Life on the road has substantial challenges – as all overlanders know far too well – yet never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that the hardest challenge I’d ever face would come from the inside. I mean this quite literally. From challenging border crossings to disastrous breakdowns, from bouts of homesickness and gastroenteritis to accidents that cause injuries. Over the last 14 years, I’ve had to deal with an impressive list of seemingly insurmountable hurdles on the road. Well, let me tell y’all somet
If you thought securing an independent crossing of China is a colossal pain in the ass, try dealing with an erupting hot flash, at 3 am, when it’s 5C outside, you’ve got three layers of clothing on and are zipped up in a sleeping bag like a flamin’ Egyptian mummy. ‘Flaming’ being the operative word here.
It’s funny how menopausal changes in a woman’s body, arguably one of the most natural occurrences of all, has gotten such little press in the overland travel community. Surely there must be tons of travellers who are facing these same issues and want to discuss options? If there are, they’re keeping eerily quiet on the blogosphere, although I did come across this article by WorldTravelFamily recently. Gosh, I laughed so hard at the first photo caption. ‘Cos if you thought a woman scorned hath fury just you