We do a lot of driving as part of our guidebook research – rather, my partner and co-author Terence drives and I do the trip planning and navigating. So it’s inevitable that some of the most memorable aspects of our trips are the roads we drive. I stumbled across Matador’s The World’s Most Spectacular Roads, which … Read more about The world’s most jawdropping drives, part 1
Moving Stories is a wonderful community web project that uses oral histories and photography to document the lives of residents in a caravan park in an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. The project works to break down the stereotypes and stigma attached to caravan park life through raising awareness, while creating a sense of belonging … Read more about Moving Stories
Caravanning around Australia and ‘full- timing’ by RV in the USA was once the domain of grey nomads, adventurous families setting out to give their kids some real life lessons, and middle-aged couples looking for a sea change. But caravanners and campervanners are getting younger so it seems. Travel around Australia and you’ll see foreign … Read more about Travel has no (age) limits
Becoming ‘a citizen of the road’ is a big part of the appeal of caravanning. For the 8 million American households that have a recreational vehicle, or RV, ‘it’s not just a vehicle, it’s a lifestyle’. And taking to the road on a permanent vacation has never been more popular despite the rocketing fuel prices, … Read more about Home is where you park it – for citizens of the road
My childhood memories of Easter: painting hard-boiled eggs red with my Russian baboushka; gluing pastel coloured cotton wool balls onto a silly hat (um, I mean, helping my mum make my Easter bonnet for the class competition); aching legs from standing for hours in the incense-filled Russian Orthodox church; wondering why my Easter bonnet didn’t … Read more about Recollecting Easter Holidays and the Renaissance of Caravanning