Prisoner of a Desert
A stunning day with clear blue skies at high altitudes many times bely the temperatures which at 08:30 were hovering around 3-5 degrees Celsius. T…
Wandering the Ancient High Routes
Putting my hand outside the bed covers resulted in a very rapid withdrawal - the temperature was freezing... only about -2 Celsius! I had to get…
Do Borders Keep Us Apart?
Borders and unions are very much the talk of the day at the moment and my coincidental experience this morning is probably an answer that many kno…
Not a climber but want spectacular views?
Sometimes we think that to have great views of a snow-covered mountain range, we need to be mountaineers. In certain places this is true to an ex…
2015 - dreams came true!
2015 was a year where I visited a huge number of new places and, many more of my dreams were realised. In the 4 countries I travelled to during th…
Not so Innocent!
On 28 December, you'll encounter the celebrations of Dia de Los Santos Inocentes in Tulcán in the Carchi region of northern Ecuador. Based on a …
Tulcán - not just a border town
Border towns have a notorious reputation in many countries I’ve travelled through. At times they appear to be nothing more than unsafe trading pos…
Trekking Peninsula Mitre
Rutas del Universo
