The little mountain village of Bulnes in Picos De Europa National Park has no roads to it. Up until 2001 the only way to get there was by walking but they now have a funicular which travels 2km through a tunnel in the mountain, connecting the village with the outside world. It didn’t seem worth…
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Hiking across snowy mountains in Northern Spain
It was about -3° overnight and the condensation had all frozen on the inside of our windows but on the plus side we had crisp blue skies so we wasted no time and headed to Fuente De in Picos De Europa National Park for a gondola ride. The drive there was incredible with the jagged…
Scrambling up Tryfan’s North Ridge | Snowdonia
Some people consider Tryfan to be the only true mountain south of Scotland. It’s rugged and rocky with a typical pyramid shape and the only way to reach the summit is by using your hands and feet. We’ve hiked it a couple times before and we loved the scramble aspect. But this time we wanted…
Hiking around El Chalten, the highlight of Patagonia | Argentina
The tiny village of El Chalten sits inside Los Glaciers National Park and is framed by the dramatic spiky peaks of Fitz Roy and Co. Hiking trails branch off from the village and lead directly to some of the most impressive sights in Patagonia. But the best part is it’s free to visit, this section…
Hiking in Kananaskis Country | Canada
Even though we’d visited the Rockies twice before we were still excited to return and hike some different trails. For our first few days we based ourselves in Canmore and did a few local hikes. The trails were within our beloved Kananaskis Country that I talked about in my previous post, but because they were…
Turquoise lakes, Icebergs and Lynx in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park receives way more visitors than it can cope with. It’s tucked away at the most northern section of Montana, bordering Canada and should really be a pain in the butt to visit, yet the dramatic peaks have people driving cross country to get there. We arrived in the late afternoon and popped…
Exploring the Northern Rockies
The northern rockies are very similar to their southern cousins, they have impressive mountains, dense forests and idyllic lakes. Ok so their not quite as dramatic as Banff and Jaspers scenery but what’s great about the north is it doesn’t have the tourists. It’s delightful! In fact we haven’t seen any tour buses the past…
Lakes, farms and abandoned gold mines | Alaska
‘Warning: bold black bear stalked two dog walkers and was hard to scare away.’ Another day hiking in bear country and another very real warning. We’ve heard mixed reviews about black and brown bears and which one is more dangerous. It seems the browns, or grizzlies as their also known mainly attack due to being…
Arriving in Alaska and finding our new home on wheels
After years of saying we wanted to go to Alaska we finally made it happen. Lonely planets cover has a quote saying ‘Bears larger than bison, national parks the size of nations and glaciers bigger than other US states’. We’re bound to have one hell of a trip. We arrived at Anchorage international airport from…
Tight roping along rice terraces and crazy transport
We set off on an early morning jeepney to Bontoc. One thing we’ve been seeing in this area is locals sat on the roof of the jeepneys or top-loading as its called here. So I asked the driver if we could go on the top and he was more than happy for us to. It…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 