2026 World Trip

Ciao, my dear readers, from King’s Landing, a.k.a. the Pearl of the Adriatic - Dubrovnik. When planning where to drive and stay next, ChatGPT has been invaluable. “Chatty”, as we’ve come to call him, gives recommendations in seconds rather than us trawling through sites, reviews, and booking websites. As much as I have misgivings about the use of AI, now and into the future, he has been invaluable. (Author’s note: I’m always super kind too, so when a Terminator 2 scenario ha

Zdravo, After weeks of walking, these two old codgers needed a few down days. Plus, it was very bloody hot away from the coast, so we ended up driving Delph to Camping Falkensteiner in the coastal town of Zadar. This was the most expensive place that we’d camped at so far, because the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia is super popular and the start of the high season was a week away. Anyway we got there and the pitches were white gravel with trees growing between them. Our pitch ha

Zdravo from Plitvice Lakes, Croatia. This is a very short post, as there is not much to say. We stayed for a few nights at Camp Korana and went to Plitvice Lakes. This was our third time at Plitto, and we’ve seen it in three different seasons now, and it never fails to amaze. I think that this is the most naturally beautiful place that I’ve ever been to. Jen agreed until she saw Aguazu Falls in South America. That’s about it. We walked around for hours, and Jen-Jens pics do i

Zdravo from Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. A.K.A. The Dragon City! After settling up at Camping Fusina, we hit the road and immediately battled trucks for hours. We remembered that trucks park up in Italy on Sundays, so we’ll do big drive days then from now on. Jen wanted a place to free park for the night, and we decided to park at the marina at the final Italian town before the Slovenian border: Trieste. It cost 5 Euros to park overnight, so we parked up, paid up

Buongiorno Bellas, An easy hour or so from Verona, and we were rolling into Camping Fusina, which is on the mainland but with a direct view of Venice across the water. Coming back to places that you love can be tricky. For example, I can go back to Edinburgh numerous times, and my heart swells every time, old haunts are revisited, and the sound and smell are the same. We were a little cautious about coming back here as Jen rates it in her top five favourite cities on the plan

Ciao Bellas, After getting Delphi back from the mechanics, the oil and STOP lights came on so we went back, but old mate reckoned it was all good. OK… I guess. We decided to free park that night in the Carrefour car park, just in case we needed to go back and see the mechanic again. It turned out that she ran fine, but the warning lights were faulty (or something.) Anyhoo, it rained pretty much all night and we ran out of gas bottle number one - which I had to change in the p

Ciao from Como, Well, the mechanics said it would be a while, and there was a weekend on, so we decided to catch the bus back to Menaggio, and then on to Como. The bus terminus was right near our old caravan park, so we had a fairly good idea about where we were. We bought tix to Como for 4.90 Euros, and jumped on the second bus for the day. The next hour saw the bus winding its way along the Western shore of Lake Como, and for under a fiver, we got to see some of the most be

Buongiorno dall'Italia!! We drove from Leichenstein over the Swiss Alps, through endless tunnels, down numerous switchback turns and arrived in Menaggio in Lake Como. Bella Italia - makes my heart sing. Apart from being in Scotland, Italy feels like home to me. I know a little of the language and can have basic convos with people - mainly based around food, booze and transport -, and I love the scenery and food - of course. We drove to a free car park - Parcheggio de Comunal

Hoi, from Liechtenstein. Anyone been to Lichtenstein or know of anyone who has? Anyone know any facts about Liechenstein?? Nuh, me neither. But, Jen-Jen drove us here, so I’ll do my best to learn about this joint! (Wait, I’m getting deja vu, have I read those words before…) Picture this: You have breakfast at a beautiful caravan park in Colmar, France. You then drive your motorhome into Switzerland and stop for toasties in an Aire (Rest area) You then park up for the night i

Bonjour de Colmar, en France. We left Luxembourg, headed for the town of Colmar in France. Why? Ask the boss!! No, we had heard that Colmar and the surrounding villages were beautifully preserved and being near the German border, they were a unique mix of architectural styles. Before we left the 'Bourg, we had one more stop off; the spa town of Mondorf-Les-Bains. We parked Delph in the massive car park and then went into the resort that is Mondorf Domaine Thermal. Basically,

Hallo, from Luxembourg. Has anyone been to Luxembourg or know of anyone who has? Does anyone know any facts about Luxembourg?? Nuh, me neither. But, Jen-Jen drove us here, so I’ll do my best to learn about this joint! After our biggest drive day yet - over three hours - so we decided to stop somewhere for a break. We decided on the cute little town of Dinant - known as the “Daughter of the Meuse” as it is situated on the Meuse River. We parked Delphi in a timed carpark and w

Hallo from Antwerpen, A cruisy drive in Delphi - skirting the LEZ (Low Emission Zones - where old vans can’t go into) - and we pulled up in a converted backyard that could easily house 20 vans! ABC Camping was 15 Euro a night without power - an extra fiver for power. Yes please. A fire pit included with unlimited firewood and Aldi next door - now you're talking my language. A huge shop at Aldi saw us load up on all manner of grocery products before we decided to plan our day

Hallo from Bruges!! Yo, we made it. Delphi went on the ferry, Jen-Jen drove her off at Dunkirk like a legend on the right-hand side of the road, and just over an hour later, we were parked up in the Bargewarg Campground that is right outside of the Brugges Ring Road. For those who have followed this blog for a while, you would know that we love this medieval town, and this is about our fourth time here. However, we don’t know much of the history of the place, and we didn’t h

Delphi says, “Hi from Dover.” After we spent an hour unloading our suitcases, double-checking how things work and generally being excited, we took our maiden voyage in Delphi - 2.8 miles to the shopping centre! This was more of a giant car park with about 4 businesses: Halfords - our new best friend, as it is a car/motorhome store, Aldi - yeah baby, M&S Food - great food, very expensive, and Home Bargains - like The Reject Shop. We were legally allowed to park here for three

Alright mate? We’re in London Borough innit? Vietnam to London Gatwick - 4 flights over 30 hours: Da Nang to Hanoi Hanoi to Shenzen China Shenzen to Beijing Beijing to London. A massive travel day/night because we couldn’t fly through the Middle East thanks to Trump and Netanyahu (The new Stalin and Hitler - ironically…) Then, guess what happened when we arrived at Gatwick at 6.30 am? China Air lost both of our fricken suitcases. After filling out forms with the lost baggage

Xin Chao from Hoi An, We got the minivan bus to Da Nang and checked into our cool hotel - Golden Lotus - one street back from the beach and SURROUNDED by street food, restaurants, pubs and massage places!! Oh yeah, Bretty-Boy picked a good one. After check-in we hit the rooftop pool/bar for 2pm afternoon tea. How very French! We had a quiet arvo in the A/C and feasted on cheap, yet delicious Banh Mi from across the street. The next few days saw us swimming in the ocean, lolli

Xin Chao from Hue, (Hway) Vietnam So we decided to have about ten days in Vietnam to see if the world political climate chills a bit. It had been years since we’d been to Vietnam and we got a flight to Da Nang International Airport that arrived around 7pm. Dang, Da Nang aint as hot as Bali, as it was a cool 25 degrees After weighing up various travel options we ended up in a private car that took us to Hue, which was about two hours north. The driver was a gun, overtaking tr

Hi from Nusa Lembongan, The fast ferry was easy, the taxi was easy, lugging suitcases down a 500 metre concrete and sand alley was hard, but we made it to Tarci Bungalows on Jungutbatu Beach, Lembongan, just in time for check-in and lunch! Our bungalow was cool - metaphorically and literally - as the A/C was cranked, and we unpacked before diving into the turquoise velvet, that is the water on Nusa Lembongan. This’ll do us for a week, we thought! We had a bit of an explore on

Hallo from Sanur, After our flight from Manila, we got into Denpasar airport at night, and the first thing that we noticed was how much it had been improved since we were last here, which was about 10 years ago. The airport is huge, modern and efficient, with beautiful gardens throughout. After customs and passport, we grabbed a Grab and checked into a beautifully air-conditioned room near the airport for the night. The next day, we taxied back to the airport and waited a fe

Li Ho from Kaohsiung, Taiwan When we were booking this trip, we had a three-day window with nothing planned. Jen saw a cheap flight to a Taiwanese city called Kaohsiung (pronounced Gow - Shong), and we thought, why not. Neither of us had been to Taiwan before, so let’s check it out. Anyway, no travel story is complete without some fuckery afoot!! For anyone who’s been to Manila airport, they would know that there are three separate terminals where international flights can de