Guest Post: Hiking in Vietnam by David Elliott Vietnam has some outstanding landscapes to enjoy, and first-time visitors are often stunned by the sheer beauty and diversity of the terrain here. From the historic city of Hanoi in the north to the central highlands and rice fields and on to Ho Chi Ming City (Saigon) and…
Walking in Paris – Part 2 For part two of our post on about walking in Paris in its parks, we take you a little further out of the city centre. Parc des Buttes Chaumont Where? In the northeast of the city, a couple of blocks away from the Canal de la Villette. How to…
Walking in Paris – Part 1 Parisian Parks to Choose From Keep it short, keep it urban: that was the general advice I gave you a few posts ago for walks and hikes during the cold season. Walking in Parisian parks would do the trick! For many people, of course, that is the motto for…
Help Promote Better Child Protection Third World Travel that involves better child protection The arguments for and against traveling to 3rd world countries are very similar to the ones for and against buying clothes from Bangla Desh. No, say some: to do so inevitably means supporting unsustainable and at times downright inhuman practices. But, say…
Coastal Hikes in Spain A Fishing Village along the Cami de Ronda Cannes, Portofino, Benidorm – nearly all of the famous Mediterranean beach resorts, whether classy or downmarket, were once humble fishing villages. In some parts of the Mediterranean, there is nothing that could remind the visitor of this tradition – in others, there may…
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Here is something for your bucket list: Crossing Borders on Foot We are crossing borders all the time, more than any generation before us, but choose to do so in the most uncivilized way possible – most of the time above the clouds on our way from one identikit airport to the next. Trains and…
What is the worst enemy of a hiker? Not the cold: you can quite easily defeat the cold by wearing an extra layer of clothing – and by pulling your thickest sweater on top. It’s not the heat, either – there is an old and trusted weapon against hot weather, called “taking it easy”. It’s not…
Living by the River and its Highs and Lows Walking by the Thames is one of the great pleasures that London has in store for its visitors … … and I am sure we were not the first visitors who thought: how wonderful it would be living by the river and have these spectacular views…
Walking in Germany An Autumn Walk in Muenster Going out for a longer walk or a hike at this time of year can be a bit of a problem. Once you have taken into account that you sleep a little bit longer (because staying in a warm bed can be pretty tempting when it’s still dark outside), that…