Omar our Toyota Prado posing in front of the legendary Birdsville Hotel. We interrupt our annual Chinese exploration to travel to some of the most isolated - and beautiful - regions of Australia with the ultimate travel machine, the Toyota Prado. The Prado is one of only 9 nameplates in…
Lars on the Gamle Strynefjellsvegen. This is Part 3 of our exploration of the Norwegian fjords in a Volvo V90 Cross Country. Check out Part 1: Stockholm to Preikestolen here and Part 2: Stavanger and Bergen here. We are now entering truly grandiose fjord country and the next two posts will…
Lars in Stord This is Part 2 of our exploration of the Norwegian fjords in a Volvo V90 Cross Country. Check out Part 1: Stockholm to Preikestolen here. The breathtaking exploration of Preikestolen (aka Pulpit Rock) om Lysefjord has left an imprint on my retina and I'm constantly reliving the…
Lars posing in front of the Heddal Stave Church in southern Norway. Following up on last year's test drive of a Volvo XC90 to North Cape, Volvo Sweden was so kind as to loan me a second car this year to explore the south-western coast of Norway and all its spectacular…
Fiat Panda x 2 in Ventimiglia, Italy - August 2017 It's been two years since our last Photo Report in Ventimiglia, at the border with France northwest of the country, so it's time for our traditional update. You can also see the 2013 Photo Report here. See also our 2016…
Ivanhoe in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. This is Part 7, the final part of our adventure to the middle of nowhere Australia with a Haval H9, which we baptised Ivanhoe. See Part 1: Melbourne to Mildura here, Part 2: Mildura to Broken Hill here, Part 3: Broken Hill to Tibooburra here, Part…
This is Part 5 of our adventure to the middle of nowhere Australia with a Haval H9, which we baptised Ivanhoe. See Part 1: Melbourne to Mildura here, Part 2: Mildura to Broken Hill here, Part 3: Broken Hill to Tibooburra here and Part 4: Tibooburra to Cameron Corner here. Today we spend a…
Stuck. This is Part 4 of our adventure to the middle of nowhere Australia with a Haval H9, which we baptised Ivanhoe. See Part 1: Melbourne to Mildura here, Part 2: Mildura to Broken Hill here and Part 3: Broken Hill to Tibooburra here. We now leave Tibooburra and its gymkhana New Year's…
Ivanohe just about to land on the Emergency Landing Strip after Packsaddle NSW. This is Part 3 of our adventure to the middle of nowhere Australia with a Haval H9, which we baptised Ivanhoe. See Part 1: Melbourne to Mildura here and Part 2: Mildura to Broken Hill here. We are now saying…
Big Sur CA This is it! After 5.437 miles/8.750 km of driving, we've finally come to the end of our U.S. North to South adventure we started in Barrow Alaska (planes and boats were also involved). Today we cross into California at Lake Tahoe, slide into San Francisco, discover Big Sur and…
Ford F-150 and the 1880 Eureka Opera House. In Nevada we've explored the Extraterrestrial Highway up to Area 51 - or the gate leading to it - as well as Highway 50, nicknamed the Loneliest Road in America. Today we zoom in on one of the tiny outposts along the…
Hanging out with the local aliens near Area 51. I've got two car keys instead of one for Bob after our Zion episode, so we are all set to cross Nevada to the west. First stop: the elusive Area 51, then the Loneliest Road in America: Route 50. Fasten your seat belts! If…
Zion National Park UT Now that I know Bob is a closeted rallyman in a tradesman suit, I decided to reward my Ram 2500 crew cab with a short trip to Zion National Park back north in Utah. Turns out this would be the theatre of the most challenging episode of this…
Sunset on the Grand Canyon North Rim, AZ After crossing Utah from north to south, admiring a multitude of National Parks along the way, we now travel to the National Park that tops them all: Grand Canyon. Check out all previous iterations of this U.S. North to South photo series here as we…
1960 Chevrolet Viking 6.0 in Ferron UT After Grand Teton National Park, we continue our North to South exploration of the United States in a Ram 2500 tradesman diesel baptised Bob. Today, we cross the state of Utah entirely to arrive at Kanab at the border with Arizona. On the way,…