A Brief History of Ciudad Perdida The journey from El Mamey to the Lost City is an experience that is likely to live with you forever, as you stride out along the slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and allow your surroundings to transport you back to the 14th century. Ciudad Perdida is one of the […]
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Trekking Peru Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu Peru is an excellent place for trekking. Combine that with the opportunity to finish your trek with the splendor of Machu Picchu and it suddenly becomes a bucket-list item for many people. The Inca trail is the most famous trek and consequently the most popular choice. Although spectacular,
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Ask GoMad Nomad: Hiking in Asia? Dear GoMad Nomad, I’d really like to take a trip that combines culture and nature with a relatively cheap destination – I was thinking Asia. Are there any really good places to go hiking in Asia this coming winter or spring? – Christine L.; Bellevue, Washington Hi Christine, The
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Chilling out in Colombia’s Coffee Country High in the hills of central Colombia, where the fog is heavy and the vegetation the deepest of greens, you’ll find the country’s capital of chill. I first went to Salento back in 2010. We planned a few days there, but could have spent more. It’s a great
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The Audi A4 screamed down the Autobahn at more than 120 miles per hour, punching a tunnel through the early morning mist that coated the Bavarian countryside. With each minute we were a couple miles closer to four days of hiking in the Austrian Alps. Curiously, of the three Germans and one American writer in
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This is part 3 of a 4-part series about Trekking in Nepal. Go here for Part 1: Helambu Trek or to Part 2: Gosainkunda Trek or read Trekking in Nepal FAQs. The Langtang Valley Trek is one of Nepal’s best. The Langtang Region is the country’s third most-popular region for trekking and the Langtang Valley
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This is part 2 of a 4-part series about Trekking in Nepal. Go here for Part 1: Helambu Trek or to Trekking in Nepal FAQs. The Gosainkunda Trek is undoubtedly some of the most gorgeous high-altitude scenery in the Nepal Himalaya. It is relatively accessible for fit individuals via the Gosainkunda Trek and not too
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Five days in, after another 4-hour stretch of walking over mountains on dusty roads with the occasional truck roaring past, I gave up. Having not accounted for how developed parts of Crete are and with a map unsuitable to planning an off-trail crossing of this southernmost island of Europe, I find myself facing failure before
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Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any nation on earth. Perhaps not surprising considering it finds itself being pushed and pulled at the whim of four tectonic plates. Journeys to the country reveal a land overseen by these giants, looming over the impossibly luminescent greens of rice paddies and jungle, a beautiful yet ominous
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This is part 1 of a 4-part series about Trekking in Nepal. Go here for Trekking in Nepal FAQs. Trekking in Nepal is an extraordinary experience and some of the best hiking of my life. Stunning scenery, surreal sunrises, challenging terrain, breathtaking peaks, villages lost in time, are all part of the standard regimen.
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