About This Site

This website records the overlanding and other travels of Nina and Rob Blackwell and covers a period from March 2009 to the present. The images above are just a taste of the photographic record of our travels. Click here to see all of our travel photos.

Most of the travel recorded here has been vehicle based, and undertaken as overlanding adventures. Over the years we have had a number of vehicles and we have grouped our travels into Adventures based on the vehicle used.

Below you will find a summary of each of the different adventures and links to detailed pages about those adventures.

Clicking here will take you to a consolidated map of all our adventures. Each marker on the map represents a 'camping' spot where we spent at least one night, and the different adventures are represented by different colors.

Finally we hope and plan that the adventures are not yet over.

Hence when we are engaged in yet another adventure the section below entitled The Latest News will have summaries of the latest posts from which readers can link to the current adventure and all posts related to that adventure.

Our Adventures

The Americas

This is the earliest adventure recorded on this website and started in March of 2009. At the time we were novices at this overlanding thing and really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. As it turned out .... read more

Around the World

Our longest overlanding adventure occupying approximately 5 years and taking us around the world from the far East of Canada, across North America, the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Russia, then through the Asian continent to explore Europe and then finally .... read more

Australia

Our 2019 Australian adventure was sufficently successful that we are now living back in Australia, planning a new travel vehicle and some more Australian based exploration. The new vehicle is currently undergoing some modification and preparations and sometime in 2nd quarter of 2023 we will be able to do our first trials.

Stay tuned .. once it is in our hands we will give you a tour and run down.

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Antarctica

We will end 2019 with a cruise to the Antarctic aboard the Greg Mortimer. This is a new ship, having just completed its maiden voyage and is named after a famous (in Australia at least) mountaineer and antarctic traveler. ..... click to see more.

Asia 2020 and 2023

At long last we are about to restart the Asia trip that was aborted by COVID19 in 2020.

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Travels with our Earthroamer

After completing our The Americas adventure we mistakenly believed that we would not undertake any more vehicle based travel outside North America and with that mind set, in 2011 just after OverlandExpo, we purchased a used 2008 Earthroamer. However as plans .... read more

Motorcycle Adventures

In 2015 on our annual return to the US, I Robert, decided to get myself a motorcycle license (my first ever experiences with motos) and a year later (again on our annual return to the US) I bought my first motorcycle a 2011 BMW1200 GS. That same year that motorcycle presented me with a broken leg and thats why we did not return to Europe that year. It was probably inevitable .... click this link to read more.

A Great Train Journey

In 2024 we undertook a A Great Train Journey, from Singapore to London by train. Not one train but a series of interlinked train routes. The trip took us through Malaysia, Laos, China, Tibet, Kazakstan, Georgia, Azerbajan, Turkey, Austria, and France. Click the following list to read the details or see the map of this amazing journey. Click Here

Motorcycle Adventures Round Australia

On May 16th of this year (2025) I (Rob) set out to ride a motorcycle solo and unsupported around Australia.

I expect the journey will cover 14,000-15,000 km, and and last something like 8 to 12 weeks. The route will be clockwise around the continent from Sydney and will try to largely avoid the coastal regions of the country. To the extent possible this will be an outback expedition.

Click the following link to read more.

A long sea voyage

In the first half of 2026 we will undertake A Sea Voyage, from Bankok to Lisbon. The 60 day journey follows (approximately) an old colonial route via India and South Africa to Europe. Along the way we will visit over 30 ports in African and Asian countries as well as some of the worlds smallest island Nations. ..... click to see more.

The Latest News

St Patricks day and Crossing the Equator (Sailing to Seychelles, Maldives)

Journal entry for Tuesday 17th Mar, 2026 (day 27, miles 0)

Today was a special day for two reasons. It is St Patricks day so the drinkers and party animals onboard were out in their greens looking to down more than a few. A little more significantly just after breakfast the ship crossed the equator and as many will know there is a specific ceremony to be held in conjunction with that event. Here is a link to a wikipedia article on the line-crossing ceremony

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Steaming towards the Seychelles (A day at sea, Maldives)

Journal entry for Monday 16th Mar, 2026 (day 34, miles 0)

Nothing to say, a day relaxing while the ship makes way towards the Seychelles.

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Exploring Malé (Departing Malé, Maldives)

Journal entry for Sunday 15th Mar, 2026 (day 25, miles 0)

This morning we caught an 8:30am lifeboat ride into Malé with a plan to do some shopping. Within the first 10 minutes we figured out that we had timed things badly as shops did not open until 10:30-11:00. On the other hand the early start meant that the first part of the day was comfortable as the days heat had not fully started and the low morning sun meant the narrow streets lined with multi-story buildings were in shade.

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A day at the beach (Malé, Maldives)

Journal entry for Saturday 14th Mar, 2026 (day 24, miles 0)

We arrived in the Maldives this morning and anchored in protected waters near the city of Malé. The first views of the Maldives was a bit disorienting. We know that we are in the middle of a large ocean and yet as we approach the Maldives we see little bits of low lying land that appear to be only a few feet higher than the water, as well as patches of light blue ocean indicating shallow water. The city of Malé has many multi story buildings that look like they are either growing out of the ocean or maybe sitting on a very long barge rather than land. There are a number of other islands near to Malé one connected by a very spectacular Chinese Friendship Bridge, another one is the site of the countries international airport.

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A little shopping in the Fort area. (Mumbai, India)

Journal entry for Wednesday 11th Mar, 2026 (day 21, miles 0)

Nina and I had no planned excursions today so we decided we would spend some time exploring the area of Mumbia around the dock and in order to have an objective Nina decided she needed a supermarket in order to buy some muesli. After some google research we narrowed down to a likely establishment; a shop that had an name in English and that was part of a chain of shops with the same name. Amazingly after a taxi ride to the center of the local "town" and a 2 km walk we found the shop and acquired the necessary supplies.

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