After four long days of travelling from Mongolia to the Pacific islands, we finally arrived in Nadi, the capital of Fiji. As we queued at the immigration counters, two men in tropical shirts, sarongs, and sandals played ukuleles. It was late in the evening so we needed to get a taxi into town because the…
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Staying With Yak Herders In Mongolia
The tour we took to visit the Tsaatan reindeer people in northern Mongolia was supposed to include a night in a ger with a yak-herding family. The problem was, when we got there we didn’t see any sign of yaks. In fact, it became clear they’d sold the animals to make more money from tourism. …
Staying With The Tsaatan Reindeer People | Mongolia
Deep in the northern realms of Mongolia, not far from the border with Russia, lives the Tsaatan people, which roughly translates to the reindeer people They’re a nomadic group of around 400 people who live in Orts (teepees) and herd reindeer. They rely on the reindeer for survival in such a remote area of…
Discovering A Truly Wild Area Of Western China
Sometimes, all it takes is one photo to persuade me to visit a certain place – and that’s exactly what happened when we were in Gansu. I discovered a little village surrounded by jagged peaks and it wasn’t too far away from us. Buses didn’t travel the final 30km, so we hopped in a taxi…
Hiking, Medinas and Colourful Houses | Our first few days in Tunisia
To finish off another year abroad and get a little travel-fix before we start work again we made a rather spontaneous decision to book a last minute flight to Tunisia. We’ve never been before so I wasn’t sure what to expect but after doing some research I discovered there were blue and white medinas built…
Crazy suspension bridges and walking on a glacier | Hunza, Pakistan
Today we were making our way to the Upper Hunza region, of course we hitched a ride there and this time it was with a really nice couple of lads from Islamabad and Karachi. When we asked them where they were heading they said “we’re just driving, we’re on a roadtrip!” Our hostel was right…
Oman’s dramatic mountains and a crazy night camping on them
It’s time to explore the mountains of Oman! We’ve been driving alongside dramatic peaks and I can’t help but feel if it was America for example there would be a parking lot with hiking trails, not with lots of infrastructure or paved paths, just rugged but accessible. Oman kinda feels so untouched that it’s like…
Hiking for 9 days to Annapurna Base Camp via Poon Hill | Nepal
We spent 9 days hiking to Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal so we could stand beneath some of the worlds highest mountains. We opted to hike the route independently, without a guide or porter after our previous disaster with a porter ten years ago who we basically had to fire because he was so slow…
A soviet jeep ride to the endless wildflowers | Armenia
Dilijan National Park was never high on my list of destinations to visit in Armenia as it’s heavily forested and I love an open view with jagged peaks. However we didn’t go to the far south of Armenia so instead we figured we best explore Dilijan and spend a few days in nature. We picked…
Hiking to the impressive Accursed Mountains | Albania
We were in awe of the Albanian alps so I researched other hikes in the area and discovered a little village called Lepushe. Getting there was challenging as we discovered the one van heading there was cancelled due to a catholic holiday. The host of the guesthouse we were planning on staying at happened to…
