Hiking

Hiking

Rice Paddies and Hill Tribes in Sapa

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With the nightmare journey from Kunming to the Vietnam border behind us, we looked ahead to some trekking in the peaceful and lush green hills around Sapa.

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Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge

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The gorge is said to be one of the deepest in the world and the legend is that a tiger once leapt across it while being pursued.

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Erzgebirge, Dresden and Swiss Saxony

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10,040 km later we find ourselves once again where we started from, and this time it’s sad to say that Freda’s odometer will not be ticking forward for us anymore.

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More Austrian hiking, then through Italy, and on to Corsica

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Roadtrip distance check: 7749 km + a bunch of nautical miles. As usual, the past many days have had its ups and downs.

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Castles, Lakes, Alps, and the Sound of Music

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Since it was getting late and we were trying desperately to avoid getting caught in the middle of a forest after dark, we ran as much as we could. We had nothing left in the tank and were out of water; we were operating on adrenaline.

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Hiking in the Spanish Pyranees

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The hike started in a pretty, lush green valley full of cows and meandering streams.

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GR92 from Platja d’Aro to Sant Feliu

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We ate lunch on a high cliff, overtop the red, craggy rocks that signify the Costa Brava.

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A wet 28 km trek in Catalunya

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Our trek took us into rural Catalunya, past farms and fields of grass and hay and stone houses.

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