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”
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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 to blogging about some good hill walks in southern Phuket.
Haven’t written for quite some time. (I see it’s been over 2 years! Ouch!) That doesn’t mean I haven’t been walking. I did go on a 1263km hike this past summer with my friend Ray “Wall” Greenlaw in the Balkan peninsula: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania I will write that up soon. But thisContinue reading “Back to blogging about some good hill walks in southern Phuket.”
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.”
Trekking in Nepal-Annapurna Video and More!
I’ve been to Nepal 6 or 7 times and have written about some of those treks in past posts on here. However, the last time I was there, we made a video, or documentary if you will, of that trip. We not only did the Annapurna circuit, but we also deviated from that trek nearContinue reading “Trekking in Nepal-Annapurna Video and More!”
5 km Nature trail between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall.
After reading in the newspaper a few weeks ago about a German couple who had to be rescued, along with their guide, from their hike between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall, I figured it’s about time I go complete this trail and see how hard it is to follow. I’ve been up inContinue reading “5 km Nature trail between Bang Pae waterfall and Ton Sai waterfall.”
Jamming with the Aboriginals in Oz
Having done a lot of world wide travel in my life (especially from 1989 to 2004), I am sometimes asked about my best experience. Of course, there have been so many great experiences and some of them I have written about. I don’t like that word “Best”, as it implies other times areContinue reading “Jamming with the Aboriginals in Oz”
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.”