Portugal
Spain
France
Germany
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Tibet
China
Then a flight ...
The Philippines

Morocco
West Africa

Journeys: Portugal to Russia - the idea

Early dreams and realizations

My first map was as rough as you see it now. It was a long time ago and I was inspired by the idea of going overland in a near straight line from West to East.. The idea was as simple as that. A begining.

It would involve starting in Sintra, and heading across Europe, into Russia via the trans-Siberian and over to the far east of Russia (Magadan).

The trip was fine, the problem was east Russia, to get to the furthest east one would need to have a fixer and / or speak great Russian. Not to mention own a 4x4 for the terror roads, or lack of them. There was also that little thing called life that got in the way... It wasn't the best route to find a home, but it was a start.

But at least this was the starting point- the foundation so to speak of what was to actually come about ... read more