Hi, we’re Lars and Shelley
Founders of Lifejourney4two
We have sold all of our belongings and are road-tripping our way around the world.
We’re sharing our road trip journeys, destinations, travel tips and our photography along the way.
When our adventure began, it was only going to be for a year …but the paths less travelled still called our name…
So, this lifejourney4two continues.
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Why Come along For the Ride?
What You’ll find here at Lifejourney4two:
🔘 Tips and ideas to make your road trips and travels hassle-free, economical and fun
🔘 Road trip itinerary ideas
🔘 Destination guides
🔘 Travel Resources for road trips by car, motorhome, campervans and 4×4 bush campers
🔘 Inspiration to make your one day… day one
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LIFEJOURNEY4TWO: OUR STORY
‘We took a leap — way out of our comfort zone — and made it happen.‘
In traveller terms, we are neither your youthful backpackers nor your retirees; we fall into that illustrious middle-age bracket. We didn’t win the lotto and we weren’t born with a silver spoon, but we both had a desire for a different kind of fulfilment to that which we were living.
Back in 2016, in Perth, Western Australia, we sat down one afternoon with pen and paper, and we mapped out our hopes and dreams for the future.
We wanted to travel and volunteer overseas. So we listed all the countries we’d like to visit … the list became bigger and bigger.
We felt so excited about the future, of all the things we wanted to do… ‘One day!’
When?
Once we retired?
When we had won the lottery?
We turned to each other – both knowing what the other was thinking,
‘Why not now?’
MAKING IT HAPPEN …
After saving like crazy for about a year, we sold everything we owned (even down to the plant pots — every dollar counted!), quit our full-time professional jobs and set forth.
Our first trip was an epic camping road trip across Australia to say bye to friends, many of whom thought us either crazy or brave …
Crazy?
Brave?
We don’t think so.
We followed our hearts, took the decision and made that dream a reality.
AND SO OUR ROAD-TRIPPING JOURNEY BEGAN …
We’ve been on the road since April 2017.
During the journey, our plans have chopped and changed, but that’s all part of the adventure.
Our Lifejourney4two Travels so far …
April 2017 – May 2018
May 2018 – April 2019
- 1 month house-sitting in the United Kingdom
- 2 months of road-tripping and hiking in Norway,
- 9 months house-sitting in the quintessential French countryside.
May 2019 – April 2020
- 10 days road-tripping Ireland
- Two weeks on an Iceland road trip
- Two weeks travelling in Estonia
- Two weeks travelling in Uzbekistan
- Three months house sitting in Australia
- In January 2020 – we began Overlanding Africa in a 4×4 with a tent on top.
- From March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, we were in lockdown in the small remote town of Prince Albert in South Arica
May 2020 – April 2021
- Five months in lockdown in Prince Albert, South Africa while petsitting, and then in July 2020 we moved to the owner’s private bushcamp in Klaserie in the South African bush
- In September and October 2020, once the South African lockdown lifted, we traversed the length of Kruger National Park on a self-drive safari.
- At the end of October 2020, with our South Africa visa expiring and neighbouring countries still not open to travel, we put our bush camper in storage and flew to Skudeneshavn, Norway where Lars could do some contract work … to fund our future travels.
May 2021 – April 2022
- In September 2021, after almost a year in Norway, we arrived in Aberdeen, Scotland where Lars worked for a year – more savings for our return to Africa (while Covid was still ravaging travel)
May 2022 – April 2023
- We spent just over a year in Aberdeen and were able to thoroughly explore all the best things to do in Aberdeenshire including all the Aberdeenshire Castles. We also managed to do plenty of house-sitting around Scotland, visiting its iconic Scottish castles,
- In December 2022, we flew back to South Africa to pick up our 4×4 and continue our overlanding Africa travels. We spent 6 weeks in South Africa and explored the iSimangaliso Wetlands on the east coast, and regained our camper legs again in Greater Kruger.
- Mid-January 2023, we arrived in Botswana for an epic 60-day overlanding trip and that’s where we are at the moment …
We share stories from our travels on these Podcasts:
- Boble Jakob invited us for a guest appearance on his Norwegian Podcast … don’t worry it’s all in English.
Recorded: Feb 2021 CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST ON SPOTIFY - Rax from Nomadsunveiled featured us in his podcast here: Lifejourney4two Interview
COUNTRIES WE’VE VISITED SO FAR
Albania, Australia (home), Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
We are currently in Botswana
LIFEJOURNEY4TWO YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Check out our videos on YouTube for more of our story.
Walkthrough of our Toyota Hilux Bush Camper
Here are more video snippets you may be interested in:
- Camping in the Central Kalahari January 2023
- A quick snapshot of our Africa trip for the year 2020
- Overlanding Africa – August 2020
- Overlanding Africa – March/April 2020
- Overlanding Africa Jan/Feb 2020
Some said we were crazy, some said we were brave and many more said, ‘I’d love to do that, one day…’
Lifejourney4two