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 […]
Category Archives: Countries
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 […]
Knocking off the k’s
September 3, 2007 – 7:53 pm
Over the last few days the ground beneath the trucks has been flying by. After finally getting all of our paperwork straight and all of the “inspections” done, we made our way to Kunming, a day later we raced off to Dali, Li Shaing followed by Tiger Leaping Gorge and now we are hours away from […]
New photos
August 31, 2007 – 3:29 am
We are now in Kunming. We have Chinese license plates, driving permits, and all the papers we need to get through China. This is a wonderful city full of cafes around a beautiful lake. Apparently this is a sister city to my home in Denver, CO. I can see why, it is cool just like […]
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 […]
We are in!!
August 28, 2007 – 9:14 pm
This will have to be short because we are not done with all the paperwork and processing, but after spending 30 hours and sleeping in the trucks at the border we have managed to at least get into the country. We are now in a small town just South of Kunming. Here we will spend […]
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 […]
So Close, Yet Still So Far
August 22, 2007 – 2:35 am
About a week ago, our contact in China informed us that Beijing had assigned an entry date for us to cross the border. After trying to get into China for months and trying to do so without breaking the bank, we were extremely excited about this news and have literally been counting down the days. Well, […]
Some TWBR Road Stats
August 21, 2007 – 5:12 am
Although the mileage indicator on our homepage gives you the general idea of how many miles we have put under our belts since we left Denver back in February, we get a lot of questions about how many miles we have driven in each country. We also get questions about how much gas costs in […]
