Anticipation.It is a wonderful part of travel. The planning stages are a real integral part of the anticipation. How to make an itinerary work? How to get from A to B? We settled on a plan that would include a good look at Myanmar, a catch up with three lots of English friends and an expedition to the Arctic Circle. .We started by basing our dates around the centre piece of the trip, a G Adventures Expedition leaving Edinburgh, travelling to the Shetlands then...

 "Build it and they will come" was the theme of the movie Field of Dreams.  It didn't quite work that way for the inaugural West Oz Blues Festival held at Bolgart 9th,10th & 11th October. Unfortunate for the organisers. We, on the otherhand, were unfazed and enjoyed the opportunity to get close to the stars and not join the usual festival queues at the bar. We heard an interview on ABC radio about this festival when we were back of beyond, roughly 1,000 ki...

Yes well, what ARE the chances? In this vast island continent of ours, how is it possible that we could meet up again three months later? We first met Dutch cyclists Ellis and Willem between Derby and Fitzroy Crossing on 28th September. You can read about our chance meeting in the blog entitled: "Broome to Alice & Goodbye Frida". We had given them water and nuts and enjoyed some banter about our respective travels. We had told them we would be coming back ac...

"Frida what do you want to see in Australia? What are your main interests" I messaged now that our Swedish friend had booked her flights and was definitely coming to Australia. "Nature and scenery" was her answer.We had met Frida and her friend Mia in Mongolia in 2011. We stayed together in a Ger, a traditional round family tent, on the Mongolian Steppes then travelled through Siberia on the train together. Later that year we met up again in Frida's home tow...

"On the road againLike a band of gypsies we go down the highwayWe're the best of friends Insisting that the world be runnin' our way" with the Willie Nelson song playing, we set off on a road trip to see some of the Kimberley we had missed on previous trips. A bucket list of Mitchell Falls, Kalumburu, Honeymoon Bay, Bungle Bungles, El Questro and so much more.Travelling light in our "troopy" with an even smaller oz tent than before, we had some wonderful camps un...