Our reason for visiting northern India was to go trekking. Unlike the rest of the country which is experiencing sweltering heat and monsoon rains, July and August is hiking season in Jammu and Kashmir (the state of J&M includes Ladakh –...
We enjoyed a spectacular five days on the Otter Trail and my blog can be found here. Read more...
I met Pauli in India in early 2011. We traveled together for a month as I introduced Pauli to cricket and
Mount Mulanje is a giant massif that rises steeply from the tea fields of southern Malawi’s Mulanje district. Known locally as the ‘Islands in the Sky’ because they’re often in cloud, the mountain comprises 20 peaks above 2,500 m.
Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano with three cones – Kibu, Mawenzi and Shira. It is the world’s tallest free-standing mountain and at 5,895m, its Uhuru peak on the Kibu cone is the highest point in Africa. It’s one of the continent’s...
From the dramatic Simien mountains and the wild and rugged Bale mountains in Ethiopia to the
Straddling the border with Kenya and one of Uganda’s 10 national parks, Mount Elgon is Africa’s eighth-highest mountain. Millions of years ago a volcanic eruption created the world’s largest mountain caldera and three of the five major peaks that now surround the cadera lie...
This was taken on our four-day trek up Mount Elgon, Africa’s eighth-highest mountain. Please see my blog on this very beautiful, and tough, trek.
