Ahead of the three-day trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan Province, I packed three important things: my boots, my camera and my book. While on a group tour of Yunnan Province I have been reading Michael Palin’s Himalaya book.
If the fjords alone aren’t enough to coax you to western Norway, it is also a wonderful hiking destination. The famous Stalheim Hotel was my base for a week of day hikes operated by UK-based tour company HF Holidays. Each day
“Vulcano, Vulcano, Vulcano Island!” cries the hydrofoil captain heralding my arrival on one of the seven Aeolian Islands off the north coast of Sicily. Vulcano, reached by hydrofoil from Milazzo in about an hour, is my first stop on a
There aren’t too many places you can go hiking to watch a volcano erupt. Stromboli is one. Stromboli is one of the seven Aeolian islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily. The 12-square-kilometre island has a
Trekking Borneo’s Headhunter Trail ‘You better run like Usain Bolt!’ Nicholas said. He had just been telling me about finding himself face to face with a leopard last time he walked along this trail. So I asked for his advice
Trip review: Day Walks in Dalmatia – Abandoned villages, ruined fortifications, olive groves, a limestone gorge, high mountain trails, the blue waters of the Adriatic Sea and the footsteps of Napoleon were all part of an excellent week of day
Trudging up a hill above the Dalmatian village of Baska Voda, head down and paying close attention to the road surface, I came upon a strange worm-like creature. It was an odd blue/grey colour. It stopped me in my tracks.