Pick a place ... since my last trip in Guizhou China, completely last minute and unplanned I had only one thing in mind: do it again! China national holidays gave the perfect excuse and three days prior we indeed picked a place: Xishuangbanna here we come! An exotic name for a destination described as "A tropical and minority area, far away from the rest of China". Guess the word "tropical" and "far away" convinced Cedric and I to give it a try! Day 1: Arrival in Jinhong Early morning wake up, flight to Kunming from Shanghai followed by a 45 mn [View Full Entry]

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From the ice, the snow dome looked like a great campsite - the top of the dome was level and level was in very short supply on the Lituya Glacier. But up close the snow dome was pockmarked with rocks fallen from the steep cliff above. So we climbed back up onto the glacier and camped on the ice. Took us a half hour of scrambling over seracs, crevasses and rock to find a semi-flat area almost big enough for the tent. We leveled out the site using our hands and feet to scrape wet grit and gravel and pack it [View Full Entry]

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The bus journey to Huaraz took us from the dull weather of Lima to the sunnier climes of the Central Andes, and what the town may lack in elegance it makes up for in its setting, with the Cordillera Negra one impressive range of mountains nearby and the snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Blanca topping that. Not far south is the Cordillera Huayhuash, containing supposedly some of the finest alpine trekking in the world and in which the drama of "Touching The Void" was played out. Even though our modest ambitions were merely for a couple of day hikes, the region [View Full Entry]

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Life can sometimes be difficult for a traveller, im not talking about going on holidays or taking a year off from college to get trashed in as many bars as possible. Im talking about people who sell everything, leave home and embark on a life journey with just the solely the possesions on your back to see and experience the beauty of the world to the point that it can ultimately change the person deep down at the very core of ones being. Its hard to believe I arrived in Ireland just over a year ago, a country I have [View Full Entry]

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