on the plane. The drive to
North America Pebble Beach, Silicon Valley and San Jose We cruise through the town of Monterey this morning, top down, heated seats on. It's a quaint little town with plenty going on. Courts spots some seals so we stop to have a look. On the map we spot Pebble Beach, the world famous golf course. Definitely worth
North America Malibu / Santa Barbara / Monterey After not having slept for close to 24 hours, we wake up feeling fresh as daises. We're headed for Monterey and the plan is to take the pacific coastal highway route, we've heard it's quite the scenic delight. First stop along the route is
North America Los Angeles (2017) We arrive in LA around 6:00am after a 14 hour odd flight. Neither of us has really slept despite our best efforts, so we're not feeling the finest. That quickly changes as soon we clear customs and step into the California sunshine! We've hired a
Africa The Garden Route, South Africa Our plan for the last week of our 6 week Africa journey is to do the Garden Route - a stretch of South Africa's south coast from Mossel Bay to Storms River. We say goodbye to the high-life as we leave the manor and continue East. The road
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Lion's Head, Cape Point, Franschhoek We rise bright and early and a little dusty from the beer sampling the night before. Best cure is to climb Lion's Head, we think. So off we go. This hike is shorter and easier than Table Mountain, but it should have an awesome view of Table Mountain
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Woodstock, Long St We've been enjoying Cape Town so much and because there's heaps to do, we decide to stay a day longer. This means we need to check out of our loft and into new accommodation. We check out mid-morning and aren't able to hit
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Langa Township, Robben Island Today we've booked in for the township tour we missed on our arrival. Townships, aka "informal housing settlements", aka "slums" are where the bulk of the city's population live. This is set to be a true eye-opener for us. We are
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Table Mountain We've been admiring it since we arrived, now it's time to climb it - Table Mountain. There are number of ways to do it. We decide to take the long option which takes us to the highest point, Maclear's Beacon. This is via the Kirstenbosh
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - City Centre, Bo-Kaap Today is the first day of our trip where we don't have anything on the agenda. Since the day we stepped off the plane in Vic Falls, it's been all systems go. We have a good sleep in, then meander into the city centre. The only
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Gansbaai Go to Gansbaai, they said. See the sharks, they said.... We're picked up from our Green Point loft at 7am. Gansbaai (baai = bay) is about a 2 and a half hours to the East so we make tracks, past the kilometers of slums and into the forest region.
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Stellenbosch, Signal Hill Today is South Africa's biggest test - wine tour time. Those of you that know the real SA (South Australia), know how unbeatable our wines are. We've dabbled in some SA (South African) wines throughout our trip, but as you can imagine, the choices are limited in
Africa Cape Town, South Africa - Mediclinic, Waterfront Three weeks of camping done and dusted, today we are headed for Cape Town. Mixed emotions as we've heard awesome things about The Mother City, yet sad to say goodbye to the nomadic camping lifestyle, surprisingly. We see our first sign of Cape Town about half an hour
Africa Cederberg, South Africa Our massive days of travelling are coming to an end. A shortish drive into the Cederberg mountains today and into one of South Africa's wine regions. More and more vines are showing up on the landscape now. We stop in at the town of Springbok. It's
Africa Orange/Gariep River, South Africa Today's drive will be a short one, as we cross the natural and border between Namibia and South Africa. We make a quick stop at a small town for supplies and use the second most unsavoury toilet of the trip. The locals wave at the truck. And wave.
Africa Fish River Canyon, Namibia Another early start, today we're off to Fish River Canyon. Bye - bye dunes, Hello multiple rock formations that dwarf Uluru. The scenery for today's drive is awesome. The drive itself, not so much. The stupidly bumpy ride actually breaks the table in the back of the
