... myself at the best spot to hitchhike for a ride.
A first van took me to Shatin. There I was refreshing myself at a fountain when up comes another traveller with a badly sunburnt forehead, carrying ...
... had seemed a good spot to enjoy the sun and read on "Les Frères Karamazov", at least until a party of vociferating hikers hit the terrace one storey above and sat down with the declared intention of staying ...
... the snow that must stay crisp for long months at an altitude of barely 1,000 metres. After a long hike I did finally reach the Labyrinth and was surprised at even stranger moulded boulders that form an ...
... Genet. We hired a Bajaj together that panted its way up to the hill station. As I alighted from the tuktuk, I was intercepted by a guy who offered himself as a guide for a hike in the forest. That sounded ...
... than a free trail and signposts to embark on a hike and visti the place on one’s own. I was nevertheless taken aback by the lift shuttling up and down in the crystal-lined shaft, definitely out of place ...
... a village rather than the town.
The Five Colums Peak turned out to be the most impressive of all the parks I visited and the most challenging in terms of physical effort, but the long hike and the ...
... project set up by an Ngo. The original employee received me, directed me to the guest house and gave me a tour of the village.
The next day I went on a hike to explore the surroundings. As soon as you ...
After a lunch on the river bank, I hitchhiked on to Nalati. I was luckier than yesterday because I was picked up by a sturdy car steered by a cautious driver. After a couple of hours I was dropped at the ...
... the result of a frustrating life?
In the morning I wrenched myself out of the fluffy quilt and set out for a hike. Although I had anticipated only a couple of hours, my walk took my whole morning. I ...
... the frontier. Instead of waiting for the early afternoon bus, we decided to hitchhike from the morning, even before the yurt owner had woken up and got breakfast ready.
We were first taken by a Tagik ...
... the village of Matisi and I was dropped at the junction. From there it was still 9 km to the temple and I set out along the road. It was clearly too long to do on foot and I hitchhiked for a lift as soon ...
Today I hiked with Carlos from Chile to a monastery out of town set amid thick woods. The trail starts from the hostel and is very easy to follow until you get to the probably illegal building sitting ...
... doesn’t look like it will clear up by tomorrow, so that our hike is in jeopardy.
If the weather is rainy or even only cloudy, it would be pointless to stump up the hefty entrance fee for seeing nothing. ...
... by the thaw waters of a glacier. It looms as an extraordinary pool of azure opaque waters in a stunning mountain setting. I hike for an hour along its shore amid the fur trees that border it all around, ...
... for a peaceful hike. The only comfort was that the weather was terribly muggy and wouldn’t have made very pleasant hiking.
From shop to shop, I went up and down the streets until I landed at one that ...
... However in this hitchhike paradise one doesn’t have to wait long and a young guy takes me in his Mercedes van to drop me at the crossroads, where soon I get a second ride to Sighet. I had an attempt at ...
... time is 8 o’clock and I take my luggage to hitch-hike to Hajarayn. I have to wait nearly one hour before a car takes me, but I’m driven right down to the path leading up to the wonderful village on the ...
... is superb.
I hitch-hike back to Suqailibiyya, then take a microbus to Hama. I take a bed in a shared room at the clean, tidy and pretty Riyad Hotel,.
At dusk I take a few shots of the imposing nooriahs ...
... and I would like to visit another castle on the road back to town, but I don't have much time, given that the bus to Dogubeyazit leaves at 3 pm. We decide to hitchhike, to our bad luck. A lorry pick us ...
... the visit the caretaker points me to the more beaten road for me to hitchhike on. A peasant driving a van picks me up and drops me at his village where I can then take a service bus to Maarra.
I walk ...