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Cave Tubing in Vang Vieng, Laos

by Dean Wickham November 30, 2012 Adventure

What I thought was going to be only a quick one night stopover in Vang Vieng, Laos, turned into several days as I realised that there was so much more to this popular backpacker town than drunken tubing. The town itself is pretty much as expected – lots of backpackers, bars, guesthouses and laid back [...]

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Hiking the Queen Charlotte Track in New Zealand

by Dean Wickham September 28, 2012 Adventure

At the top end of the South Island of New Zealand, there are a series of spectacular sounds known as the Marlborough Sounds. The most beautiful and popular of these is the Queen Charlotte Sound, and running almost the entire length is one of New Zealand’s best walks – The Queen Charlotte Track. This interesting [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – Conquering the Summit

by Dean Wickham August 23, 2012 Adventure

This is the fifth and final part of my Mount Kilimanjaro Climb. If you missed part 4, you can read it here. I awoke suddenly from a restless sleep. It was pitch black in my tent as I fumbled around in my sleeping bag to find my phone. Sleepily, I turned it on and squinted [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – The Great Barranco Wall to Barafu Camp

by Dean Wickham August 14, 2012 Adventure

This is part 4 of my Mount Kilimanjaro climb. If you missed part 3, you can read it here. I looked up at the huge imposing rock face as I slowly walked out of Barranco Camp. The shadow of the Great Barranco Wall kept the temperature low, the icy air numbing the exposed skin on [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – The Lava Tower and the Great Barranco Valley

by Dean Wickham August 7, 2012 Adventure

This is part 3 of my Mount Kilimanjaro climb. If you missed part 2, you can read it here. The sun warmed my face as I slowly walked across the barren volcanic landscape. The vast alpine desert of the Shira Plateau stretched out before me as I trekked up the rocky terrain of an old [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – Trekking to Shira Plateau

by Dean Wickham July 31, 2012 Adventure

This is part 2 of my Mount Kilimanjaro climb. If you missed part 1, you can read it here. I awoke to the sound of footsteps outside my tent. The soft morning light filtered in through the half open zip on one of the windows and as the footsteps got closer, I remembered that I [...]

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Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – Machame Gate to Machame Hut

by Dean Wickham July 24, 2012 Adventure

This is part 1 of my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro Groves of banana trees flashed by as I watched out of the window of the bus. As we drove through a tiny village, some kids waved at me from the side of the road with big smiles on their faces. Slowly, the [...]

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Trekking to the Summit of Mount Barney, Australia

by Dean Wickham June 20, 2012 Adventure

The leaves rustled in the trees above me as the breeze cooled the sweat on my skin. My shoulders began to ache from the full pack I was carrying as the ground under my feet began to steadily rise. It was time to take a break, and I dropped my pack down on the leafy ground and [...]

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