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 [...]
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 [...]
I can't quite believe it, but it has actually been an entire year today since I launched this travel blog with this post. I was so excited about starting my own travel blog that I dived head first straight into it without knowing a lot about it. Probably something that most travel bloggers can relate [...]
Two kids laughed as they ran beside me as I cycled down a muddy dirt road. All around me were bright green rice fields with tall limestone karsts rising up above them, and white fluffy clouds drifting over in the sky. I was in the countryside surrounding the popular backpacker town of Vang Vieng in [...]
Dark grey rain clouds engulfed the rugged peaks above me, as the cool calm waters of Lake Te Anau passed me by. I was on a boat heading to the start of the Milford Track in the South Island of New Zealand, known as one of the most beautiful treks in the world. I leaned [...]
After my exciting Helihike on Fox Glacier the day before, I continued my journey north along the rugged West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Not far north of Fox Glacier, another makes it's way down the west side of the Southern Alps, Franz Joseph Glacier, which I had heard was just as [...]
Moogerah Peaks National Park consists of four ancient volcanic peaks that rise up from the beautiful Fassifern Valley in South East Queensland, Australia. The park is an important habitat for rare and endangered flora and fauna, and although it is located close to Brisbane and other settlements, the peaks provide some quite remote hiking opportunities. [...]
After a long 8 hour bus ride from Vang Vieng the day before, I awoke in the early morning ready to explore the spiritual heart of Laos, Luang Prabang. One of the first things I like to do when I get to a new place is to go for a walk and try to get [...]
There are a lot of amazing places in the world where you can take some very cheap holidays. Of those places, South East Asia has long been THE place for budget travellers. Of those places in South East Asia, Laos stands out as one of the cheapest destinations, AND of those places in Laos, Nong [...]
Travel is one of those things that has somehow become a part of who I am over the years. I always feel a strong need to travel, to go on adventures, see new places and experience new cultures. I think this is something that I have inherited from my father in my childhood. My father [...]
