Best hiking in Balkan mountains

During our stay at Sunny Beach we decided to drive 400 km to make sure that Bulgaria has wonderful mountain ranges and picturesque trekking. From Black sea coast it was easy to manage by recently built Burgas – Sofia highway. Ok, maybe I overstate – some parts of highway seem to be from soviet times, … Continue reading Best hiking in Balkan mountains

Angel Falls – world’s highest waterfall, Venezuela

Angel Falls or Salto Ángel is the world’s highest waterfall, dropping a total of 978m from the summit of the Auyan Tepuy, and with an 807m uninterrupted drop. It is known as Parekupa-meru by the local Pemon Indians but gained the Angel name after US pilot Jimmy Angel crash-landed on the Auyan Tepuy while searching … Continue reading Angel Falls – world’s highest waterfall, Venezuela

Tepui table-top mountains, Venezuela

There are 115 such tabletop mountains in the Gran Sabana region in the south-east of Venezuela where the highest concentration of tepuis are found. The precipitous mountains tower over the surrounding area by up to 1,000 meters. On top of the mountains grow various types of forests with a wide variety of orchids and bromeliads … Continue reading Tepui table-top mountains, Venezuela

Mt Wilhelm and Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Mount Wilhelm (4,509 metres, 14,793 ft) may be considered the highest mountain in Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand). A Seven Summits list sometimes include Mount Wilhelm. Mount Wilhelm received its name in 1888 when a German newspaper correspondent, Hugo Zöller, climbed the Finisterre Range, south-east of Madang, and named the Bismarck Range after the … Continue reading Mt Wilhelm and Highlands, Papua New Guinea

Climbing Fansipan – highest peak of Indochina

Last 2 weeks in a small company of friends we traveled across Vietnam. One of the main goals for our expedition was to reach the so-called Roof of Indochina, the highest peak of Vietnam and Indochina – Fansipan. We did not expect the climb to be so heavy. The trail was very steep and mostly … Continue reading Climbing Fansipan – highest peak of Indochina

Best hiking routes in Spanish Pyrenees

We were flying by the airline company, which always arrives before time. An air-plane landed at Girona, in my opinion, at too high speed, but definitely before the appointed time. Although Mediterranean was temptation for us, we went to the central region of peninsula – to the main ridge of Pyrenees – to Pedraforca and farther to the National park … Continue reading Best hiking routes in Spanish Pyrenees

Sellaronda: 500 km ski slopes in most scenic area of Dolomites

To Dolomiti Superski! To enjoy 200 skilifts and 500 km of downhill slopes! We arrived to Campitello at middle of night. Around 3.30am bus driver let us off and kindly showed direction towards mountain, saying this is the way to our house. We made few rounds but expected Eurochalet building did not appear. Luckily we … Continue reading Sellaronda: 500 km ski slopes in most scenic area of Dolomites

Appalachian Trail: Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.

Just finished reading great Bill Bryson’s book A WALK IN THE WOODS about Appalachian trail. Further I share few most impressive areas of the 2160 mile trail: Great Smoky Mountains About 100 native tree species make their home in Great Smoky Mountains National Park—more than in all of northern Europe. The park also contains one … Continue reading Appalachian Trail: Great Smoky Mountains, U.S.