Author Archive: Alan Taylor
We’re Done… Sort Of
You could say that we have successfully driven around the world. And we have. Its taken 18 months, litres of fuel, tears, giggles, belly laughs and stress. It couldn’t have happened without Barry and Donna. While I like to think I could have done this, “alone”, it would not have been the same. They show […]
World’s Best Burger in Avola
We’re in a log cabin pub/guest house, 250km south west of Jasper, AT a place called Avola, British Columbia, Canada. A bloke named Larry runs it and the sign on the front door says “There ain’t no place like this place, so… this must be the place”. When you enter the log cabin pub it’s […]
Heading for a Party
We’re scooting along to get to Vancouver, to load the Cruiser for the home trip, so we can get back for Pop’s 90th birthday party. We’ve done 900km in two days, and to say I’m shagged is a bit of an underestimate. So it’s a good time for some reflections on travels through Canada. It’s […]
The Sounds of Silence
Isn’t the car quiet when you’re blueing. “Blueing: to blue – verb, ‘argue, disagree, animated chat, or, in context for a male – to lose”. We left Halifax, Nova Scotia, about August 16. We camped in the bush and it stormed overnight. Next morning I was last out of bed and I DIDN’T ZIP THE […]
Bits I Missed
A few things I forgot to report on our time in Nova Scotia. We flew in on Condor Air from Hamburg. The airline is a cheap German carrier. Our car was loaded on the Atlantic Sail a day or two before and would take two weeks to get to Halifax, so we burned some time […]
Beautiful Newfoundland
After arriving a week ago, here’s few thoughts on Newfoundland, or NF as it’s known locally. Newfoundland is an island above Nova Scotia, both provinces of Canada. We came here to fill in some time until the Cruiser arrives from Hamburg. We hired a car and then proceeded to find what a jewel of a […]
Chilean Red Wine in Cardboard Coffee Cups
We’re on a ferry from Nova Scotia, Canada to Newfoundland, Canada. Drinking rough Chilean red wine, from cardboard coffee cups! The last four or so days have been pretty eventful. Not in the Central Asian way, with corrupt police and crazy traffic, but read this: 1. Flying Condor Air, Germany’s cheap carrier, we were on […]
Happy in Hamburg
And a happy birthday to all you horses yesterday! Lynn and I are sitting in an ICE train, doing at times I guess 200km/h, by the way the scenery whistles past! We’re going from Hamburg to Frankfurt, to then jump on a plane to fly to Halifax, Canada. We’ve been in Hamburg city since Friday […]
Getting To The New World
We’re in Hamburg, having spent the last two days visiting customs, shipping agents and wharves. But now the Toyota is parked on the wharf, awaiting loading today, amongst the brand new twin turbo Mercedes AMG cars etc! It does look a sorry sight, slumped in the car bays, with all the shiny cars – but, […]
Up and Away
The last blog was when we were in Portugal/Spain. We had heaps of time to get to Hamburg, as the Spitfire flight fell over! Wrong. The boss, Carolyn Grace, saw the emails, understood our difficulty in replying in quick time, so ‘added’ an extra spot on the 20th! It’s very hard to reply immediately in […]
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