Day 1 in Tokyo
Arrived safe and well in my Tokyo Hotel last night. I had dinner with Patricia (my friend Olivier put us in touch) and she gave me some really good pointers: about the metro (which is fast becoming my favorite one,…
Category Walks
Off to Tokyo
My turn to leave today: first stop Tokyo for 4 days. I look forward to getting a taste of this city and it will give me another ‘tick’ on my ‘countries visited’ list – can’t let Stephen get ahead of…
Caroline’s ‘planned’ Trek itineraries
Here’s an idea of the planned itineraries for both my treks; it’s give or take a day. **Annapurna Circuit( approx 300km/187m): Start date April 19: I would like to do this in a day less (mainly to have an extra rest day…
Maps
Here are some links to useful maps to help you follow along:- – Everest Base Camp Trek– Everest– Annapurna Circuit Please note: These maps will open in a new page
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If you want to follow along with automatic email notifications then you can subscribe to Google groups. So everytime we post something, you will get an email notification. This is really easy: If you have a google email address (or…
Nepal / Everest / Annapurna Adventure
Only 2 weeks and a day before Stephen boards a plane to start his Everest Expedition! On March 31st he will join the Alpine Ascents team in Kathmandu, Nepal. This whole expedition will take 2 months, give or take 10 days.…
Offa’s Dyke : The Photos
Here are the photos from my hike in Wales.
Greetings from Llangollen!
I know it’s been a while, but internet access in these little hamlets I’ve been staying in has been non-existent. The one place that did have a library with a connection I hit on the weekend, so the library was…
Where is Caroline?
Just spoke to Caroline, and she is doing extremely well on her long-distance-foot-path adventure. A few blisters, but apparently nothing to worry about. I am sure Caroline will give a full update once she gets to an Internet terminal. Which…
Hay-on-Wye at the foot of the Black Hills.
Finished my 5th day of hiking and ‘conquered’ the Black Hills! Yep, I know, they are only hills and not mountains, but for me – and doing it on my own – it was quite something! I actually had to…
Started Offa’s Dyke
Hello all! A short update as I am in a free-internet cafe and don’t want to take up all the time. Arrived safe and well in the UK, albeit exhausted after no sleep on the flight from Chicago and a…
The next 6 weeks
So here we are in Anchorage, AK, from where we fly to San Francisco today Aug 11. We just missed the place too much to be away for so long…. Just kidding (although…). No, we need to go back there…