Monday 28 March 2016

0001 The long way home....

I left Queensland in April 2014 planning a one year trip through N, Central, and S America.  Now almost 2 years later, I am still overseas and still travelling When I arrived in Montevideo in April 2015, I was still doing OK healthwise, and my trusty mount Troopie seemed to also be reasonably healthy, despite all the dirt roads and mountains she had encountered (and conquered), so the decision was made to carry on for a while.  I thought that if I went home in 2015 I might never get started again - It takes a lot of planning and work !! As a result I shipped from Uruguay over to Europe on the same vessel as my car (an interesting 4 weeks at sea !), and after Janet joined me again at the end of July, we spent 3 months exploring N Europe, which you can read about in my separate blog  http://explorineurope.blogspot.com    During the cold and wet Christmas and New Year, we were fortunate enough to either be able to stay with family and friends, or to house-sit for a while, which made it much more comfortable, and after a great Christmas and New Year, in January 2016 we set off again, this time heading south to Spain and Morocco But it was time to make a decision regarding "the next step" - How to get home?