The new Paparoa great walk (in a day)
The Paparoa track on the West Coast has thus far not been the easiest of New Zealand’s great walks to […]
Tramping (hiking) words that ought to already exist
Following on from our post of travel words that ought to already exist, here’s some new tramping (the kiwi word […]
Photographing the wind
A great day out in the Craigieburn range, sun, blue skies…and a brutal spindrift sandblasting.
Plus four legs
We still had a few more days before we were due back in Antigua, but the weekends crowds had ruined […]
Can we keep her?
The day dawned clear and cool. We awoke to clear skies above our camp spot at the foot of the […]
And try again
A little over a week after our first miserable failure. We were back, climbing Volcán Acatenango… again.
Take a break
Your birthday excursion up a volcano didn’t go quite according to plan? You can’t really be too disappointed when one […]
If at first you don’t succeed
Shivering, huddling in the tent as the nylon fabric buffets aggressively in the wind. Nibbling on a slice of cold, […]
Grey skies over Antigua
Antigua, much like Oaxaca became a place that kept drawing us back like a magnet. Partly because we were awaiting […]
Roasting marshmallows in a volcanic wasteland
There’s nothing like a freshly roasted campfire marshmallow. But does it taste any better if it has been cooked in […]
Back to the underworld
Laziness had prevented us exploring the flooded, bat poo encrusted Grutas de Lanquín. Yet, the sheer number of Guatemala’s limestone […]
Turquoise waters and bat caves
It had only been a few short weeks since our last cross-Guatemala road trip. Luckily, there was still plenty of […]
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