Stephen

Stephen

Mt Shasta with Friends

A quick trip up the I5 to climb Mt Shasta with Darrin and Lisa. The weather was not kind to us and we did not even attempt the summit. Instead we did a little skills training. Great weekend nonetheless.

Problems with Sterlin

This is a blog post about the things that have not quite gone right with our Sterlin. We have completed 55,000 kms (35,000 miles) over some pretty unforgiving terrain. We have had only one major failure but did have lots…

Sterlin’s Service History

Before the trip started Sterlin was checked over by Philippe our local Land Rover mechanic. Philippe had competed all of our major repairs and we certainly trust him with Sterlin. Before we set off, he wanted to have one final…

Leg 6: South China Sea

November, 2014 On November 9th we said goodbye to Europe (at least for this trip) and flew to Hong Kong where we boarded M/V The World. This part of our trip will saw us in Hong Kong for 5 days,…

Sanya, Hainan Island

Sunday, November 16, 2014 After a day at sea and on route from Hong Kong to Vietnam, we docked for 2 days at Sanya, Hainan Island, China. Not much to this place really. It’s being marketed as the ‘Hawaii of China’, because…

Hong Kong

Monday, November 10, 2014 After a long, tiring flight (these long hauls usually are) on Qatar Airlines from Brussels, via Doha – somehow we’d expected more of that airline… will have to try Emirates next – we arrived in Hong…

San Francisco

Sunday to Thursday, November 2 – 6, 2014 Stephen flew back to San Francisco to organize a few things. Uneventful trip, which is the best kind. Caroline stayed back in Europe.

Eeklo – Mostly Again

Friday, October 24, 2014 We drove from Luxemburg City to Eeklo by way of Bastogne, where we visited the Bastogne War Museum; another very well done museum, very worthy of a visit; and the American Memorial / Mardasson Memorial. We spent…

Luxembourg

Thursday, October 23, 2014 We arrived in the late afternoon into Luxembourg. Our little hotel was smack bang in the middle of the local Red Light district, which made parking Sterlin a little challenging, but we found a safe enough…

Heidelberg

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 We left Switzerland and headed in the direction of Liechtenstein. We were barreling along the freeway when our trusty Garmin decided we should take an exit and cross into Austria. We didn’t intend to go to…

Geneva

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (Wedding Anniversary) Getting a reasonably priced hotel in Geneva proved to be quite difficult. So we instead booked a hotel in Annemasse, France, which was a 20 minute walk from the Swiss border. A great plan…

Le Puy-en-Velay and Annemasse

Monday, October 13, 2014 We said goodbye to Luc and headed off in search of the Millau Viaduct, which happens to be the tallest bridge in the World. We stayed on the smaller backroads which was a good choice. After…

Normandy Beaches

Friday, October 3, 2014 We visited the very helpful Tourist Information Center in Caen and got all the information we needed to visit the Normandy Beaches. The first piece of advice was to visit the Museum/Memorial of Caen. Although it…

Marijke, Coen and Kuipwagen in Wageningen

Sunday, September 28, 2014 We had a pleasant drive north to Wageningen in The Netherlands stopping only once for coffee. Our trusty GPS did not really know where Coen and Marijke lived, but it was not before long we deciphered…