Terrible weather forced us to abort our skiing mission and drive home to Vancouver early on Friday. We had a wonderful sushi dinner with family and friends at our favorite, Yuko Maki. I’ll never forget the way my #1 fan, Melanee from Black Bond Books (the most amazing […]
We had intended on staying much longer in Benin but when you’re on an adventure you’re susceptible to unexpected changes. After meeting England’s Ben Southall (who would later win “The Best Job in the World”) and my now Dutch partner, Kees in Ghana, we joined forces and headed […]
Our trip to Canada was a very last minute decision, making it a very typical Kees/Savannah kind of holiday. Kees hadn’t been to my hometown in five years, so as you can imagine, being an extremely family oriented girl, I’ve been nagging him to return ever since. His […]
When I first visited Belgium I was 16 years old and more than 2 1/2 years into an open-ended trip around the world with my family. We’d just spent a very challenging yet fun-filled five months exploring every corner of Egypt, repetitively visiting some of the most historic […]
One of the craziest natural wonders I’ve ever seen was in Azerbaijan. Azer-what-now?! Azerbaijan, yes. That was probably my exact reaction to one of the craziest country names I’d ever heard too. Azerbaijan is one of the three Caucus countries, the others are Georgia (the country) and Armenia. Azerbaijan […]
I am SOOOO thrilled to announce that Kees and I will be flying to my hometown, Vancouver, Canada tomorrow. Kees hasn’t been to North America in over 5 years, so it’s about time!!! I’ve got an absolutely jam-packed schedule and can’t wait to share the adventures with you. […]
Images of Vienna operas, Christmas markets and Sound of Music come to mind when I think of “Austria”. My first steps in Austria were when we crossed into Feldkirch for a quick sneak peak from Lichtenstein. From that moment, I knew I needed to return. That road trip […]
Although we only spent a total of 5 days in Armenia it was enough to prove, yet again, that just because a country is less famous, doesn’t mean a thing about its touristic value. As a family we backpacked across the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan to the Caucuses. […]
Angola was one of our shorter visits in Africa. That was not due to lack of interest, but lack of approved visas. We were travelling with three privately owned (one self-built) overland vehicles, and twelve dirty travellers from six different countries on four continents. We were disappointed in […]
My sister Bree and her boyfriend, Donavin were in town visiting us from Vancouver when we decided to go on a ten-day Holland to Portugal road trip. On our way to Barcelona, Spain, we certainly were not going to miss making a short visit in Andorra. This small country […]
Welcome to Albania! A small, less common travel destination in Europe. The country has beautiful coastlines on the Adriatic sea, and borders Greece, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia. We visited Albania for a week in the fall of 2006 during our four year backpacking adventure around the world. We […]
As some of you may have already heard, I realized after sitting down to get serious about Vol. 3 in the Sihpromatum series, that it is going to take a miracle to reach my deadline. I want to send my manuscript in to the editor at the beginning […]
As you may already know, just over two years ago, Shane Dallas and I founded a Twitter chat called “The Road Less Travelled” which we use with the hashtag #TRLT. Shane, most commonly known as The Travel Camel, is a fellow adventure traveller from Australia who has been […]
I had initially planned to write a “2015 Travel Highlights” post but had to split it into two parts, because there were just too many. Don’t miss My 2015 European Travel Highlights! This post includes My top 2015 South American travel highlights as well as some personal highlights […]
Better late than never, right? The new year has kicked off with a bang and I’m barely able to keep up with everything 2016 has already been throwing at me. On the 28th of December, stunt performers sister, Bree, and Donavin arrived and despite jet lag they stayed […]
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