STATS Days on the road: 305Number of beds: 13Countries visited: Vietnam, Russia (16 hrs!), GeorgiaPostcards sent: 0 THOUGHTS It’s been about two weeks since we left southeast Asia for Europe. Its strange – even though we’ve reached our limit of mangos, rice paddies, and scooters as the main mode of transportation – we miss it. Not that…
So remember that time we talked about relaxing in Indonesia? Well, we kind of changed our minds (it has happened before). It happened in Vietnam, during our DIY motorcycle adventure from Hanoi to Hoi An.
These 9 months of travel have been an incredible learning experience. We’ve seen a lot of good bits: spectacular nature, beautiful people and fascinating cultures. Part of the trip though has been seeing first hand the utter devastation that we as humans are capable of. It has been painful, challenging, and thought-provoking.
Stats Days on the road: 243 Number of beds: 20 Countries visited: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam Postcards sent: 11 thoughts We are coming home! Shadow #welfie in Angkor Wat Park, Cambodia. Not quite yet – end of September. Our adventure was never meant to turn into a permanent nomadic way of life. However, setting out, we could…
STATS Days on the road: 212 Distance traveled: we are too lazy to count Number of beds: 9 Countries visited: India, Thailand Postcards sent: 6 Napping after breakfast on top of a hill overlooking tea plantations. Awesome. Munnar, India. THOUGHTS Brass beauts for sale in Pushkar, India. Our plans changed quite a bit this month. We…
stats Days on the road: 184 Distance traveled: nobody cares 🙂 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Thailand, India — we did about 2 weeks of chilling in Thailand, one week on the beach and another in Chiang Mai (with a stopover in Trang). Then we really kicked it into high gear with our trip…
Getting our lilies on at Ogre Island, Myanmar stats Days on the road: 152 Distance traveled: 2009.45 miles / 3233.9 km by plane – 358.4 miles / 576.9 km by train – 655.5 miles / 1055 km by bus – 746.8 miles / 1202 km by boat – 110.6 miles / 178 km by car…
Dragon is going to bite Sergey so hard! in Kunming, China. STATS Days on the road: 121 Distance traveled: 3135.2 miles / 5045.62 km by plane – 756.1 miles / 1216.9 km by train – 2060.1 miles / 3315.44 km by bus – 197.4 miles / 317.8 km by boat – 81.3 miles / 131…
Baby pandas learning to crawl. Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. STATS Days on the road: 91 Distance traveled: 4528.58 miles / 7288.04 km by plane – 1092.49 miles / 1758.19 km by train – 2532.3 miles / 4075.34 km by bus – 734.39 miles / 1181.8 km by boat – 2.2 miles / 3.54 km by car – 167.2 miles /…
Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13…
We have some differences over what to consider the official start day of our trip. When someone asks – how long have you been traveling, Sergey announces that we have been on the road since 3 August, which is when we moved out of www.victorianinbloom.com in DC and became homeless; for Jenia, the trip started…