“We can’t go to Mongolia if you can’t cope with this.” Mark’s words stung like a whip. I felt desolate. On a strip of yellow dirt, in a 16-tonne truck, with nowhere to turn around, we were lost somewhere in southern Albania.
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Film: Full-Time Off-Grid Travel in a Converted Volvo N10 Truck Camper
Here is a fabulous short film created by Sophie and Ryan of Liveration about our lifestyle in The Beast, a self-converted Volvo N10 truck, which has been our home since July 2021.
Butrint, Albania: The Fall of Troy, The Founding of Rome, & A Load of Old Bull
At Butrint, in southwestern Albania, we discovered tranquillity, jewel colours, fecund nature, and a sense of history that rustled through the trees like a whisper from the past.
Gjirokastra, Albania: A City With Two Tales
Thus, quick Argjiro,Ran with her baby girl,Swung like a bird in the windFrom the fortress to the abyss, Rock on rock thus broken,She fell like a star,but was not extinguished Ismail Kadare – excerpt from his poem, She Fell Like A Star, But Was Not Extinguished Gjirokastra’s skyline is dominated by its enormous castle, alsoContinue reading “Gjirokastra, Albania: A City With Two Tales”