adventure
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Sights of Pucón, Chile
More Details: Sights of Pucón, ChileMany moons ago, I spent a few days in a beautiful corner of Chile: Pucón. Pucón, about 480 mi (775 km) south of Santiago, sits on the eastern shorelines of Lake Villarica in the region called Araucanía, looked over by the Villarica volcano. The town by now has gained reknown for its beautiful setting and…
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The Walls of the Wadi Mujib
More Details: The Walls of the Wadi MujibThe Wadi Mujib in Jordan is a fun place because you get to explore a gully (“wadi”) in which water is flowing. The first part of the Wadi is maybe ankle deep or a little higher in some places so pretty easy and fun (though I kept worrying I would drop my camera in the…
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Travel-Inspiring Reads – The Alluring Target
More Details: Travel-Inspiring Reads – The Alluring TargetWe all find travel inspiration from different places. It could be TV shows (Rick Steves, Samantha Brown, Anthony Bourdain, etc.), Eyewitness, Lonely Planet or other travel guides, friends, or our favorite blogs and websites. Those are all great sources but some call to each one of us more than others, some grab our imagination more…
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Boarding Pass Stories: Constantinople! OK, Istanbul
More Details: Boarding Pass Stories: Constantinople! OK, IstanbulThe destination, the when(s), and the reason(s) My knack for taking one trip idea and expanding its scope is not a recent event. That’s how I ended last year exploring a country I may have never visited otherwise: Moldova. It pre-dates my travel blogging days by a bit. As I joined a group of friends…
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The Real Heroes of Kilimanjaro
More Details: The Real Heroes of KilimanjaroKilimanjaro, while not a technical hike, is still a very challenging climb. Anyone who has climbed it should be quite proud of the accomplishment. I am privileged to have had the chance to attempt it and lucky to have succeeded! And so for the other 15 trekkers in our group who also climbed it. The…
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Jordan’s Wadi Rum: Not Just for Lawrence of Arabia
More Details: Jordan’s Wadi Rum: Not Just for Lawrence of ArabiaWell, I assume I did follow some of his/his camel’s footsteps in the Wadi Rum in my recent trip to Jordan. My visit to the Wadi Rum was an amazing experience as I had never had been in such a landscape before. In an earlier post, I shared how I found color everywhere I went…
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Preparing to Hike Kilimanjaro: More than Training & Gear
More Details: Preparing to Hike Kilimanjaro: More than Training & GearI sit here, two weeks before my departure for Tanzania, asking myself “Oh my, what did I get into??”. As you may have read, I am headed to Tanzania to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro, something that 5 months I would have told you was the furthest thing from my bucket list. Seriously. As I contemplate the…
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The Adventure Capital of the World – Queenstown
More Details: The Adventure Capital of the World – QueenstownQueenstown’s claim to fame, perhaps among others, is that bungy jumping was invented not far from the town. By now, taller and scarier jumps have been created in Queenstown and elsewhere but that original bungy jump exists in the same bridge. Now, I am not sure if Queenstown is indeed the adventure capital of the…
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Flying onto and Hiking a Glacier in New Zealand!
More Details: Flying onto and Hiking a Glacier in New Zealand!The village of Franz Josef on the west coast of the southern island of New Zealand (whew, that’s a long “address” to give for a village) exists to share the Franz Josef glacier with those who want to see it. This glacier and neighboring Fox glacier are 2 out of 3 glaciers in the world…