AN EPIC JOURNEY /2014-2015

After the Volga and Caucasus regions of our passing through Russia, we continued for one last time through Georgia and the north of Turkey. We picked up our pace because Greece was heading to bankruptcy and our budget had reached its…

It took us 7 days and 15 different papers and applications in order to be allowed to apply for our Russian visa so we expected nothing better on our way to the border. To our surprise our Russian adventure was…

Kazakhstan, the most economically advanced of the ‘Stans’ (thanks to its reserves of oil, natural gas and minerals) is the ninth-biggest country in the World. With land of 2.7 million sq km, is about the size of Western Europe meanwhile its…

Kyrgyzstan is rapidly becoming the gateway of choice for western travelers in Central Asia. The reasons for this are its natural beauty, unspoiled mountain scape, ragged ridges, summer pastures and the recent introduction of visa-free travel, in addition with almost…

Together with Anja and Hauke on their motorbikes, Ronald and Rini in their camper and Anand, Punita,Yash and Dhriti, the Baid family, we continued through the deserts of Xinjiang into the city of Turpan, China’s Death Valley. At 154m below sea level,…

When it comes to planning a trip, you should definitely keep in mind the factor of the unexpected. When we changed our original plan and started looking into the China crossing, that fact was taken seriously under consideration. The crossing was planned to…

It was 8:30, on the morning of the 25th of April 2015, when Anja and Hauke from Germany on their motorbikes, Ronald and Rini from Holland in their camper and Anand, Punita,Yash and Dhriti, the Baid family from India, together…

Ever since Nepal first opened its borders to outsiders in the 1950s, this tiny mountain nation has had an irresistible mystical allure for travelers. Packed between the high wall of the Himalayan range and the steamy jungles of the Indian…

Our trip started taking a crucial turn as Voukefalas didn’t sound good and we had to get out of India in ten days. Although we both managed to keep calm, our concern was obvious as we started our drive out…

Most of you might wonder about our experiences on the actual roads of India. Well, remember our post about the road conditions while we were heading south from Mumbai? Compared to the ones on the north, they were super highways.…

In almost every traveler’s itinerary that makes it as far as South India is a ride through Kerala’s backwaters on a houseboat. Alappuzha, or more romantically known as Alleppey, is the hub of the backwaters. It’s also home to a…

Welcome to Incredible India, a country that loves to toss up the unexpected. Here is our travel story… As the taxi drove through the streets of Mumbai, the poverty was definitely one of the first things that confronted us. Mumbai…

As an intro to Incredible India ,our present destination ,we have put together in this post a quick look in facts and figures for you in order to understand what makes this vast multi cultural and multi lingual country so…

Kept you waiting?Well here it is………. Our UAE story started with a lot of stress because our cars were pending somewhere between Iran and the UAE. As I mentioned in the Oman Chapter, as soon as we landed we headed…

As the plane landed in Dubai airport, we put behind the good and the bad of our adventure in Iran and said hello to the UAE. We spent the next 3 days in Mina Rashid Port trying to get the cars…

……..Then there was Shiraz, a city that has become synonymous with education, poetry and wine. Unfortunately the last one is no longer cultivated here. After locating ourselves in the centre and securing Voukefalas, we decided to spend our time exploring…

Further into our quest we headed to Esfahan. This is Iran’s No1 tourist destination and there is a very good reason for this. Its gathering of tree-lined boulevards, Persian gardens and important Islamic buildings gives the city a visual appeal…

The Islamic Republic of Iran, a place I had promised myself that I would go back to after my unsuccessful attempt in 2011. This time we entered from the Iran -Azerbaijan borders and the city of Astara. With the bureaucracy at…

This is neither Europe nor Asia. Azerbaijan is a tangle of contradictions and contrasts, a centre of ancient empires and at the same time a “new” nation rapidly emerging on a petroleum-funded new economy. Let me start from the beginning…

As soon as we managed to get our passports back and with our Azerbaijan visas finally secured, we headed south. Until the day we reached the Armenian borders, all I knew about the country was that it carries a lot…

After leaving Turkey and entering the Great Caucasus, Georgia was my first country to visit. As you’ve noticed, I’m not using plural yet because Rochelle joined me in Georgia two weeks later. As I entered at the beginning of November,…

After saying goodbye to the Mediterranean Sea, we started heading inland to our next destination. This time it was Cappadocia, a gifted place that looks like it was plucked from a fairytale and set down upon the Anatolian plains. In…

From the beginning of this trip I have been talking to Rochelle about my favorite place in Turkey and our upcoming destination Kas. It may not sport the finest beaches in the region but it’s centrally located, has a mellow atmosphere…

…we kept on going through our Turkey adventure. From Bodrum we decided to skip some kilometers and take the small ferry boat to Datça instead. (There is a longer road going all around the peninsula if you are keen on driving). Far from…

A richly historical land with some of the best cuisine you will ever taste, one of the world’s greatest cities and scenery from white-sand beaches to soaring mountains, this is Asian Turkey. And as there are so many things to see and do,…

So yes, now Bulgaria was next. For me it was the third visit and for Rochelle the first. The previous two times that I came by here, I must admit that I wasn’t impressed by the country, something that didn’t change…

Romania was in my travel plans for quite a while but I had never been there until a couple of weeks ago, when Rochelle and I rolled Voukefalas to the Hungary-Romania border. As we crossed the border and we were…

We have left you waiting for a while but the places and the experiences are more than exciting and things happen much faster so please excuse our delay. Entering the Czech Republic was pretty straight forward and Český Krumlov, our…

Hello again, everyone Overlanddiaries have left Greece for good and as mentioned in previous posts, we are joined by my sister, our executive editor, Cleo and Leandros, my nephew, the latest future crew. We explored parts of Italy, the second country to visit…

Sorry for leaving you with no news for a while. Rochelle:   A little more prep and we were on the road finally …… and for good this time.It’s amazing how many things you need to do to prepare for…

Hello Everyone Today is my last day in Bali and  I will be heading back home tonight .Personally I spend a great 8 months here in Bali but all good thing come to an end. Now leaving back Indonesia beside…

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Mother Nature at its best The Archipelago of Raja Ampat/Eastern Papua This group of about 1600 mostly uninhabited islands off Sorong has some of the best diving in the world. It’s definitely a highly recommended trip although it might take…

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After a long time without any posts or any other travelling news, I’m back. Unfortunately not completely free on the road, traveling around the world, as I used to do every year but like I did last year, as part…

WARNING The content of the following time lapse video may cause you to live your own skydive.Euporia brought on by an excess of adrenaline is a common side effect . “………….and once you have tasted flight,you will walk the earth…

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Although almost a year before ,I felt obligated to post an older trip to Mighty Olympus. Just for the story Mount Olympus was the lightest and most worshipped mountain of Greece. A magnificent place with numerous forests and gorges and…

You might say Sri Lanka has been hiding. Countless travellers have passed overhead on their way to someplace else, but years of war and natural disasters such as tsunamis have kept Sri Lanka off many itineraries. But now – as you’ve probably…

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A different Bali. Located on the northwest of the island and close to Singaranja, it’s probably one of the most peaceful national parks. I had to see it, so after a five-hour drive over the main mountain range of Bali…

Nyepi is an important religious event in Bali and marks the beginning of the New Year in the Balinese Hindu calendar. For 2013, Nyepi falls on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. On Nyepi Day, from 6am to 6am the following day,…

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Nusa Lembongan, a small island between Bali and Nusa Penida in Badung Strait, is the perfect holiday hideaway with few visitors and pristine, unspoilt beaches. A low, protected island about 11 km southeast of mainland Bali, measuring only four by…

06-01-2013 Although I only had the chance of paying a very quick visit to the Gili Islands, it was definitely worth every minute. Only a 10-minute boat ride from Lombok, this group of islands is a small paradise. You can…

Because of my work I had to fly to this small island, just a 25-minute boat ride out of Perth. Rottnest got its name from the first Dutch explorers that mistook the quokkas -a small macropod marsupial animal- for huge…

Originally established in the island of Mykonos. This is the one in Bali, located inside Karma Kandara Resort. I’ll be spending most of my time down here. I created a special cocktail list. Please take your time to check it…

Beautiful Bali and my new home with the native inhabitants. What else can you expect in  a tropical paradise like Bali than to have monkeys in your back yard. First day just got up and this was the site in…

Back on the Road This year the overland diaries and I are going to travel to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and if I’m lucky, East Timor. The difference this year will be that I’ll be staying in Bali for two months…

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This is a post for the end of my trip but I forgot to publish it. The last days of my Southeast Asian tour were in Thailand. Since I had been to the most known places, I chose the far…

Our trip to Palawan started with a 24hour boat trip which was tiring but really interesting because we met many locals and exchanged a lot of information. The Filipinos are really open people so don’t be surprised if during the…

The first taste you get of the Philippines, as soon as you land, is that although it belongs to Asia, very few things remind you of that. For many years the Philippines have been under the influence of the U.S.A.…

After the crazy boat ride down the Mekong River, we had to unwind in the beautiful Luang Prabang. We had met some people from the boat and we hung out with them more for a chat over a quiet drink…

Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This small country was my last stop in Indochina. As you enter from China, the giant of the East, you must give yourself the time to acclimatize to the new Lao way. It’s a pure country…

Shangri-La, an idyllic, mythical land high in the mountains of Yunnan or a clever invention dreamed up by the tourism industry? In 1933, James Hilton described in a book he wrote an idyllic place that until today no one knows…

I’m dedicating this post to the wonderful time I had there. It’s the second deepest gorge in the world, with a depth of 3.900 meters. It’s still considered a traveler’s rite of passage and for a good reason. The name…

After a couple of hours we started loving China. The culture and the history of this part of the world are really amazing. The things that human hands can do without the use of any machine are mind blowing. We…

When we crossed the bridge over the Red River into China, I didn’t know what to expect. China, closed to the outside world for the last decade, has been a real tourist destination, especially after the Olympics of 2008. As…

After 30 days in Vietnam, we got tired of being badgered and cheated all the time so we left with a bad taste in our mouths. I think the constant wars that the Vietnamese had with the West have made…

After our visit to the inspiring Hoi An with the beautiful old town, we stopped at Hue for a day. That proved to be a mistake because it was raining all day long. Anyway, we didn’t see anything and headed…

At the moment we are in Hoi An, an old town since the time of the Chinese trade merchants. The weather doesn’t help a lot in the exploration since it has been raining for two days now. So I’ll post…

Sorry for not posting for a while. I got distracted by the celebration for New Year’s and my name day. So here I am in Vietnam, somewhere along the coast. After crossing into Vietnam things got easier. What went on…

We left Ko Rong with a smile on our faces. It wasn’t easy to say goodbye to all the new friends we made during our stay but we had to. We got back to Sihanoukville to meet up with our…

Entering Cambodia was pretty easy after a short visit in Sihanoukville, where we met some Greeks that have decided to make Cambodia their home. Since we had to wait for our visas for Vietnam, we had to choose where we…

Hello, I am finally on the road and I love it. We chose to land in Bangkok because of the unbeatable prices in air fares that we got. After landing in Bangkok, Nikos Dimitris and I decided not to stay…

Unfortunately this year I was unlucky so with only three and a half months left, I had to drop the South America trip. I’m flying to Southeast Asia instead, to follow the Mekong River from its source in the Chinese…

As you probably know by now, things aren’t going very well with my country’s economy and on top of all that my overland routes are closing down since trouble appears everywhere, from the Arab countries to Northern Africa. Although I…

Let’s start with my five-day visit back to Crete. Yes, I was back again after my last visit in February, only this time I had my good friend Anna with me. If you ask me about Crete, I’ll definitely say…

.I haven’t been posting for a while. So here I am, back in Mykonos. There isn’t much I can tell you except that I’m working hard. The usual routine applies every day. Thanks to the morning beach time, things spice…

My pages have been updated and Cuba has been added. Sorry for not posting for a while but back here the rush that travelling gives you is gone. I’m trying to inspire myself to write but I haven’t been lucky…

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After my time in Chania, enjoying the hospitality of Stella and Christos, the weather got worse. So I decided to take the ferry back home. Of course that meant the end of my trip for this year. Looking back now…

After saying goodbye to the people I met in Rethymno, I took the road to Preveli and Plakias, two more places on the south coast. They’re both great places for free camping near the river and as I found out,…

I spent some time in Lendas. It’s a great place but I didn’t see anyone for two days. I hope it’s better in the summer. Then I went to Matala with the hippie caves. The last hippie was seen here…

Since the second of February I’m in Crete. I explored Sitia and the east coast of Crete, all the way to Ierapetra. Now I’m heading north, to the cities of Agios Nikolaos and Heraklion, with final destination Knossos. I’ll visit…

It’s been four days since I’m back in my home country. Exploring Rhodes off season appears more exciting than I expected. People are more relaxed and spend time with you since they have nothing else to do. Castles, little villages…

I feel very lucky today since I’ve survived the boat ride from Marmaris to Rhodes, in a boat that should be in the junkyard a long time ago. I had to do acrobatics with Voukefalas in order to board because…

I am in Kas, a small village on the Mediterranean coast. The temperature is 17 degrees Celsius and although it rained last night, it’s still beautiful here. I’ll be staying until the 25th of January 2011 and then I’ll take…

I left the cold mountains of Anatolia to head to Antalya, hoping that the sun and the sea will take away all the bad memories. I’m planning to spend some time here before I reach the Aegean coast and get…

I had no alternative since my car window had no glass on the driver’s side and I had absolutely no hope of finding my things. I had to drive back to Turkey over the mountains and in the snow, with…

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