At the end of 2011 we quit our jobs and set off in our 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon, "Nacho". Our plan? To circumnavigate the globe, slowly, while discovering culture, food, recreation, and emergency roadside Volkswagen maintenance. We are Brad and Sheena. Just wingin' it.
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Archived Posts
- - Africa Calling
- - Murphy and His Law
- - Sailing Turkey's High Seas: A Dream is Killed
- - Cappadocia: Chutes and Ladders
- - Two Nights in the Orchard
- - Take Me Back to Constantinople
- - Go Go Goa!
- - Cowboys and Indians
- - Trouble on the Pakistani Border
- - The Big Fat Indian Wedding
- - The Maoist Revolt
- - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger
- - Around Annapurna, Part 3: Little Tibet
- - Around Annapurna, Part 2: Snowbound
- - Around Annapurna, Part 1: Into the Wild
- - The Kingdom in the Clouds
- - Pit Stop Varanasi
- - Fork Me: A Drive Across India - Part 2
- - Fork Me: A Drive Across India - Part 1
- - Hampi Campers
- - The Onam Food Babies
- - Nacho's Ark
- - Gear Review: Roasting Coffee on the Road
- - The Cambodiwood Encounter
- - Cambodian Dolphin Hunt
- - A Chance Encounter
- - One Day, Four Thousand Islands
- - A Landslide Brought it Down
- - The Saga of the Magic Worm
- - The Plain of Jars
- - The International Missing Persons Incident
- - The Jailbreak
- - Nacho vs. the Mountain Bandits
- - Barkeep, Another Mekong Please
- - A Series of Unfortunate Events
- - New Book from Drive Nacho Drive!
- - The Sheena Stewart Show
- - The Human Zoo
- - Coffee Shop Hermits
- - What Josh is Doing
- - Searching for a Piece of Burma
- - Born Again Nacho
- - The Resilience of a Mother
- - Shopping Shenanigans
- - An Hour with Moto Lady
- - The Ill-Fated Jungle Trek
- - Plankton Warp Speed Overdrive
- - Revenge of the Monkeys
- - Lost at Sea
- - One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish...what the #*@!?
- - Hand to Mouth
- - Malaysian Invasion
- - Dirty Money, Clean Getaway
- - Meeting the Magellanics
- - The End of the Road
- - Falling Buildings and Tidal Waves
- - The Worst Day of My Life
- - Nacho of the High Seas
- - Into the Belly of the Duck
- - Shorts from the Peruvian North
- - Home Alone
- - Boobies and Jesus
- - Plank the Line
- - Racing for Figs
- - Solace in the Snowstorm
- - The Road to El Cocuy, Part 2: The Truck Driver's Secret Road
- - The Road to El Cocuy, Part 1: Wookie Eye Road
- - Uncovering Cuisine in Cartagena
- - Missing Persons Case
- - First Look - New Ferry from Panama to Colombia
- - The Guac-Off
- - Monthly Summary - April 2012
- - Freeze Lawbreaker!
- - The Antigua Creeper
- - Nacho's Kitchen: Stuffing Face in Belize
- - Guatemala at 15 Miles Per Hour
- - Monthly Summary - March 2012
- - Doing Time in Guatemala - 1,989 Words to Freedom
- - The Guatemalan Adventures of Indiana Van Orden
- - Hudut and Cheating Evolution in Belize
- - Belize: Many Terrible Things Are Waiting. Right?
- - Monthly Summary - February 2012
- - Yucatan Training Plan
- - Happy Barfday To You!
- - San Cristóbal and the Babies
- - Cha Cha Chamula!
- - Oaxaca Pilgrimage
- - Sweatpants Superhero
- - El Golpeador Tries Volkswagen Mechanics
- - The Dogs of Guanajuato
- - Monthly Summary - January 2012
- - Drive Nacho Drive Meets Bumfuzzle
- - Slaying Fish and Saving Babies
- - Sheena of the Three Milks
- - Fish Egg Ferry - La Paz to Mazatlán
- - Crazy Eyes
- - The Second Law of Thermodymexico
- - When it Rains it Pours
- - Return to Baja
- - Our New Life
- - Shoving off
- - Love-Hate Relationship
- - Nacho the Driving Fortress
- - Playing Volkswagen Mechanic
- - Leaving Flagstaff
- - How to Win Friends & Influence People: Custom Vanagon Bumpers
- - No Turning Back Now
- - Nacho's Dark Past
- - Therapy and Nacho Arson
- - Installing Custom Cabinets in Nacho Vanagon
- - Winches? We don't need no stinkin' winches!
- - Virtual Cabinets for a Real World Nacho Bus
- - The Great Nacho Trip Savings Plan
- - Drive Nacho Drive!
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I’m sure you must of had loads of great views on you trip, can you pick a top ten??
One of mine would be Pic Du Midi in the Pyrenees
Comment by Gary on June 19, 2014 at 12:24 pm