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Back from Beyond.
I’m back! Back from the mountains, that is. The plan, hiking the whole E4 across Crete, fell apart within five days and never really recovered. No worries, though, as I still got quite a lot of hiking in during the nearly 5 weeks I spent in Crete. I spent just under three weeks on trail, … Continue reading
A Long Walk in the Mountains of Crete
So I’ve mentioned this in just about every conversation I’ve had over the last month or so, but I’m leaving today for a hike of mildly epic proportions. The E4 trail actually runs all the way across Europe, from Spain east to the Balkans and then south through Greece to Cyprus (where it finally ends). … Continue reading
Back to Bishkek
As I come down to little more than a month left in the US, I’ve been looking more towards plans for the year and where I want to be. I’ve got a few big adventures planned , but starting in March I’m still looking forward to being based in Bishkek for the foreseeable future. While I’m hanging … Continue reading
New Year 2.0
Its a little bit scary, change. Not that “I’m about to get robbed on the streets of Jakarta!” scary, but more of a low-level gnawing and a lot of second-guessing. 2013 is starting to look like it’ll be the year that I’ll hang up my traveling shoes, and try to settle back into a more … Continue reading
Under the Sea!
Who gets to decide, exactly, what counts as a “major tourist attraction” for any given city? Not that I don’t fall prey to this as well but so many things are so overhyped, yet droves of people still go to them just because they feel expected to. Take, for example, Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid statue. Its … Continue reading
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