Mmmmmm... what to get? Craigslist had an array of different options, but nothing that met our requirements. Our original plan, whilst dreaming and plotting many moons ago in London, was to aim for a Ford F-250, 4X4 (for the Baja roads), diesel (for fuel economy) with a cab over camper on the back. At that time there seemed to be heaps of them going fairly cheap. But now, as we began our search in the San Francisco hostel, the Craigslist pages were bare! So the d...

Our Great Escape had finally begun. Our vision and plan was finally becoming a reality. In the early hours of the morning, we boarded the Virgin flight 19 bound for San Francisco, the starting point of our great adventure and where we find our travel companion and home for the next eight months.　But before we start our new adventure we would like to say a big thanks to Ally, Jon and Lynne for providing us with a couch to sleep on while we were in London and to ...