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UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 7 Feb 2026 | By debo | Views [68]
Hey! 1 week pre trip and i found my journal from the trip where Estefy and I met and thought maybe would keep a record of our return trip to South America, this time 12 years on!
We are spending the last week saying good bye to all our friends ... Read more >
WESTERN SAHARA | Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026 | By shaz | Views [30]
This part of my trip I visit Western Sahara. I crossed the El Guerguerat border between Mauritania and Western Sahara. One of those places you don’t really think about until you’re actually there. This stretch of desert sits in a long running ... Read more >
MAURITANIA | Thursday, 15 Jan 2026 | By shaz | Views [46]
So I made it. Arrived in Nouakchott at 2am.
No transfer waiting at arrivals...fucking typical! Sat down, no airport wifi, started mentally preparing to stay there until daylight. Noticed nobody else there except me and an airport guy. He asked if ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Thursday, 25 Dec 2025 | By shaz | Views [19]
Iran already feels like a dream because I'm now in Brussels and suddenly it’s full on Christmas. There's twinkly lights, decorations, festive vibes and me, blinking like I’ve time travelled. Checked into my hostel which is actually lovely, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 23 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [118]
The Galapagos Islands is the laboratory where Charles Darwin began developing his theory of evolution in 1835 . It took him more than 20 years of mulling, prodding from geologist Charles Lyell and botanist Joseph Hooker and competition from Alfred Russel ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 20 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [94]
The English are a strange lot. They consider the Battle of Hastings one of the most famous events in English history. It was the only time that England was invaded by a foreign power, their king was slain on the battlefield and their army was soundly ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [101]
We finished our Christmas letter—even checked it twice—and (e)mailed it off to all of the good little boy and girls. If you didn’t get yours, try to be nicer next year. When we still felt that we needed a little Christmas—right ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 13 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [105]
Despite English Heritage sites going back in time from castles, priories and monasteries to Roman villas and even Neolithic sites, John’s favorite site opened for business in 1939. Its existence wasn’t known to the general public until 1970 ... Read more >
IRAN | Friday, 12 Dec 2025 | By shaz | Views [32]
From Largs to Tehran, the longest way possible. In London, where I went wedding food tasting then Southall for wedding clothes alterations. You can guess which one I preferred. Then a quick pit stop in Belgium, overnight chaos in the middle of nowhere ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 9 Dec 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [90]
Cambridge seemed like a good compromise. It’s only an hour train ride from London but not too far from East Anglia’s English Heritage sites. John picked our AirBnB, in part, for the free parking, a real luxury in this college town. It’... Read more >
