Chudley’s cocktail recipes: the Russian Tiger
Chuck A.K.A Chudley (one of his many nicknames) mixes us an original cocktail to enjoy the golden hour in the Siberian wilderness. Here is a generous recipe.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Russian yakisoba by the campfire with our new friend Fredrick
Chuck prepares a delicious transnational meal over the campfire with his new moustache, Fredrick.
Betty’s first tattoo: let’s go Russsssia!
Stepan, our Khabarovsk host, demonstrates his skills tagging a picture of Yuri Gagarin and his catch phrase ” Let’s go Russsia” on our car Betty.
Camp diaries: on the way to Novossibirsk
Short travel notes from our journey camping in the Russian wilderness on the road between Irkutsk and Novossibirsk.
King’s Ginger: the perfect travel mate in the Russian Taiga
Here is an introduction to King’s Ginger, a dutch sweet gingery whiskey liqueur that turned out to be a fine travel companion in the Russian wilderness.
Wilderness Camp Diaries on the way to Irkutsk
To save some pennies this grand adventure requires that we cut accommodation costs as much as possible, thus we shall be couch surfing and camping our way around the world.
Driving through Russia: Bikin and Khabarovsk
Bikin and Khabarovosk were the first stops on our journey through Russia. We found friendly couchsurfers, drank ourselves silly at a Russian birthday party and cruised the Amur River.
First steps in Russia : Vladivostok
Getting our car through customs in Vladivostok after our 2-day cruise from Japan took us a few days, just enough to enjoy our first foray into the Russian far-east.
All Aboard the Eastern Dream
We took a ferry from the town of Sakai-Minato, in Japan’s Tottori prefecture to Vladivostok via South Korea. A memorable 2-day journey aboard the “Eastern Dream.”
Day 1: Osaka
After some hectic packing we finally hit the road! We made it to Osaka just in time for drinks with our friends Mariko, Yoko and Juho. Osaka is awesome.
The Grand Adventure: Tokyo to Cape Town 