Our first blog post in 2006, was about a more than 1000 km pilgrimage on foot in Japan. Whereever we go, we try to fit in some hiking. From long-distance paths to particularly scenic walks and spectacular mountains, take your pick!
The beautiful long distance hiking path GR 221 leads 132 km through Mallorca’s wild north. Port d’Andratx – the town …
Continue reading “Mallorca’s GR 221 hiking trail through the Tramuntana mountain range”
Although we had an early start in Tashkent, it is already noon by the time we arrive at the Bolshoi …
Continue reading “The Chimgan Mountains near Tashkent – a guidebook research day trip”
The waves of Loch Lomond hitting the beach near Balmaha are quite high, but nevertheless it is a reasonably friendly …
“I’m doing the Wainwrights,” Catherine explains and points at her goal for today’s hike, a minor peak above Borrowdale. “Have …
Continue reading “Wuthering Wainwrights – Walks in the English Lake District”
The Watzmann mountain, which dominates the Berchtesgadener National Park, has long fascinated mountain climbers from all over the world. There …
The Kol Mazar holy lakes lay behind a range of high mountains. From the village of Arslanbob we hiked up …
We knew that we wanted to go hiking in the Sangay National Park in Ecuador, but could find only very …
Continue reading “Hiking in the Sangay National Park – Through black mud towards the Yellow Lagoon”
The bus winds its way up through the valleys to 3800 m of altitude towards the Laguna Quilotoa. In contrast …
Hiking the Via Algarviana means not only geographically reaching the end of Europe. In the low-developed backcountry of the Algarve, …
Continue reading “Westwards to Europe’s edge – Hiking the Via Algarviana”
The path is winding moderately upwards through dry grasslands. The landscape in which we are trekking, the Simien Mountains looks …
