Adventure Travel Blogs

Anyone going on Classic Thailand on 12th Feb??  I'm Rhiannon.  I'm 37 from Edinburgh.  First trip to Thailand - looking forward to it :-)...

I am not a trekker.  A week ago, I would have said I will never be a trekker.  Now I’m not so sure.

We travelled from the hustle and bustle that is Marrakech and headed to the mountains.  After the chaotic roads, unruly mopeds and busy streets of the city, I was looking forward to some fresh air.  The drive up was an adventure in itself. I’m a terrible backseat driver at the best of times, but as we climbed ever closer to the village of Tamatert it felt like we were edging incre...

The best Northern lights so far this year where on the 30.11 between 17.00 p.m. and 17.30 p.m. as we were standing on a frozen lake with all the dogs.  On the 03.12 our camp Väkkärä also witnessed some incredible activity around 18.00 p.m. for about 15 minutes and afterwards it started snowing! The last update comes from the 11.12 at about 12.00 p.m. at the Mushers Lodge (although these last ones were not very strong). ...

I’m not used to waking up in complete darkness – but neither am I used to brushing my teeth on a balcony looking deep into branches of a frozen forest, pine needles glinting in the reflected light from my twin cabin. Yet this was how I started every day at Basecamp Oulanka, wrapped in thermals with the arctic chill exfoliating my cheeks. Days are short here, but even in the blue-ish dawn, there is just enough light to appreciate the surrounding beauty through the thin gauze of cloud.

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Just wanting to connect with other travellers to Kenya & Tanzania in January. Are you out there?...