Hiking in Tasmania: Walls of Jerusalem National Park

Friends of ours moved to Tasmania about 2 years ago and invited my family to come for a visit. I was always fascinated with “Tassie” and it has been on my bucket list for some time.  So I immediately started research hiking in Tasmania and was at first drawn to the southern coast and theContinue reading “Hiking in Tasmania: Walls of Jerusalem National Park”

Via Dinarica White Trail Part 3: Montenegro & Albania

    This is the 3rd and final entry on Glenn and Ray’s thru-hike of the Via Dinarica White Trail 2017.   Started in Predjama, Slovenia July 3rd.     And finished…………well, read on. Montenegro    August 13/2017  We entered Montenegro, according to the GPS, in a low point, mixed forest and meadow,  and then came to a beautifulContinue reading “Via Dinarica White Trail Part 3: Montenegro & Albania”

Via Dinarica White Trail Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnia / Herzegovina July 30th  (27th day since the start in Predjama, Slovenia) Slovenia and Croatia had been great, but we were ready for some bigger mountains and more rugged country.     So, we entered our 3rd country on the Via Dinarica: Bosnia/Herzegovina!  (simplified in this writeup to simply “Bosnia”) But first, I have toContinue reading “Via Dinarica White Trail Part 2: Bosnia & Herzegovina”

Via Dinarica White Trail 2017 Part 1: Slovenia & Croatia

Via Dinarica White Trail Hike 2017. I first read about this new trail in Outside magazine, where they called it the “Best New Trail of 2014”  Well, not only did I like hiking, but I especially like new trails and had always dreamed about an exciting way to see eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia.Continue reading “Via Dinarica White Trail 2017 Part 1: Slovenia & Croatia”

Back in the Jungle, near Chaeng Talay.

It’s been a while but since completing the 5 1/2 year project of routing a trail through the high points of the island of Phuket, I hadn’t been up in the jungles for a while.   And I missed it. Here is the blog post  that describes the final year or two of finishing thatContinue reading “Back in the Jungle, near Chaeng Talay.”

Back to the high route trail of Phuket after a year off.

Feb 26, 2012 OK, was back out there two days ago and once again, this trail is just tough. I don’t mind that I’m now in the most remote part of the whole island (just south-east of the airport in the high mountains to the east driving up), and it now takes me 2 hoursContinue reading “Back to the high route trail of Phuket after a year off.”