It is starting to get a little crowded down here in Africa. The road that is, and it is not necessarily a bad thing. We are quickly finding out that Africa is definitely the place for overland travel and adventure. There are people from all over the world here in North Africa in their desert […]
Author Archives: Steven Shoppman
New Video – Mauri…what?
March 5, 2008 – 5:57 pm
A couple of years ago the TWBR route began to take shape. When first planning a route for a grand voyage like this, the sky is the limit. Countries that you never even knew existed become possibilities; geography becomes a daily topic of conversation. It is quite interesting just how large some countries are that […]
Just to be thorough.
February 28, 2008 – 6:47 am
Here in the Western Sahara semi-autonomous, free administered territory UN controlled Moroccan owned rebel occupied landmine danger zone surf resort area of the globe, it is really difficult to really tell what is going on. No one really claims this as a country, many people occupy it, laws contradict themselves and roads are actually pretty […]
New Video – Fez, Morocco – You have got to try this once in your life.
February 26, 2008 – 6:14 am
Have you ever done something that was completely unnecessary and totally necessary at the same time? Instances like these can only really be understood in retrospect, but I suppose that is how one might define some of the most memorable experiences in a lifetime. After recently crossing the straights of Gibraltar and officially starting what […]
New Video – Casablanca – How not to get a free hotel.
February 25, 2008 – 6:21 am
Here at The World by Road, we have many different ways of saving money. From the full service kitchen we can setup out of the back of the truck or even sometimes bring with us into the hotel room for late night snacks to the faring we are working on to increase gas mileage, we […]
News News News
February 19, 2008 – 8:34 am
Since entering Europe we received quite the welcome from the local media outlets. In Bergen, Norway we were featured on the front page of the main newspaper in town. In London I was interviewed by the Guardian, and as we were told by a friend in London, it is one of the most respected newspapers […]
We are caught up!!!! – Here is Kazakhstan
January 9, 2008 – 4:05 pm
It has now been over 2 months since we were in Kazakhstan, and we are sincerely sorry for the delay in getting caught up on photos. Now that we have had this few days on the Hurtigruten, we will be releasing the latest photo galleries over this week. Today we have Kazakhstan. Since we were […]
Here comes the Sun..dit ta do do.
January 8, 2008 – 1:38 pm
The Hurtigruten has been steaming its way, or I guess nowadays you would say powering its way up and down the Norwegian coastline for the last 100 plus year. During that time the operation has gone from one small boat to a large fleet with boats picking up passengers daily from 34 ports, starting the […]
The Hurtigruten, TWBRs latest adventure on the North Sea.
January 7, 2008 – 3:11 pm
Over a year ago in a conversation with my British friend Chris, I came to the realization that the Chunnel was not only an extremely expensive endeavor, it was ruining a great tradition. Before the Chunnel was built under the English Channel, the only way to get to or from Western Europe was via ferry. […]
