Our journeys overlanding have often taken us through Italy, not only as a destination, but also as a transitory place to give access to destinations and regions further afield, such as Albania, Slovenia, Croatia. In our tangled journeys with Italy, we have often trodden a fine line on the border exploring the Alps hoping in and out by foot, skies or vehicle.
The south of Italy was not what we expected. Saying that, exactly what we expected is hard to put into words. But packed, sardine campsites, and undesirable beaches was certainly not it. The idea was to get in a little more beach time before we started heading northwards and ultimately towards home. So with this […]
After spending the night at Fort Pramond, we had a plan today to drive up to Mount Jafferau and then on to a nearby Lake that is now a reservoir, we were hoping to spend the night by the river there. We managed to pack up fairly promptly and were on the way by the time
Is Fort Pramand haunted by ghosts? Since leaving the Plitvička national park, in Croatia where we visited the former top secret airbase of Zeljava we made our way to Fort Pramand, which was the next area we planned to do some off-road exploring, near Oulx. On the way we stopped in Slovenia at the Bovec national park
Another winding journey down off the mountain this morning. We stopped in a small, sleepy town and had the best coffee we have had so far on this holiday. From here, we decided to drive along the coast and make our way to Cinque Terre National Park. The drive along the coast was lovely. We
DAY 23/24: 21/22 AUGUST 2011 Camping Costs: Camping Les Acaises €32 – 2 nights incl. electricity We were up late, but still managed to pack up and leave in good time! It was a long drive today. We managed to find a garage for diesel and luckily some better maps. We started our navigation out
DAY 22: SATURDAY 20 AUGUST 2011 Camping Costs: Camping Al Pez €26.80 – 1 night We were up, packed up and gone by 8.30hr! We had decided to miss out Venice as most of the campsites wanted a weeks booking, we only wanted to stay for 2 nights. Instead we were going to head for