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Climbing Acatenango and Fuego Volcanoes

Climbing Acatenango and Fuego Volcanoes

Mountains are the sirens of geologic formations — luring in adventurers and enthusiasts with a rugged beauty that draws a veil over the hazards they contain.  Soaring altitudes, inclement weather, and unstable terrain… these things and more have wrought tragedy upon countless back-country explorers drawn inexorably towards the mountains.  But there is one breed of …

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Category: Guatemala, Tour ReviewsTag: epic, favorite, great view, Guatemala, hike, lake, tour, volcano

Game Drives in Etosha National Park with Acacia Africa

Etosha National Park with Acacia Africa

My interest in Namibia began with nature documentaries.  For some reason, deserts fascinated me  — I think it was the utter foreignness of it.  I’d never seen a place that was seemingly so barren, so devoid of life.  But I quickly learned that these dry places that seem so desolate on the surface can be …

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Category: NamibiaTag: desert, endangered species, epic, favorite, great view, lake, namibia, national park, tour

Exploring Chobe National Park with Acacia Africa

Exploring Chobe National Park with Acacia Africa

After leaving Livingston, Zambia and the rain-deprived, but still splendorous Victoria Falls behind us, our Acacia Africa tour group crossed into Botswana via the Kazungula ferry and made our way to Kasane to explore Chobe National Park. With nearly 12,000 square kilometers of protected area, the largest elephant population of any national park in Africa, …

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Category: BotswanaTag: botswana, endangered species, epic, favorite, game drive, great view, national park, river, sunset, tour

Trekking from Shatili to Omalo

Trekking from Shatili to Omalo

Half of my initial attraction to Georgia grew from the pictures of mountains I saw — the regions of Kazbegi, Svaneti, and Tusheti.  When I booked my ticket here from Korea, my ambition was to hike for months, exploring all the back-country hiking routes I could find and chronicling the experience.  But life has a …

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Category: GeorgiaTag: architecture, camping, epic, favorite, fortress, Georgia, great view, hike, national park, river

Climbing Mount Aragats

Climbing Mount Aragats

There’s too much snow.  It’ll be too cold.  The weather won’t be good this week.  You’ll shoot your eye out… The reasons why I shouldn’t have gone to Kari Lake and Mount Aragats were many.  All of the above (save one, can you guess which?) were offered up, and I was so close to scrapping …

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Category: ArmeniaTag: architecture, Armenia, favorite, fortress, great view, hike, history, lake, river, sunset, temples

Tbilisi City Guide

Tbilisi City Guide

Tbilisi has been my home for the past 2 months, and I’ve enjoyed exploring it and (mostly) eating as much delicious food as possible.  It’s a great city for foodies, history buffs, music connoisseurs, and winos alike — all things which made this city a fun one to call home.  I’ve put together most of …

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Category: GeorgiaTag: architecture, favorite, food porn, fortress, Georgia, great view, hike, history, lake, river, temples, travel tips

Riding a Scooter

Riding a Scooter from Taipei to Taroko and Back Again

It’s been an adventure-less summer.  Breaking my leg at the end of April meant that I spent most of the season getting to the point where I could walk again.  While I’m still not 100%, I am finally able to be active, so I was eagerly awaiting my trip to Taiwan to meet up with …

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Category: TaiwanTag: architecture, cultural trip, epic, favorite, great view, hike, motorcycle ride, national park, river, road trip, roadtrip, sea, sunset, Taiwan, temples, travel tales

Guide to Hiking in Yubeng

Guide to Hiking in Yubeng

It started with Tinder. I know, I know, that sounds bad.  But if it wasn’t for Tinder, I might never have heard of that place in an alpine valley mere kilometers from the Tibetan border.  I might never have seen the photos of misting waterfalls, glacial lakes, and fluttering prayer flags which inspired me to alter …

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Category: ChinaTag: China, epic, favorite, great view, hike, lake, national park, river, sunset, travel tips

Ten Things to Do in Taupo

Ten Things to Do in Taupo

There’s a saying which goes, ‘time flies when you’re having fun!’, and is it ever true! The past three months have been a blur, spent working, hiking, making new friends, and experiencing the best that Taupo has to offer.  I got extremely lucky with my position as a receptionist at Rainbow Lodge Backpackers and was able …

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Category: New ZealandTag: epic, favorite, great view, hike, lake, national park, New Zealand, rafting, river, skydiving

Waves off Porpoise Bay

Driving the Southern Scenic Route

I woke to the car shaking from the wind, to the clatter of rain on the roof.  It had been a blustery night, parked by the seashore at Moray Terrace, but I’d caught a few hours of sleep and had made the snug confines of Te Namu as comfortable as possible.  The day would start …

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Category: New ZealandTag: epic, favorite, food porn, great view, hike, history, national park, New Zealand, road trip, roadtrip, sea, sunset

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