The middle of our road trip heralded one of our biggest arguments so far, Chris was paranoid about hungry bears and horror stories of them ripping open cars and camper vans like tin cans! James told him not to be stupid…
The Great Californian Road Trip Part 1 – dodging landslides & dogging hotspots!
Our week road tripping in a camper van is one of the highlights of our trip, but it wasn't without mishaps, an amazing number of arguments, and a bit of bad luck!
The Golden Gate Bridge Proposal and why it was a bit of a shambles!
Chris says he always knew he was planning to propose to James at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Why then was it so last minute and shambolic? Well this is Chris all over isn't it?...
Our San Francisco couch surf experience & why we won’t be doing it again
What happens when two tight fisted travellers crash land in the world's most expensive city? An awkward, free-accommodation experience neither of us want to repeat...
Hey you guys! Our geek out over the Goonies in iconic Oregon filming location Astoria
Pretty much everywhere we've been in the world so far has involved some sort of nostalgia based film or TV geekery, but in Astoria we took it to another level - and found out it's not just the Goonies the town is famous for...
Our search for snow climbing high in the Olympic Mountains
After months of baking sunshine and missing nearly all of the Great British winter back home, we decided to go in search of snow - and boy did we find it (& get cold and wet!)
Our first stop in the USA – a perfect birthday, sightseeing like a local & getting sh*tfaced in Seattle!!!
We weren't 'Sleepless in Seattle', more 'Sh*tfaced in Seattle!', but then it was Chris' birthday! How fortunate then for our hangovers this is the city where Starbucks was born, & we made two new friends who showed us all the sights worth seeing! But it's not only the world's largest coffee chain this city has given to the world...
Six adventurous ways to crank up the adrenaline on the Gringo Trail in Peru (and something famous you should probably give a miss)
We're normally pretty lazy human beings, opting for a lie in than any morning exercise. Untrue to form - in our final week in Peru we decided to cram as much action in as possible, mainly because this adventure junkie's paradise is so cheap!
Machu Picchu is unmissable, but it’s also a massive rip off. So was it worth it?
This may be controversial... but from start to finish, we felt milked by Machu Picchu. It cost us the best part of £800 over 2 days. Are the Peruvians ripping everyone off? Can you really blame them? Or could there be a cheaper way of doing it?
When altitude sickness (aka man-flu) took Chris down & all we needed was a little luxury!
After nearly 3 and a half months of non stop travelling and 2 weeks in Bolivia at high altitude, it was only a matter of time before one of us came a cropper, and despite his smugness about ‘having done all this before in 2007’ it was Chris who bit the dust first!
