travel journal – Gato Goes Global

August 2021

22/09/2021 by Marcia

At the beginning of August we drove in to Trusso gorge and stopped at the town Stephandsminda. We spend a few days in the area and decided to visit Trinity church. There we happened to meet 4 Dutch people. Two of them had been cycling for almost a year, and … Read more

Tusheti, behind the Abano pass.

01/09/2021 by Kilian

One of the regions of Georgia that is really worth a visit, is the Tusheti region. It is north of Tbilisi and enclosed by the Caucasus mountains. It is the most remote area of Georgia. It is difficult to reach because you have to negotiate the Abano pass which is … Read more

How to deal with the heat when overlanding?

18/08/2021 by Marcia

Coen and Karin-Marijke asked that question on their site and we decided to participate in their Overland Expertise Pool. If you follow the link, you can read how other overlanders deal with the heat. We travel in a converted camper van, a Mitsubishi L300 4WD. Without air-conditioning, I’m still trying … Read more

July 2021

08/08/202106/08/2021 by Marcia

We drove in to Georgia on the 2nd of July. Crossing the border, at Kemalpasa, was easy with the help of a friendly officer who spoke just enough English. It was very busy though, mainly with trucks. One of the first things we noticed in this country were the many … Read more

Hurray, hurray one year today!

05/08/2021 by Marcia

Well that is if you read this post on August 5th, 2021. Exactly one year ago we left the Netherlands to see more of the world. We have had an interesting and exciting year with ups but also some downs of course. The ups being the beautiful landscapes we’ve seen, … Read more

Svaneti

01/08/2021 by Kilian

Svaneti in Georgia is absolutely gorgeous! Here Marcia mentioned that they should start calling the country Georgeous (GEORGia + gorgEOUS) and that some parts were so beautiful that they brought tears to her eyes! We visited 3 area’s in the Svaneti region where we went for hikes. We hope you … Read more

Shopping

27/07/2021 by Marcia

Now don’t worry, this is not an article about me going on a shopping trip. It is also not an issue we thought was important before we started travelling long term. As a tourist you enjoy the small shops, don’t mind the limited availability of different kinds of food and … Read more

June 2021

10/07/2021 by Marcia

On the first of June we drove to Bitola where we met up William and Mary from the Netherlands who drive an L300 camper van as well. It was very nice to meet them, to speak Dutch again and of course to exchange experiences. We had been in contact with … Read more

Just some pics

04/07/2021 by Marcia

We take a lot of photo’s but don’t use them all on our site. Sometimes because we have more than enough photo’s for a story, sometimes because there isn’t much of a story. “Today we saw a beautiful flower”, isn’t much of a story . So we now have a … Read more

D915 State Road

03/07/2021 by Kilian

On the website Dangerousroads.org we read that the D915 to Bayburt is worlds most challenging road and one of the most dangerous. So naturally we wanted to drive it. The road starts in the coastal town called Of, but for most part it is a (two lane) paved road. After … Read more