Tuesday 1st January 2019 Happy New Year 2019!!!! Whoohooo!!! Here was the description for the day: We woke up at 6am, with Peter bringing to each of us a steaming cup full of ginger tea, as every morning, which was a very nice way of being woken up. The cup was not drinkable until half … More Kilimanjaro – Day 03 – Shira 1 to Shira 2
Monday 31st December 2018 Last day of the year and second day on the Kilimanjaro hike! Here was the description for the day: Here is the map of the Northern Circuit. On Day 2, we walked from Mti Mkubwa to Shira Plateau camp and went from the Lower Countryside Slopes zone to the Mountain Forests … More Kilimanjaro – Day 02 – Big Tree to Shira 1
Friday 28th and Sat 29th Dec 2018 We flew on Friday from Cape Town to Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Airlines, had a short night there and flew on Saturday from Addis Ababa to Kilimanjaro Airport. We were picked up by African Scenic Safaris which took us to the hostel they own, Hostel Hoff, in Moshi. … More Kilimanjaro – Day 01 – Lemosho to Big Tree
Friday 28th December 2018 While I would love to write a loooong article telling you everything about the mighty Kilimanjaro mountain, I know there is way too much to write to ever finish if I start doing that. So instead, here is a short introduction to Kilimanjaro. If you wanna know more, there is ONE … More Kilimanjaro – Introduction
Thursday 29th March 2018 We took a train right after work from Sydney Central station to Katoomba at 5.51pm. We got there 2 hours later and walked to the hotel we had booked. Here is a map of the train ride, the Blue Mountains being really west of Sydney. Friday 30th March 2018 In the … More Six-Foot-Track Days 1 & 2
Friday 16th March 2018 We picked up a car for rental at Redspot next to the airport around 7pm and drove about 2 hours to Bomaderry where we stayed for the night in an airbnb where we met our host Susan who invited us for a glass of wine and a chat outside in her … More Kangaroo Valley – 3 days
Thursday 25th January 2018 We picked up a car around 7pm at Redspot at the Domestic airport for a 3-day rental and headed to a brand new city called Huntlee (Hunter Valley shortened -> Huntlee) next to Singleton where we had booked an airbnb. It took us 3 hours to get there with the Australia … More Barrington Tops – 3-day hike
Saturday 5th August 2017 We took the 9.45am train from Vladimir off to Moscow. At the train station was an old transsiberian locomotive. Then the modern one arrived and we boarded the train. The landscape was mostly pine trees and at 11.26am sharp we arrived in Moscow. I said good-bye to my … More Moscow – 3 days
Friday 4th August 2017 A taxi picked us up early at 6.30am at the hostel in Nizhny Novgorod and dropped us at the train station where we took the 7.39am train to Vladimir. This time the train ride was roughly 2 hours only. When we left the train station, we saw a small Railway Museum near … More Vladimir Souzdal
Thursday 3rd August 2017 Here was the map of our walking day for our second day in Nizhny Novgorod. We started by walking from the Domino hotel towards the Stroganov Church. There were a lot of beautiful buildings on the way and statues. There was also a friendly dog who said hi briefly and then … More Nizhny Novgorod Day 2
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