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Photo of the Week: – West Africa 2011

240 Litres please!

240 Litres please!

A quick snap from the archives. Filling up with fuel isn’t too much trouble in the western world or even where there is electricity but out here in Burkina Faso there was none of that so the pumps were done by hand! As with all things in Africa you never know what is around the next corner so it is best to fill everything you have. Having all ready nearly run out of petrol less than a week in to the trip we asked them to fill everything. 140 litres later with a puddle of sweat on the red dirt, they didn’t know wether to laugh or cry when we started to take the four jerry cans off the roof. I offered to help but after 2 cans I was knackered!

We handed over a fistful of Francs, shook hands and were back on the road.

Posted by  |  01/08/2014 | Categories: Photo of The Week | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Siberia Part II – The Lena Barge, Mirny and the Vilyuysk Trackt to Yakutsk

How we travelled 1000km by freight barge up the Lena River, visited one of the worlds largest and most isolated diamond mines, had the fright of our lives and traversed the Vilyuysk Trackt to reach the coldest city on earth.

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The sun setting as we head out of Lensk

While retreating back to Severobaikalsk from the Vitim Bridge, we noticed a knocking noise and an unsettling aroma of exhaust fumes in the cab. Moments later the exhaust noise ramped up and we pulled over immediately. Upon closer inspection Griff discovered the exhaust had sheared off at the manifold and needed urgent attention. Typically we had a stainless steel system installed so not only did we need to find a welder, we needed someone who could weld stainless and more importantly had the gear to do it. Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  28/07/2014 | Categories: Overland Adventure | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

August 2014 Calendar

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Posted by  |  27/07/2014 | Categories: Desktop Calendar | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Photo of the Week: Blue Flame, Kawah Ijen, Java, November 2013

Volcano Indo

 

Kawah Ijen on the east coast of Java is one of a complex of volcanoes, overlooking a turquoise lake full of hydrochloric acid and the location of the phenomenon “Blue Flame”. This is actually the Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  25/07/2014 | Categories: Photo of The Week | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Photo of the Week: Komodo Dragon, Indonesia, November 2013

Komodo

 

While in Indonesia, we chartered a boat with a small group of friends so we could take a trip to the Komodo National Park, home of the infamous dragon! We wandered around Rinca with a guide, looking carefully in the forest to find any of the world’s largest Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  18/07/2014 | Categories: Photo of The Week | Tags: , , , , , | 2 Comments

Simpson Desert Trip, Australia – In Progress

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Today I am meeting up with a man who I have never met. I will be taking his Land Rover and driving it nearly 3000km across five of Australia’s seven states from Melbourne, across the Simpson Desert to Alice Springs for him. Sounds odd doesn’t it?

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Posted by  |  15/07/2014 | Categories: Overland Adventure | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sirocco Overland Interview Part 2 by Expedition Portal

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Camping with Adam Lewis in Tajikistan (www.shortwayround.co.uk)

 

Just a quick post to let you all know that the second part of our interview with Christophe over at Expedition Portal is up and live on their website. You can read all about it here: www.expeditionportal.com

Credit to Adam Lewis (www.shortwayround.co.uk) as they used his image of us as the opener again! Nice one Ad.

Posted by  |  14/07/2014 | Categories: Overland Adventure, Photography | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Sirocco Overland 2013 Trip In Motion Picture

We have been working on this little project for sometime now. Compiling all our time-lapsed footage from the GoPro, video from Lisa’s camera and also the DSLR. We have put together the best bits that represent the 10 month trip we undertook last year. There was a big learning curve with the GoPro, a lot of the time-lapse stuff we tried didn’t really work, some were better than others and often when times got tough we simply didn’t film (like the time we tipped the truck into a snowdrift at night in Finland and had to winch ourselves out of 5 feet of snow).

It is a short little ensemble and we hope you enjoy it.

Don’t forget to watch it in HD and full screen. Let us know what you think below.

Posted by  |  13/07/2014 | Categories: Overland Adventure | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

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Photo of the Week: Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia – August 2013

Yakutsk

 

Yakutsk in Russia has the coldest winter climate of any city in the world, and is built on ground that is permanently frozen all year round. It is the biggest city to be built on permafrost which obviously Read the rest of this page »

Posted by  |  11/07/2014 | Categories: Photo of The Week | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Photo of the Week: Camping 4000m up in the Pamirs – June 2013

4000m up in the Pamir Mountains

4000m up in the Pamir Mountains

What was to be the last night camping with Adam Lewis in Tajikistan, in a narrow valley near Rang Kul, approximately 50km from the Chinese border sheltering from the wind behind a rocky outcrop. Crystal clear sky gave way to a star filled night hundreds of kilometres from any source of light pollution. A top place to camp and take photos of the night sky.

If you want to know where in the world this is, click here: 38°26’10.0″N 74°10’52.6″E

Posted by  |  04/07/2014 | Categories: Photo of The Week | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment