We had a stopover in London (yes, our flight from Istanbul to Uganda went via London, !?!)  We only had 7 hours and had to spend time changing some plane tickets.  Not a lot of time to see the sights, but none the less we were leaving the airport, as it gave us just enough time to finally meet a cyber friend Simon Bowman, who’s family provided much inspiration for our trip. 

 A couple years ago, when Kevin and I decided our crazy dream could become a reality we began to do some research and found a few families who had actually done this before us. (So see!… we aren’t alone in our madness!) In fact one of those families, the Bowmans from the U.K. (www.thebowmanstravels.co.uk) were just embarking when we came to “meet up” through one of the online travel forums. So for months thereafter, we would gather round the computer reading with glee of their life on the road, all the while planning our own journey.

 It was really great to meet Simon in a lovely little pub during our stopover, and share some travel stories over a pint,  We were sorry to have missed the rest of the Bowman tribe, but of course they are living in real time again so it wasn’t possible. But we are forever indebted to them and the many other families who shared there stories with us, providing much encouragement for us to venture out.

Teamspiers meets one of our travel heroes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Soon after our goodbyes with Simon, we were back to the plane for an 8 hour flight to Entebbe Uganda.