Since our main mode of transportation around the world is by truck, we are always looking for interesting, scenic, and sometimes dangerous roads to drive our Toyotas down. We are constantly on the lookout for something amazing or out of the ordinary because you just never know when you will be driving your own vehicle in that part of […]
Author Archives: Steve Bouey
Busy With Busywork
September 15, 2007 – 8:58 pm
A few of the skills you have to posses in order to achieve something like driving your own car around the world include good research abilities and more importantly patience. Quite a bit of research goes on behind the scenes here at TWBR as we are constantly trying to gather as much information as possible about […]
Did You Know? – Road Hazards
September 12, 2007 – 4:57 am
It has been quite a while since we put one of these up and I know I said we were going to try an do it once per week, but hey, right now it is just Steve and I and we are driving, filming, taking photos, researching stories, gettin gall of the necessary paperwork done, trying […]
Almost as Famous as Our Trucks
September 11, 2007 – 5:05 am
Since we have been on the road, we have had countless people approach us and give us support and words of encouragement for what we are doing. I think part of it is definitely the fact that we have some pretty flash trucks. (Yes I am incorporating some of the slang from the various countries we […]
China is Starting to Take its Toll
September 10, 2007 – 4:56 am
Getting into China was quite an undertaking for TWBR and we were excited to get finally get in. However, given the shear size of China and the amount of time we had been granted to get through it, we knew we were in for some long days on the road. As expected, driving in China […]
Goodbye Old Friend
September 6, 2007 – 8:42 am
In Jinghong, China, about 200 miles north of the border with Laos, we said goodbye to an old friend. This friend has been a part of the expedition for the last several months and a familiar sight for the last four countries we have traveled through. Unfortunately, the expedition has to move on and our […]
The Lack of Influence is Amazing
September 5, 2007 – 10:04 pm
We often get asked why we are driving around the world. Questions like what charity is it for or what cause are we trying to raise awareness about come up fairly frequently. For the most part, we are driving around the world for our own awareness and adventure. What is wrong with that? Alright, we do […]
Almost There… We Think
August 29, 2007 – 9:34 pm
As Steve mentioned the other day, we are physically in China now. Once we crossed the border (which took a lot longer than it should have as a result of some paperwork errors – which were not our fault) we drove to Mengla where we were supposed to get our vehicles inspected. Because of the […]
China/General Update
August 25, 2007 – 7:42 am
Hello everybody. The Thundra, Little Pepe, Steve and I are currently in Luang Nam Tha, Laos about 50 kilometers from the China border crossing at Botan. We are going to cross over into China on Monday and are still waiting to see if we will have to leave the Toyotas at the border for a […]
Just What the Doctor Ordered
August 23, 2007 – 2:14 am
Many of you are now well aware of the ongoing saga of getting our vehicles into China. We were supposed to get in on August 27th, but were then informed that we would have to wait for an official to return from a business trip before crossing the border. As luck would have it, our contact has […]
