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We love to travel, and we also enjoy many outdoor activities. Read here about our outdoor adventures, from hiking and cycling to kayaking or diving!

Woman hiking on a prepared trail through the forest
Hiking, Japan, UNESCO

The Shirakami Sanchi beech forest in Northern Japan

by Westwards / 25 July 20176 February 2022

„Oh yes, that is very blue!“ – „Oh, look – how blue it is!,“ shout the Japanese tourists, looking in …

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Sunrise on the peak of Mount Teide
Hiking, Spain, UNESCO

Hiking Mount Teide for sunrise – on Spain’s highest mountain

by Westwards / 25 January 201719 November 2021

At 5 am, several alarms beep and jingle and shafts of light tremble through the room, until finally someone turns …

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Cyclist on the river Drau cycling path
Austria, Cycling, Food

On the River Drau Cycle Path – a chocolate wonderland

by Westwards / 24 September 20168 May 2022

Locals had warned us. Every time we mentioned the River Drau Cycle Path, they frowned and murmured something about “the …

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Crucifix and bench in the Tyrolean alps
Austria, Hiking

Fly high – or hike – like an eagle on the Eagle Trail (Adlerweg)

by Westwards / 10 September 20167 May 2021

“The trail is not easy: After passing ladders and iron clamps, you finally have to draw yourself up a rock …

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Statue of Kobo Daishi and pagoda in front of a tempel building
Hiking, Japan

The 88 Temple Pilgrimage of Shikoku

by Westwards / 30 May 201628 March 2021

The first blog post we did in 2006 as a sort of technical test was a report about the „88-Temple-Pilgrimage“ …

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Shiretoko Goko Lakes and heath
Hiking, Japan, UNESCO

Bears and other animals in the Shiretoko National Park

by Westwards / 30 October 201528 November 2021

“You will need long rubber boots for the walk to Lake Rausu: it’s quite muddy there. Also it would be …

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view of the Aletsch Glacier from above
Hiking, Switzerland, UNESCO

The Jungfrau-Aletsch Glacier region in Switzerland

by Westwards / 30 August 201519 October 2021

Last update: summer 2021 After a few weeks hiking in Switzerland we feel like lingering there for a little longer …

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Waymarkers, Fenetre d Arpettes, first high pass of the walkers Haute Route
France, Hiking, Switzerland

Hiking the Haute Route in the Alps: a variant from Chamonix to Nendaz

by Westwards / 24 August 20159 April 2021

Just over 100 km, but with an accumulated altitude difference of 6300 m! We spent 8 days in July and …

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Chureito Pagode and Fuji-san
Hiking, Japan, UNESCO

Climbing Fuji-san – or not? A quest for Japan’s holy mountain

by Westwards / 11 April 201523 February 2022

Fuji-san is not only Japan’s highest mountain, but also its most important one, an icon of Japaneseness, one could say. …

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diving gestures
Egypt, Other adventures

What do you have to learn in an SSI Open Water Diver course?

by Westwards / 10 February 20151 April 2021

A school of bright fish pass over the luscious blue of the TV screen, two divers floating behind them. So …

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