Worn Gear: Hat Headphones Pants Shirt Long Sleeve Shirt Underwear Socks Belt Leatherman Phone Keys Wallet Sunglasses Handkerchief Unpacked Pack: Clothes Bag Gear Bad Toiletries Bag Tent Sleeping Pad ~ 1.5 L of water Bear Cannister with 5 days food ~2300 Cal/Day Mess Kit: spoon pot cup Pot Bags Sponge Stove Soap Lighter Gas Shot […]
Correspondents update: I currently find myself back in the woods, The tent is back up! and did I mention I am living in it? The last few weeks of construction have been exciting. Bearing the rain, slogging through the mud, battling the mosquitoes, and mice have all been a welcome change of pace. Although the […]
The first day of my West Highland Way (WHW) hike in Scotland. I started from Glasgow city center oppose to Milngavie and walked along the Kelvin way.
Not following much of my initial plan. Not heading toward the train station. Only carrying half of my original rations. I set out from the Hostel in Glasgow towards the beginning of the West Highland Way. I walked out of the city on the picturesque, well maintained, Kelvin walkway. The way follows the river Kelvin […]
It was the eve of my beginning the West Highland Way. A 96 mile trail winding through the Scottish Highlands from the town of Milngavie to Fort William. I had meticulously studied the route, gathered maps, assembled a hiking kit, plotted out places to camp, eat, buy gear, and now I was assembling my rations […]
No trip to Ukraine would be complete without a visit to one of the worlds most well known ecological disasters, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The Exclusion zone is a controlled perimeter providing approximately 30 Km of clearance around the epicenter of the 1986 Chernobyl atomic power plant meltdown. The site was one of the most […]
An interesting, safe, and challenging travel destination many have probably not considered in recent years is Ukraine. Memories of burning tires, Rebels, Russians, armed conflicts in the capital, and passenger airlines being shot down surly permeate the consciousness of most. The wounds of the conflict appear healed but the occasionally visible scars are still tender […]
So you are planning a visit to Greece. have fleshed out the Athens portion of the trip. Have decided the island resorts are out of your price range. What to do with the remaining few days? Stretch the stay in Athens to the breaking point? Shorten the entire trip? How about visiting the rest of […]
Think of the perfect vacation in Greece. Would it involve strolling through Athens to gaze upon the Parthenon and various antiquities in museums? How about picking grapes at a vineyard and learning about the process of making wine all the while sampling the wares? Or walking along a white sand beach on one of Greece’s […]
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