Our aim
We are two retired women from New Zealand, busy travelling the world. Our quest is to experience other cultures before they are changed beyond recognition, and see endangered animals and environments before they disappear.
Our travel story mostly began in 2010, when we had a series of misfortunes. We dealt with these, but the result was that it changed the course of our lives.
We had planned and organised a trip to China the previous year and it was a great success. Now we wanted to do that full time, and decided that travel was going to be our future.
So, by January 2011, we had put a deposit on a German campervan that we found online, and closed up our home and work. By March 2011, we were flying out of New Zealand, and on our way to pick up our new campervan.
 |
| Our campervan that we used from 2011 to 2014 in Europe |
Our approach
We travel independently, that is....we don't use travel agents or do organised group travel. We plan and organise everything ourselves.
 |
| The Acropolis, Greece 2011 |
Our plans are fairly loose; once we decide where we want to go, we firstly plan a rough route. This gives us an idea of how many days/months that we will need, and a budget. Then we look for and book cheap flights to our chosen destination.
 |
| The Dodge's Palace, Venice 2011 |
This early route planning stage also helps determine the method of travel, for example, by campervan (which we love) or by local transport.
 |
| Angkor Wat, Cambodia 2016 |
The rest of the planning involves looking at specific sights that we want to see within the route and the timeframe, and gets into the details of where we could stay, how we might get there, and so on.
 |
| Our campervan during our travels through Chile, Argentina and Patagonia 2017 |
The plans are loose enough for us to detour, stay longer or less days in each place, and in general, enjoy it all as we go without missing our flight home.
 |
| Antarctica 2017 |
The planning is half the fun. We really have had a great time since we started serious travel in 2009. We look forward to a lot more as there is still a great deal to see.
 |
| Taj Mahal, Agra (India) 2019 |
The rest of the story can be read in these blogs.
 |
| Our campervan for touring England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, 2019 |