With an overnight bus to take us from our mountain bike tour of Cappadocia straight to Mt Nemrut, we never thought much about the idea of taking a rest before hiking up 3,000 feet of elevation. After our bike ride in Cappadocia we were able to fall asleep on our bus before we even pulled [...]
Photo Tuesday: Torres del freezing!
August 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hiking to the famous Torres del Paine was an uphill battle, literally. The last section of the hike was extremely steep and it felt like for every one step up we slid two back. Eventually we made it, and after only a few minutes the clouds parted and we had a magnificent view. Before heading [...]
Vienna: Care to waltz?
July 5, 2010 By 5 Comments
Vienna is probably best known for its high culture: theater, opera, classical music, dance and museums. The center of the Austro-Hungarian empire for hundreds of years, we weren’t actually interested in seeing the cultural side of Vienna. Perhaps we’ve been in the “bush” too long, but I couldn’t really picture going to the opera in [...]
Atop Mt. Sinai
June 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
Hiking Mt Sinai is the sort of thing that manypeople come to Egypt to do. Most people fly to one of Egypt’s expensive coastal cities, book a tour, get on the bus around midnight, arrive sometime before 2am, and with some luck are at the summit with one thousand of their closest friends that they never [...]
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