Geo: -34.4259, 150.9Well this has to be one of my favorite areas with some amazing lookouts everywhere you look.I don't think this area gets enough credit.I had never been to this area until now and had no idea what the landscape held and I love it.Wollongong, best described as a mini Newcastle, but I guess you have to spend time in and around Newcastle to say that. Both North and South of Sydney seem to be identical, but the south being smaller.After spending another long and extended period in Newcastle, it was time to hit up the next area, Illawarra.It didn't start off the best, sleeping in my car in the parking lot of the visitors centre for the first night, very cold and very uncomfortable!But I put it behind me and enjoyed the fresh highland ... read more

Geo: -34.9258, 138.6I had only just been in Melbourne for two days after almost 4 months in India and Nepal and I had already arranged to go for a road trip to Adelaide. Accompanied by my close friend Ricarda who I met in Newcastle and Luisa who was working with Ricarda but had quit. Ricarda was going to be working at the Clipsal 500 set in the Adelaide City streets at her sausage selling job for four days, thus being the reason for the trip.We set off on the Tuesday around midday and planned to visit and stay at the Grampians.The weather was cloudy and rainy and after three hours we arrived into Halls Gap.We parked my car in one of the many available spots in the local caravan park with the intention to sleep in ... read more

Geo: 28.2636, 83.9724On the previous day, Radek had bought a small cooker. We used it in the morning to cook our own oats and boiled eggs. Despite Radeks intense travels he was still up for some mountain biking. So we hired two bikes, which weren't really proper mountain bikes but they had gears. We planned to do a mountain bike trail that was mentioned in the Lonely Planet which was a 60km round trip, up to Sarangkot hill, along the side of the hills and then 30km downhill back to Pokhara. The start was intense straight away, we had to climb to the top and I hopped off the bike quite a few times to push, where as Radek pushed himself. It turned out i wasn't on the lowest gear from the start so it became ... read more

Geo: 28.2636, 83.9724After the splendor that was Everest Base Camp, we still had to return to the big cities. Leaving behind clean fresh air, beautiful scenery and calm and soothing silence.I awoke at 5:30 and got some breakfast before making our way to the airport. We waited for the incoming flights from Kathmandu where we would catch the same planes on the return trip.There was a noticeable difference in the amount of people that hopped off the planes into Lukla. It seemed at least twice as many people. I knew what they were about to get themselves into.The flight back was nice, again beautiful views of the mountains and the valleys. The plane slowly descended into the mist of Kathmandu and soon the views and mountains were out of sight. I waited for the others who ... read more

Geo: 28.1107, 85.6824During the night the snow had cleared, so it was good to know that we wouldn't be stuck in Tengbouche for the day. But again the night was cold. For some reason they put me in a room with three beds and there was a total of 15 trekkers plus the porters, guides and owners.It was a Saturday, but when you trek for a extended time, the day doesn't matter, it's all the same. I realized also that it was exactly 3 weeks till my flight home from Delhi and i kept thinking about my last week in India by going to Varanasi and Agra (Taj Mahal). What a way to end my massive trip.I got up, ate, semi cleaned myself and we were ready to hit the trail once again by 8am. Heading ... read more