Archive for January, 2008

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Out at the Daily Telegraph Adventure Show

A new episode in the Review Show… They’ve let me out of the garage - goodness knows why - but Patrick, Stace and I headed down to the London Business Centre over the weekend and met up with some great people who are there to make planning your trip nice and easy - but […]

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

New interactive map

I’ve been playing with google maps again and we now have a very flash new map. It’s a bit basic at the moment but over the next few months Stace and I will be adding more detail and try to map the actual lines to our actual route as closley as possible.
We’ll also be […]

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Sunday, January 6th, 2008

Camping Espresso Review

Some people may say this is a luxury - but frankly there is nothing worse than waking up in a cold tent on a cold morning to be greeted by instant coffee or stale tea. The easy way to solve this problem? A camping espresso machine of course! Perfect for that first thing wake-me-up.

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Friday, January 4th, 2008

Paris Dakar cancelled

News has filtered into the journeytorussia news room that the Paris Dakar has been cancelled. This is huge news, the rally involving trucks and cars as well as hundreds of motorbikes, has run un-interupted since 1979; although stages have been canceled in the past.
The guys who run the rally are not faint of heart, in […]

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