Uzbekistan’s Big Three: Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva

Our route began in Uzbekistan's capital city, Tashkent, and then followed the old silk road to three infamous cities: Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva.

Not so Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Suddenly Chris (who is not one to jump or easily scare when it comes to critters) leapt off the ground, grabbed me and pointed down. A huge bright yellow and green, part scorpion part spider, horns poised, ready to kill, was making its way towards us at the speed of light.

Nothing to see in Kazakhstan

We hit the road - the only road that we would be driving on for the next 1200 miles. As soon as we left Uralsk, it was a vast mass of nothingness. Completely flat, we had a 360 degree view of miles upon miles of dry, partly sandy, partly grassy land. After 180 miles of exactly the same view, we pulled off of the road into an old quarry that offered us a hidden place to camp with some protection from the mild wind.

Morocco 6.10.18 – 29.10.18 (Part 3)

Disaster has struck! We have succumbed to the terrible fate of being idiotic, gullible tourists.

Morocco 6.10.18 – 29.10.18 (Part 2)

We made it to Morocco! And, even better, we made it to Morocco without breaking down!