22 day Mongolia tour is for women7th to 28th August 2020 How do I describe the intense blueness of a Mongolian lake? Or the sheer expanse of an enormous valley; embellished by majestic mountains for a full 360 degree view? What is the feeling I experience as I immerse myself into a rustic rock pool; as the hot mineral rich waters swirl around my body? Or the ‘slowing down/grounded’ feeling that descends upon me as I spend time with warm … [Read more...]
West Coast of Africa
The West Coast of Africa is a place that I have dreamed of travelling in for a ‘lifetime’…but the opportunity never presented itself and I was always busy ‘doing’ other things. I have travelled in many countries now and as the world has changed a lot since my teenage dreams of it, Africa has waited. Rensina van den Heuvel writes: But I am 61 now and time waits for no one. As my overlander travelling partner, love of my life and treasured … [Read more...]
Join me for Six Months on the Silk Road
Driving overland from Bulgaria to Mongolia in Russian 4X4 vehicles! Going over in one direction from Bulgaria through Georgia, Russia and on to Mongolia. Return trip is west across Mongolia, into Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (or Iran) then on to Turkey and Bulgaria. Rensina van den Heuvel is a passionate overlander - leading tours and exploring herself, particularly in Morocco, Mongolia and Queensland, … [Read more...]
Rensina Overland – Part Two
This story continues with Rensina van den Heuvel traveling overland from Finland in an old Russian truck First part of the Story here Right now as I write this, we are parked on the edge of the Bay of Finland, outside Tallin in Estonia. There's just twenty metres or so to the water, so the view would be great except that the windows are fogged up and the sky is as grey as a slate floor. It's still wet, wet, wet and was bucketing down when we … [Read more...]