Our specific travel plans
I suppose for starters I should say that visiting Madagascar is not for everyone. First of all, we could not comment on 4 or 5 star travel in Madagascar. If that is your travel style, then you might want to look for other blogs that focus more on that. However, if your style of travel is anything like ours, then this post might be helpful for you. We have had...
The next morning we got up in Hvammstangi with a plan to scope out the seals. Turns out that there is only the Iceland Seal Centre but no seals in Hvammstangi. We drove up to Illugastadir to find seals… actually the girl told us Svalbard. Again we saw seals basking in the sun on rocks out in the water. No great up close experience. As there was only two nights left...
I have been building a Google Maps track of our adventure. This is where we are to date… I will complete it as we finish the drive and then update this post.
Click on it and zoom in to follow us. The red numbers are where we stayed each night. Photos are tagged in locations we took them. I added gas, groceries, and activities.
Well here we go. We are leaving Canada tonight with our first stop being Iceland. A quick video from the airport in Toronto. We have had several people ask us how we pack for a year of travel. It is not easy when you are going to both hot and cold places. Our backpacks are very full but underweight (even when we factor the food we packed for Iceland). We have...
We booked a camper van for 11 days in May 2019. Price was not the only factor. In fact, one of the big factors for me was getting a bed that I would fit in. So part of my research was to figure out the bed size. For some, bed size would be less important, but I am 6′ 6″ tall so I did not want to suffer the whole time. The other important factor is the...
With 90 days to go, we are ready to book the first leg of our trip. By the time we pack our house, drop our cat in Penticton, have family visits, I expect we will be on our way by mid-May. So we are now researching what to do in Iceland during the last half of May. Where to stay, what to do, and how to get around. We are considering flying into Reykjavik and staying...
How much does it cost to travel for a year? If you have never done it before it can be very difficult to create a budget. This post will show some tools you can use to estimate travel costs and set yourself a budget. They may not be perfect but it is good to have a ballpark. Having a budget might actually help you pick where you will go, for how long, and what you...
When you travel a lot, it is inevitable that you will spend many hours hanging out in airports… more than you want anyway. We wanted to share some of the tools we use when trying to figure out how to kill time or trying to make the best use of our time during a layover. 1. Finding WiFi in airports Finding the best WiFi option in an airport can be frustrating...
We used the country and territory list from The Travelers’ Century Club to do a count for ourselves. The list uses territories that are not usually defined as countries. However, their criteria has evolved over time. Look at this criteria for territories to be counted here. The shortest stop in a country is also counted for this club. The spreadsheet below...
On May 6, 2019, we will begin another world adventure. The highlights include Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, French Polynesia, Easter Island, South America. This plan is a work in progress at this point. The map below shows our plan.