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Top Features and Drawbacks of the Cruise America C21 RV

We rented a Cruise America C21 Class C RV for a two-week road trip from Seattle to Los Angeles. After covering more than 2,000 kilometres, we’ve got a solid sense of what worked and what didn’t. If you're considering whether this is the right rental for your next road trip, here's our no-fluff, tried-and-tested review. … Continue reading Top Features and Drawbacks of the Cruise America C21 RV

Exploring the Pacific Coast Highway: A Road Trip Adventure

After wrapping up our Canadian snowboarding leg, we swapped powder for pavement and kicked off the next phase of our journey: a road trip down the Pacific Coast Highway, starting just outside Seattle and winding our way through Oregon, Northern California, and into Monterey. 👉 Watch the full video here Planes, beaches, and Pirate Coffee: … Continue reading Exploring the Pacific Coast Highway: A Road Trip Adventure

Snowboards, Switchbacks, and Soaking It In: Our Winter Road Trip Through the Canadian Rockies

In early 2023, the authors journeyed through Alberta and British Columbia, enjoying a winter road trip across the Canadian Rockies. Highlights included snowboarding at Banff and Revelstoke, marveling at Lake Louise, soaking in hot springs, and indulging in local foods. The experience left them enchanted, planning future trips to the region.

Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day five

We woke up on the morning of our fifth day hooning around the North Island at a Freedom Camping spot at the beginning of the Manawatu Gorge. It was still. It was peaceful. It was a tad chilly but we just enjoyed our surroundings. Our morning activity was to head to Palmerston North - a … Continue reading Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day five

Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day three and day four

We pick up this post on day three of our North Island road trip in our rented camper van. Day three sees us wake up in Tologa Bay and cruise down the East Coast towards Gisborne where we have a spot of drinking and eating. Not quite tasting everything New Zealand can serve on a … Continue reading Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day three and day four

Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day one and two

Right at the end of winter we hit the road in our rented Apollo Euro Tourer camper van (built off a 2019 Sprinter van) to your around the North Island of New Zealand. We left Auckland we headed down toward the Bay of Plenty, choosing to stay the night on the stunning Ōhope Beach - … Continue reading Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day one and two

So… we started a YouTube channel

I reckon if I were to clock our YouTube viewing hours in 2020, it would easily be higher than the previous three years combined. That global pandemic has seen us react really differently to travel and we started our first lockdown with travel videos which quickly morphed into van life videos. In preparation for building … Continue reading So… we started a YouTube channel

Rome – a classics nerd’s top 10

Rome is where my heart lies, when I go there I feel as my soul sings. Why? As a classics scholar it is the place that brings together almost all of my favourite sites and museums. Here I can imagine that I'm back in the age of the first emperor Augustus and that at any … Continue reading Rome – a classics nerd’s top 10