Archive for the ‘Life on the road’ Category

Nebraska and Colorado, US (+ video)

December 28th, 2008

Oh, hey. What’s the best thing to do to a three-day old car? That’s right, bang it into something, making sure to leave lots of expensive-looking damage. Click here to find out why we spent quite a lot of our time in Colorado trawling around junk yards.



Airlie Beach to Cairns, Australia

October 9th, 2008

We save all the life-endangering drama of our epic 3,000km trip for the last day. Click here to find out what got killed and whether we’ve still got all our bits. Also: why “Dive” may be less a tourist activity and more a beginner’s guide to hostels in Cairns.



Sydney to Port Macquarie, Australia

October 3rd, 2008

We get out of Sydney, quit our jobs (um, again) and head north. And north, and north. See how the first leg of our epic tour of Australia’s eastern coast went by clicking here.



Sydney in pictures: the best 30 shots

September 17th, 2008

A photographic summary of Sydney: three months in one of the most spectacular cities in the world. Click here to see the best shots of our stay.



Sydney, Australia

July 2nd, 2008

We arrive in a clean, safe, quiet city, and are immediately out of our depth. Click here to see whether we’ll ever re-integrate into society. Also: what next for us and SFTGE.



The first five months: The Google fallout

July 1st, 2008

The truly interesting part of our trip has come to an end, and we’re on a kind of backpacker hiatus in Sydney. Still, SFTGE has had its fair share of readers. Click here to find out how you arrived.



What I’ve learnt

June 29th, 2008

Five months, 15,000 miles, and over 6,000 photos. One fake driving license and a multitude of cockroaches. Countless trains, buses and boats. We must have learned something. Click here to find out what.



Yogyakarta and Jakarta, Indonesia

June 28th, 2008

We cover the last few hundred miles of our trip to south-east Asia in a few days, stopping in Yogyakarta and, via train, Jakarta. We tried to breath through our mouths the whole time. Click here to find out why.



Mount Bromo, Indonesia

June 28th, 2008

We get away from the hassle of Bali and Lombok and head to one of Indonesia’s various active volcanoes. Find out if we fell in/drowned in lava/got hit in the head by falling volcanic rocks by clicking here.



The Gilli Islands to Mount Bromo, Indonesia

June 28th, 2008

We leave Bali behind and head to Java, Indonesia’s most populated island. We enjoy another contender for “worst bus journey ever”, and get, in the most non-violent and slightly-our-fault kind-of-way, robbed. Click here to read all about it.