I know it has been a while since a real update and everyone is just dying to know what has been going on here at TWBR. We are currently in Budapest, Hungary and leave tomorrow for Prague via Bratislava. It has been an interesting, hectic and cold couple of weeks and a lot has taken […]
Author Archives: Steve Bouey
More Stats From the Road
December 17, 2007 – 6:15 am
A few posts ago I wrote about how expensive fuel is in Turkey. We are breathing somewhat of a sigh of relief that we are no longer forking over $10 per gallon for gas. Unfortunately, fuel is still pretty expensive here in the EU and we have updated the stats page with just how much […]
Africa Got Me Crazy
December 11, 2007 – 4:26 am
I think I am starting to loose my mind. How do I know this? Well, every time a new curveball is thrown our way in terms of our route through Africa, I just laugh. It is almost like I expect something to go wrong. After dealing with getting ourselves and our trucks through China, I […]
There is Something About Those Trucks
December 10, 2007 – 12:35 pm
Our trucks stick out. I have touched on the subject a few times before, but it is something that bears mentioning basically in every country we travel though. Driving the Tundra and the Sequoia seems to attract a lot of attention. In the planning phases of our expedition, people warned us not to drive new, […]
Pain at the Pump
November 30, 2007 – 5:00 pm
I know oil and gas prices are on a lot of people’s minds these days. As the price of oil flirts with over $100 a barrel and oil hungry countries continue to dangle under the puppet strings of OPEC, the price of fuel (petrol) in many countries has never been higher. We have had the […]
A Glimpse of Life on the Road
November 25, 2007 – 7:47 am
A lot of people ask us a lot of questions. One of the questions on the top ten most asked TWBR questions list is where do you guys sleep. Everyone from blog readers, to travelers to customs officials always seem curious as to where we lay our collective TWBR heads at night, so here is […]
I’m Lovin’ It
November 24, 2007 – 8:06 am
Signs in Tbilisi, Georgia lead you to it from over 5 kilometers away. Security guards watch over the door in Baku, Azerbaijan like it was a posh nightclub. Students in Beijing, China congregate there at 1 am. In Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and even Australia you have the comfort of knowing you can communicate your needs […]
Help!!!
November 23, 2007 – 8:41 am
We are all safe so do not be alarmed by the title of the blog. However, we are in some need of assistance. When Little Pepe got broken into in Kazakhstan, the punk thief stole my entire business card folder. I know business cards are a hot ticket item these days, but seriously. I have […]
Hot Fuzz
November 22, 2007 – 7:53 am
Man, they were everywhere. I have never seen so many cops in my entire life, most of whom seemed to be doing nothing of real significance aside from creating problems instead of solving them. Where pray tell might I be talking about? Well, I am talking about Russia and the former Soviet republics. You would […]
Where Has All of the Water Gone?
November 21, 2007 – 6:12 am
One of the areas that I wanted to visit since the beginning of this expedition was the Aral Sea. The Area Sea straddles Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and these days is not really much of a sea anymore. In fact, experts believe that the desertification of the entire body of water could be complete in the […]
