My plan had been quite simple: walk around Iceland, much like I did around Tasmania. I had no idea whether it would be possible, but this was my plan. Walk around Iceland.
A week after finishing the South Coast Track, I walked the remaining stretch back to Hobart and I had done it: I walked around Tasmania,
I had spent five days walking the Port Davey Track, which was as traumatising as it was powerful, and a blissful afternoon and early morning
The Wild West of Tasmania had been the first true taste of walking through a remote and vastly deserted area, but crossing the Southwest National
“You’re a legend!” The guy yelled out from the back of the van. I had to laugh. I had just told the young group in
The evening grew closer and darker and from inside my tent I heard the wind raging, louder and louder, while the rain plummeted agressively onto
A tale of early struggles and the kindness of people The first few weeks walking around Tasmania were a shock to the system. Physically, mentally
In my hand I was holding one of my Sea to Summit stuff sacks, the small green one, filled with zip lock bags containing coffee
When I first began to plan my trip to The Philippines (by collecting images on Pinterest but not doing any actual planning, of course), I
It’s just after 10.30 in the morning and I find myself on a mountain ridge, surrounded by a dramatic vista: a raw scenery of brutal cliffs
The island of Bohol proved to be the perfect location of relative remoteness and quiet solitude. Filipino transport and undesired locations such as Dumaguete had
It seems like the most difficult thing in travelling is to not travel. Standing still is sometimes the best thing to do, and while I
Apparently, there are a couple of things you can do in Dumaguete. I had just enough wifi in Coron to read up on a travel
Before I set out on my travels, I read numerous travel blogs and filled a Pinterest board with pretty pictures of places I wanted to
I assumed Coron would be like El Nido: more of the same. A few beaches, island hopping trips, some restaurants and tourist shops. I was
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