Thinking about trekking in Nepal?
Reckon the Annapurna Circuit is for you?
Looking at hiking in Nepal on a budget?
Want to read a beautifully written adventure story?
We recently found a jewel of a travel blog. A wonderfully written, detailed site that shares some great travel adventure stories and information.
There are some talented adventure writers around the world. People with great skills and a wonderful ability to tell a story. Thanks to Nora (the Professional Hobo), we ‘discovered” Sherry at Ottsworld (we are sure she has been well discovered before now, but we just discovered her)
Sherry uses the tag
Have you ever thought about some trekking in Vietnam, say hiking up Mt Fansipan?
Does the thought of a challenging adventure trip appeal to your masochistic tendencies?
Andy Engelson a writer and editor who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam recently summited Mt Fansipan. He wrote it up on his blog Only Ok and it is a great yarn. It had Frank in stitches laughing at this Vietnamese adventure. We contacted Andy and got permission to share some of his words and images here.
So, if you want to read a great trekking story, check it out here: Going to the top of Vietnam
A few snippets to encourage you: (Andy…
We were invited to join a project being run by Tripbase.com to share our 3 best kept travel secrets, and being hiking types, we have chosen three special place that you, and the readers at Tripbase may enjoy. They are all in Australia and cover a wide variety of environments across three different States.
A little background:
“The aim of this game is to unite travel bloggers in a joint endeavor – to create an amazing list of top travel recommendations across the globe to share with the entire online travel community.”
“We’ve collected so many incredible secrets that we’ve decided to compile all the posts in a Free Travel Secrets E-book to be shared with the entire online travel
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The Hillary trail in New Zealand is a new four day, 70km, tramp that traverses the Waitakere Ranges. The hike is rated as moderate but would appeal to backpackers looking for a challenge off the usual trails.
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro is on many peoples “must do list”. In this post we share planning information, fitness program, trip plans, vaccination regime, gear and water purification ideas.
