Mallorca, December 2017
Went for a few days between Christmas and New Year to Soller on the touristy island of Mallorca. December 2017
Category Archives: Travels
The Nile, November 2017
The upper Nile, between Aswan and Luxor is one of the classical tourist destinations. We made it in style, on board of The Oberoi Philae Nile cruise ship.
Kebnekaisefjällen, September 2017
A week walking around Mt. Kebnekaise in Swedish Lapland. September 2017.
Seven Armenian monasteries, July 2017
Our trip to Armenia was abruptly ended by a car accident, luckily nobody got hurt. Anyaway, before the accident which forced us to leave Armenia, we managed to visit seven historically and artistically important monasteries of northern Armenia. July 2017.
Tusheti to Khevruseti, July 2017
A trek from Tusheti to Khevruseti — or from Omalo to Shatili via Atsunta pass — in the Georgian Caucasus. July 2017.
La Réunion, September/October 2016
Three weeks on the Island of La Réunion, France of the Indian Ocean. September/October 2016.
Jerusalem, March 2016
A week in the Holy Land, with the highlight of Jerusalem, a holy place for all three Abrahamitic religions. March 2016.
Teskey Ala-Too, Tien Shan, August/September 2014
Тескей Ала-Тоо, 天山 , which is Teskey Ala-Too, Tien Shan. A trek over quite a few high passes, based from Karakol on the shores of Issyk Köl Lake, Kyrgyzstan. August-September 2014.
Solo Khumbu twenty years after, December 2013
A reprise of our trek to Solo Khumbu, but this time in the onset of the Himalayan winter. Walking from lodge to lodge, carefully maintaining dining room ovens, with Christmas by the feet of the Everest. Returning taking a high route via Cho La and Gokyo. December 2013.
Bjeshkët e Nemuna vel Prokletije, August 2013
The Albanian Alps at their finest, in the middle of the summer. Getting there via the Koman Lake. After a loop around the Kolata range, a trek from Valbona Valley over the Jezerce Lakes to Theti in Kelmend. August 2013.
Munţii Parâng şi Munţii Retezat, August 2012
Trekking through two beautiful ranges of southern Carpathians in Romania, Parâng and Retezat. Mountaneous Transilvania at its best, I suppose. August 2012.
Routeburn, Kinloch, Dart, November 2011
After the Milford Track, we followed two renowned tracks on the New Zealand’s Southern Island, Routeburn and Dart, with an excellent base in Kinloch by the shores of the overwhelming Lake Wakatipu. November 2011.