Monday, September 14th, 2009
We were in touch with Kai Brethouwer (Dutch origin) and his family who ‘lived’ in Australia and hoping that they would be leaving roughly around the same time as us next year. Had thoughts of possibly meeting halfway somewhere. They also have two children. But all being well, they have managed to sell up, get organised [...]
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
We met fellow overlanders Gary and Claire for the first time, earlier this year, at an overlanders bash that Ollie and Jen of www.jollyfollies.com organised. Ollie and Jen left during April for OZ (last heard of hanging in a hammock somewhere in the Istanbul region, about a 6-weeks into their journey ). Now Gary and Claire are [...]
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Little did we know what we were getting ourselves into when we decided to accept an invitation to Jen and Ollie’s (jollyfollies.com) place over the weekend to meet up and stay over. We met a fantastic bunch of people including Rosie and Dave (nessiesadventures.com), Mandy and Jacques (seeyouwhenwegetthere.com), Vicki and Nick (langebaan-sunset.com), Russell (who’ll be biking solo) and [...]
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Was contacted via the couchsurfing community by www.globetour.org - a couple (Spanish and Romanian) travelling since 2006 using Hymer. Once you get into it - really nice reading - recommend!
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Here is a list of the websites of fellow travellers (with children!) we have come across:
Family overlanders using vehicles
Already completed travels
www.a2b.uk.net Pete Sinclair and his family including 3 children and their Land Rover CSW who journeyed though Europe, Middle East, Africa to Cape Town in 2002. What is really special about the Sinclair family is [...]
