Category: Group tour
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 4: The Truth(s) About Turkmenistan
“Are you sure we’re not going to North Korea?!” I had to supress a laugh as a fellow G-Adventurer clearly hadn’t realised what she’d signed up for when booking a tour that included Turkmenistan. As one of the world’s most secretive countries, we had just been reminded that our usual…
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Travelling the Silk Road pt 1: Kicking Off in the K-Stans
I’ll be honest, when Ricki said he wanted to do a tour of the five Stans of Central Asia, my gut reaction was “Why would we want to go there?”. This was mainly borne of ignorance, after all, I could barely even name them, much less have an opinion on…
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An Incan Adventure
Having two full nights in Arequipa felt like a long stay compared to the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it of our first days of Peru Hop. And so it wasn’t without weariness that we found ourselves up at the crack of dawn on Sunday, ready to go again. Rather than overnighting, this time we…
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An Un-Bolivia-ble Trip
Since watching the South American series of Race Across the World, the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia have been high on my travel bucket list. It was a no-brainer that we’d be visiting them on the South American leg of this year’s travels. The Uyuni Salt Flats, or Salar de…
A Place Both Wonderful and Strange - Tash & Ricki's Career Break Travels 