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The Journey Starts Here!

Welcome to our site and the beginning of our story…

We are the Migrating Mavericks but before you come with us on our journey across Asia, we are going to take you back to the very beginning.

Once upon a time in Mexico boy met girl, blah, blah, blah you know how it goes… Only boy was from Australia, girl was half Macedonian, half Croatian and living in Dubai. To cut a very long story short, after a year of countless flights back and forward, boy moved to Dubai and after 5 long years in the sandpit they decided to build their first home. This is not your ordinary home, but a very mobile one on six wheels ready to take them on the adventure of a lifetime. Boy builds, girl the forever apprentice assists and so it begins…

Separate we are Peter and Elena, together we are the Migrating Mavericks. We are currently on the road with our two cats Lynx and Tiara, taking it day by day, looking for the next adventure . This has been the ultimate dream for both of us and on July 16, 2022 we turned it into reality. Every day a new place, with new people, cultures, experiences, foods and all the joys of full time traveling.

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Crossing the Persian Gulf (Sharjah to Bandar Abbas)

The very first step from our journey was crossing the waters of the Persian Gulf. Since our trip was starting from Dubai we didn’t have another option because we didn’t want to take the risk to drive through Iraq or Syria. When looking online majority of the information was pre Covid and outdated, so we…

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Registering a Custom Bus Build in Dubai

How we converted a bus into a home on wheels in Dubai  First things first, welcome to the Migrating Mavericks site and our very first blog post!  Let’s start at the very beginning… October 2020 is when this idea turns into a reality. A few months after Dubai started opening up since the Covid lockdown…

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Timeline

  • 16th July 2022 – Left the UAE on a ferry from Sharjah to Bandar Abbas, Iran

  • 17th July 2022 – Cleared the bus from the Iranian customs and officially started our journey!

  • 17th July – 5th September 2022 – Traveled 3300km around Iran

  • 6th September – 29th November – 3700km of Turkish adventures

  • 29th November – 20th February – Georgian winter adventures

  • 20th February – TBC – Armenian fun times

WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY

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Merry Christmas from Georgia 🇬🇪 Hope everybody who celebrates Christmas today had a wonderful time with family and friends 🎄🎁 Batumi was our first stop in Georgia after leaving Turkey (after a gas station sleepover next to the border😂). A vibrant coastal city on the black sea and the 3rd largest city in Georgia. With a nostalgic vibe, tasty food and delicious wine it was a great start to our Georgian adventure ✌🏽 Pics from Ankara Turkey 🇹🇷 finally sorting and looking at some images to share 🙃 If you have a sweet tooth Turkey will definitely not disappoint you! This is just a few of the delicious Turkish sweets we tried… Sümela is a monastic complex built into the rock cliffs of the Altmdere Valley. It construction began in 385 AD; and continued until the 19 th century. Barnabas, a monk from Athens and his nephew Sophronios built the section which comprised the first two rooms of the monastry in rocks. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian (AD 527-568) ordered the enlagement of the monastery. The monastery was looted and burnt by the Byzantines in AD 650. However the Comnenids restored and enlarged the monastey. The monastery with its 72 rooms and a rich library, lived its most flourishing time during the period of Alexios III. If you see @migrating_macdaddy anywhere ask him to say Bulgur 🤣 Ankara Castle is a 7th century fortress built up on a hill overlooking the city of Ankara. Surrounded by markets, restaurants, cafes, lokum shops museum and a mosque this sight is the perfect spot for spending the day walking around soaking in all the Turkish traditions. Hamamönü, a beautiful little cluster of Ottoman style houses, shops, cafes and restaurants, mosques and museums. Its a lovely place to take stroll, have some breakfast and soak up the chilled atmosphere. Well worth a visit if visiting Ankara! Spent the day exploring 3 of the main attractions around Ankara, and we were surprised to find out all of them were free 😋 though maybe not the best idea on a Sunday. The gray beast got some decor finally 🙈 we got some stickers printed and stuck on during our stay in Ankara. We also bought a new fridge, water heater, generator and an oil heater. We also sorted the automatic shut off for the water pump and got water heating elements for our tanks as well as an insulating curtain for the main door coz not sure you know but winter is coming 🥶🤣 Do you think we will manage to survive winter in Georgia? 😳🤣 #buslifeadventure #ankaraturkey #discoverturkey #caravantravel #survivingwinter Lets go shopping he said, it will be fun he said, I’ll find you something nice he said!! I don’t know about you but tools and machines don’t excite me, next time @migrating_macdaddy lets talk before we walk 😂 Traveling to Turkey and wondering how much money you are gonna need for food?

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