Post By Country

Africa

 Preparations for the Trip

• Our Proposed Route Through Africa 
• Vaccinations: Preserving our health while in Africa
• Deciding on a Vehicle 
• The Fight For African Visas: Part I 
• Visas Obtained: Camerún and the 5 Country Entente 
• The Rig: Our Home and Transport
• Visas Obtained: The Democratic Republic of Congo 

Asia

Turkey

• Istanbul 
• Yediggoller: Our Adventures with a Broken Oil Pan 

• Lake Tuz: Turkey's Great Salt Lake 
• Cappadocia and the Underground Cities 

• Pamukkale 
• The Real Troy? 

 

Europe

Our Arrival to Europe
Off into Europe a Second Time

Albania

• Albania

Austria

• Salzburg and the Most Extravagant Couchsurfing
• Vienna: How to get your car towed
• Pakistanis in Graz

• Zell Am See - Back Into The Alps 

Belgium

• Pretty, Pretty Buildings in Brussels and Bruges

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bosnia

Bulgaria

• Bulgaria

Croatia

• Istria
• Plitvicka Jezera National Park
• Gospic Family
• Croatian Islands
• Dubrovnik

Czech Republic

• Western Czech Republic: Carlsbad, Ceske Budejovice, and Cesky Krumlov
• Prague at Christmas: We Got Robbed!
• Bunking with Communists

Denmark

• Skagen - Where the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Meet

Estonia

• The Baltic Republics: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Finland

• Finland

France

• Biarritz
• Bordeaux and Libourne - A Country Home 
• The International Family 
• Castles of the Loire 
• Le Mont Saint-Michel 
• The Beaches of Normandy
• Paris
• The Smallest Flat - Or was it a cupboard?
• Lescun and the French Pyrenees 
• Massif Central 
• Chamonix and Mont Blanc 

Germany

• Four Days to Cross Europe - Thank God for German Autobahns
• Romantische Strasse 
• Berlin 
• Dresden 

Greece

• Meteora
• The Peleponnese 
• Athens 
• Paros, Naxos, and Santorini 

• The Chalkidiki Peninsula

Hungary

• Budapest and the Danube
• Four days from Budapest to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid : A story by Alia.
• Four days from Budapest to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid : Javier's eeennddleeeessslyy loooonng version (how else...?).

Italy

• Escape to Italy!
• Bolzano and the Dolomiti
• Verona
• Firenze, Pisa, and Lucca
• Siena: The Snow Continues
• Romans in the Snow
• Napoli: The European Third World
• La Costiera Amalfitana
• A Place in Tropea
• Sicilian Circumnavigation
• Matera
• Puglia and The Truli
• Ascoli Piceno and a Generous Family
• Gubbio, Assisi, and Perugia
• Venitzia
• Trieste
• Cinque Terre

Latvia

• The Baltic Republics: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Liechtenstein

• Liechtenstein

Lithuania

• The Baltic Republics: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg

Macedonia

• Macedonia

Monaco

•  Monaco
• If Four Days to Cross Europe Was Bad What Was This?

Montenegro

• Kotor Bay
• Durmitor National Park

Netherlands

• Amsterdam

Norway

• Driving the Fjords
• Bergen and Trondheim
• The Atlantic Road
• Lofoten

Poland

• Four Days to Cross Europe - Thank God for German Autobahns
• Krakow 
• Oswiecim - Auschwitz 
• Warsaw 
• Poland: A Smorgasbord of Couch Hosts 

Portugal

• Lisbon
• Sintra: Fairytale Castles
• The Algarve

Romania

• The Painted Monasteries of Romania 
• Brasov, Bran Castle, and the most Impressive Palace of All 

• We Picked Up a Hitchhiker and Stayed at Her House 
• Transfagarasan 
• Timisoara: Hosted by a Man of Many Talents

Serbia

• Serbia

Slovakia

• Little Wooden Churches
• Slovakia: Have a Drink With Us
• Bratislava

Slovenia

• Slovenia

Spain

• Madrid
• San Sebastian: Tapas, Tapas, Tapas
• Navarra and Pamplona
• Barcelona
• Segovia & La Granja
• El Escorial
• Toledo
• National Park Monfrague
• Cacares, Merida, and Badajoz
• Aracena and La Gruta de las Maravillas
• Andalucia: Cordoba, Sevilla, and Granada
• Las Alpujarras
• San Fermin
• Out to View a Car and Fly a Kite 
• More Cars, Don Quijote, and a Palace
• Avila: A quick test trip before Africa 
• Sierra de Guadarrama: A trip to Javier's childhood summer home 

Switzerland

• The Matterhorn
• Lugano and Bellinzona
• Lucerne: On the Way Back to Sins 
• Swiss Passes: They're Everywhere
• Interlaken

Vatican City

• Romans in the Snow

North America

Belize

• Caye Caulker

Costa Rica

• Lake Arenal
• Puntarenas and the Beach: Short and Blind

El Salvador

• Ruta de las Flores

Guatemala

• Mayan Ruins
• Semuc Champey
• Lake Atitlan
• Disclaimer: Prices in Guatemala

Mexico

• Rosarito, los rateros y la Migra
• Revisiting Mexico, hitch-hiking through Baja California, Sonora, Chihuaha and Sinaloa
• The Watermelon Swimming in the Ocean
• Mexico City Canals
• Guanajuato, Mexico
• Pulque!
• Our Friend Rufo
• Chacahua
• Hitchhiking in Mexico
• Sumidero Canyon
• Cascades of Mexico
• Mayan Ruins

Nicaragua

• Leon
• Granada

 United States of America

•  Greyhound Lost & Found & STOLEN!
• Javier's Cycle Tour 
• Glacier National Park horror story (The United States of America Vs. Javier)
• Hiking the Eastern side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Glacier NP) in winter  
• Coming back to the U.S. - A surprise for Alia
• Bass Creek 
• Glacier National Park: The Spanish Summit 
• Huckleberries
• Rafting the Alberton Gorge 
• NYC