It was time for us to leave Almaty and head to the village of Saty in the foothills of the Tian Shan Mountains. Within an hour of setting off however, our shared taxi had a blowout and we needed to wait in the scorching sun for the driver to replace it with a completely bald…
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Lost in the Mountains of Kazakhstan
“Are we technically lost if we can see our final destination, but can’t find a route to it?” We couldn’t of picked better weather for our hike to the Four Peaks up in Kazakhstans Tian Shan Mountains. The plan was to catch a bus to Medeo, then a shuttle bus up to the ski village…
Our favourite hike in the Lofoten Islands
It was a perfect day for an 8 hour hike in the mountains – the sky was blue, the birds were tweeting and a gentle breeze rustled through the trees. We were going to hike up Veinestinden, and with an elevation of 730m it made it the highest mountain we’ve climbed in the Lofoten Islands….
Exploring Vesterålen’s beautiful coastline | Norway
The coastline around Vesterålen is home to some incredible white sand beaches with turquoise water gently lapping the shores. To access them though, we needed a car so one day we borrowed our hosts and went for a little roadtrip around Bø. We received a fair amount of snow earlier in the week and the…
Two hikes up Mount Vetten | Norway
Mount Vetten stands at 467m and is one of the most popular hikes in Vesterålen so we were keen to check it out. Unfortunately when we went up we had pretty shit weather with clouds engulfing us, so it was hard to envision what the ‘magnificent view’ actually looked like. Occasionally a patch would open…
Hiking along the Vesterålen coast | Norway
It was a beautiful, crisp day and no work on the schedule, so we joined the four other volunteers for a roadtrip around Bø. A ring-road loops around this area of Vesterålen, winding its way around the beautiful fjords. Our first stop was ‘The Man From The Sea’ which is a bizarre statue of a…
Our first winter summit in Norway
Our time is almost up in this tiny village in Northern Norway, and there’s just one last thing on our list of things to do: hike up a nearby mountain to a radio tower. Craig saw it when we first arrived a couple months back and said he wanted to climb to the top so…
Two attempts at a mountain summit and a sea full of ice | Norway
Most of the mountains that surround our village are only accessible if you have climbing gear. But there is one that looked possible for a hiker to summit so Craig set us the challenge. It took an hour walking along the road away from the village to reach the trail head. On the way we…
Twin beaches, dramatic mountains and creepy caves | Norway
There’s a 2.5km road that curves around the entire bay here, leading from our house on the jetty, to the base of the mighty mountains. The road wiggles between houses and the sea, and the scene changes everyday. At the end of this beautiful bay, and across a frozen farmers field, is a spit of…
Camp fires and wild winds | Northern Norway
Living on a jetty is all fun and games until there’s gale force winds, and then it’s kinda scary. After days of wonderful, calm weather and mirror-like sea, we were hit with 45mph winds and even stronger gusts. The wind howled through our extractor fan and wrapped itself around our apartment with a loud whistling…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 