Getting Lost Again

Author name: Wendy

Wendy is a traveller, writer, and photographer with an insatiable curiosity for the world. Her journey, spanning South Africa, the UK, and now Australia, infuses her work with a rich tapestry of experiences. Join her on Getting Lost Again as she shares her creative perspective and passion for overland travel alongside Dan.

Western Europe

Scary Elevator and How We Avoided Getting Arrested in Paris

Summer 2012: Calais to St Jean D’Aulps – Leg 1 Dan woke on our departure morning with unusual pre-trip nerves. We packed the vehicles and headed for a pre journey tea and cake. Our European journey started out with us managing to get onto the Chunnel (channel tunnel) earlier than expected. The excitement was building,

Balkan States, Croatia

Mostar, Bosnia – Lumbarda, Korčula, Croatia

DAY 16/17: 14/15 AUGUST 2011 Camping costs: Autokamp Vela Pelarka 99KN per night + 20KN electricity – 2 nights (7KN = €1) Woken by the Call-to-Prayer, not heard that for years. Dan grew up in the middle east so loved the sounds and memories Call-to-Prayer evoked. We went to see the Dervish house in Blagaj

Balkan States

DAY 13/14: Žabljak – Donji Morinj (Montenegro)

Camping Costs: Autokamp Ravela €30 – 2 nights + €6 for electricity Today we drove down to the coast of Montenegro. We first took the scenic route out of Durmitor…what a drive. Amazing views and mountains. We stopped for a coffee along the way and Dan managed to buy himself a Durmitor t-shirt. When we

Balkan States, Croatia

Dovje, Slovenia – Velika, Croatia

DAY 7: FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2012 Camping Costs: Pension Basišiĉ 340.00 KN (Kuna) – 1 night (7KN = €1) As we only had 1 tent to pack up, and we woke up earlier than our alarm, we managed to leave at a fairly decent time today. We didn’t have far to go according to the

Eastern Europe

Bürserberg, Austria – Dovje, Slovenia

DAY 5/6: WEDNESDAY 3/4 AUGUST 2011 Camping Costs: Camp Kamne €50.16 incl. electric – 2 nights Today was a long drive again. We set off a little later than we should have and encountered lots of windy mountain passes. We went into Italy with a drastic scenery change, out and back into Austria and then

Overland

Laon – Anould, France

DAY 1: SATURDAY 30 JULY 2011, Camping Costs: Lѐs Acacias €13.90 – 1 night We thought we’d do a long one today and head for Interlaken, try to get a day ahead. Our start wasn’t brilliant, wrong input into the GPS and after 45min of driving, we realised we were heading back along the way

Overland

Hopping the Channel via Calais to Ville de Laon, France

DAY 0: FRIDAY 29 JULY 2011 Camping Cost: Camping Municiple le Chenaie €14.40 – 2 nights, 1 adult & 1 child We managed to leave a day earlier. Dan got Friday off work and we finished off the packing on the Thursday and decided to head for Dover to try board the 07.00hr ferry to

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