Hi again. It’s Marlene from Mali Mish. Thanks for signing up for our monthly newsletter. We are excited to start sharing more of our family’s adventures, thoughts and updates in this new format. In our last newsletter, we answered some of your questions about our current situation, future travel plans Read more…
After taking the evacuation ferry from Morocco to France, we started to drive towards Croatia. On the first night, we tried to cross into Germany but got turned away because the border we chose was for Germans only. The border guard told us we’d have to try a northern border Read more…
(March 2020) Now that the abandoned puppies that we rescued have been handed off to Morocco Animal Aid, we had a really important decision to make. Morocco has locked down. Like many places around the world, Morocco’s current conditions are very dynamic. As we are passport and residency holders of Croatia, Read more…
(March 2020) When I heard that there was a box of newborn puppies left to die near our camp, I took a quiet minute to myself. News of border closures and virus spread had been consuming us. How in the world could we raise puppies right now, we thought, especially Read more…
Last night after a failed attempt at wild camping, we woke up in front of a small town’s police station and got a early-ish start on our day. Our next stop would be Tafraoute, Morocco. We talked to a Dutch couple here who told us about their trip here 30 Read more…
We filmed a “year in review” for our travels in 2020. Yes, I know 2020 is not over but I don’t foresee us traveling too far for the rest of the year. This year took us to Croatia > Italy > France > Monaco > Spain > Gibraltar > Morocco Read more…
A year ago, we started the Freely Roaming project where we share tips and tricks of this life on the road. We decided it would be great to share those tips in a podcast as well. So as of today, we are officially rebranding our ‘Mali Mish Podcast‘ to ‘The Read more…
After two years of living in our van, we finally put together a tour of our home. We built it out ourselves for $15k in about 40 days. Come join us for our YouTube Premier today (September 1st 2020) at 11pm CET (2pm PST). During the premiere, we will be Read more…
Sometimes living on the road looks this: Sleepy giggling kids still on their beds as Dan drives down a bumpy dirt road while I throw all the crap from on top of the counter and fridge haphazardly onto our bed. And why is this craziness happening? Because we parked at Read more…
After a few nights of wild camping at a lake, we headed towards the Saharan Desert. But first lunch. The fake dinosaur and baby camels hooked us in. We all shared a delicious chicken tajin meal, a huge pile of bread and freshly squeezed orange juice. Rugs as bench covers Read more…
A 7-hour ride on the ferry got us to Crete just before midnight. We slept at the ferry dock so Luka could ride his new birthday scooter the next morning. After a quick ride and some breakfast, we started our day with an adventure. Down a dirt road we go Read more…
Good morning from that shipwreck beach in Greece! And guess what today is? Luka’s 7th birthday!!!! First thing first? Birthday present scavenger hunt! And one in our friends’ VW bus too. Birthday cards. And random cute dogs. Well, this gift was inappropriate. Ha. He’s totally judging us. Since we had Read more…