Trekking from Kalaw to Inle Lake – How we chose a trekking agency, packing tips and more…

[no_toc] Stepping off the night bus at 3am, we were greeted by cooler weather, darkness, utter silence and one lone motorcycle taxi. Within 20 minutes we were all cosy in bed at our accommodation at Thitlaw II. Kalaw is a popular starting point for trekking, the town itself is elevated Continue Reading

Best Day Walks in Tasmania’s Freycinet National Park

[no_toc] Poking out from Tasmania’s east coast is the rugged and beautiful Freycinet Peninsula, most of which is national park.  The park is made up of jagged peaks of granite known as the “Hazards” and the small mountains of Mt Graham and Mt Freycinet which you hike over if you’re Continue Reading

Colca Canyon Trek – Why 3 days is better than 2

[no_toc] One thing I really enjoy about travelling is meeting people especially other travellers as it’s an opportunity to exchange information and experiences on places to visit, activities, places to stay the list goes on.  For the most part we have had great advice but on this occasion we wished Continue Reading

Hiking the Inca Trail – Our Journey to Machu Picchu…

[no_toc] Welcome to the second part of my Inca Trail blog. In the first instalment I talked about How we chose a trekking agency, costs, packing tips and more.  In this post I will describe our experience of walking the four day trail and my last instalment will detail our climb Continue Reading