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Marianne & Chris

We are Chris (51) and Marianne (54), a normal married couple from the UK. We were actually blind dated back in the summer of 1995 and were married in just a year and a week later.

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Getting things sorted for a road trip can take tim

Getting things sorted for a road trip can take time, * packing lists, * route planning, * vehicle checks etc ...
This week would have been an impossible task without our new friends Akiko and Ryan (Dog Adventure Japan on Youtube / instagram). They both speak English and Japanese, and have used their local knowledge of give us tips of places to visit and food to eat!
They have introduced us to the food scene by taking us to a really special spot - in fact it is so good, we are going again tonight !! LOL!
Their friends have become our friends too and we are grateful to them reaching out to offer us help.
With their help our stuff has been collected and we have hit the road, but before we left we had the opportunity to visit a local Onsen and waterfalls that they recommended too .....
Thanks Ryan and Akiko - we hope to see you again on the road here in Japan!!
Let the adventure continue !! Next we head North !!
#overlandjapan #vanlifejapan #traveljapan #japantravel #ontheroadinjapan #adventurevan #vanlifeadventure #drivingaroundtheworld #aroundtheworld #aroundtheworld #whereistrudy

BEST PARK UP IN JAPAN? Ok, you are probably thinki

BEST PARK UP IN JAPAN?
Ok, you are probably thinking ... They have only just got there !! How can they possible say that ?!
But driving out of Port Yokohama and out of the city, heading to a park up which we found online that has one of the most iconic views in the world, then waking up and having coffee with one of the most iconic views in the world …. YEP WE DID IT !!
We spent a couple of days here, settling in, catching up on posts and editing.
Yes, this is just the beginning of Van life Japan !!
We are super excited to go off on an adventure and spend the next 10ish weeks sharing adventures from Japan. We have a plan to see North, South, East and West … let’s see how we do and what we can bring you !!
So far we are not disappointed !! Oh and the water is potable, road stations are free, recycling bins are every where, there are toilets everywhere too so we don’t need to use the loo in Trudy !! Woo hoo
We will be off to pick up our belongings tomorrow with the little help form our friends ….. more on them soon.
PS - Japanese toilets are the best in the world - just sayin’ !!
#vanlifejapan #overlandingasia #adventurecouple #adventure #couplegoals #japan #japantravel

JAPAN - NERVOUS ABOUT BEING HERE? Driving around t

JAPAN - NERVOUS ABOUT BEING HERE?
Driving around the world has reached a new level of Challenge!!
Well just trying to work out and communicate getting a taxi from Haneda Airport to our hotel was mission enough LOL!!
In all seriousness, I am genuinely nervous about being here on the language front!
I (Marianne) pride myself on learning enough words to make someone laugh, I wave my arms around, make noises, laugh, act like an imbecile and 90% of the time I make myself understood, but here - this reserved, quiet, polite and respectful culture is not ready for me!
We are grateful to ConnectPls for giving us free Internet / wifi connection to be able to run Google translate, and would be lost without it!! We have used it to negotiate the taxi to the hotel, organise left luggage, organise our vehicle insurance, order food and drinks and do our shopping.
BONUS: I did make a T-shirt to help us communicate though!!
YEP - it is for sale in our shop for those of you who struggle with languages - or like to go to more adventurous places or just think that fashion is important !!

Thank you to Turkish Airlines for flying us to our

Thank you to Turkish Airlines for flying us to our next destination - JAPAN 🇯🇵
We pinch ourselves EVERY time that we are invited to work with such fabulous people and products - TURKISH AIRLINES - THANK YOU!!
Ready to be picked up by Ersel, who volunteered (no - insisted!!) to drive us to the IST airport on the European side of Istanbul, where we checked in and settled down to wait for the flight - shocked and delighted we were upgraded again, and as this was a long haul flight of about 11 ish hours - the idea of having a bed and VIP treatment was just bliss !!
The food, bed, comfort of the flight was impressive, and I chuckled as I wondered what would Trudy think of us flying in Business Class high in the sky as she sailed across the Pacific Ocean to join us ………
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We are no longer in Istanbul - Turkiye! 🇹🇷 B

We are no longer in Istanbul - Turkiye! 🇹🇷
But our plan to say goodbye went something like this !!
Say goodbye to our family / friends and eat as much good food as we could before we headed to Istanbul Airport to fly to our next country JAPAN 🇯🇵 where we will rejoin our home on Wheels - Trudy the van!! - Yes - VANLIFE JAPAN!!
First met up with Tolga went a on a food tour (video out soon), met up with Ozgur from Connectpls (these guys have sponsored our free cell based internet around the world and have never asked for anything in return,Thank you !!)
We hung out with Elif and Ersel too, and went to Ethem Efendi Kahvalti which is one of the best breakfast places in Istanbul (I say it is one of the best, as Victoria the owner has 2 branches now! ❤)
Our friends are never far from our hearts and we are grateful to them, and ALL of our friends and family in Turkiye - We will be back!! 🐢🇹🇷🙏❤

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