@uspnThis is Lake Vinstre looking beautiful on a summer night, although it owes its size to being part of a hydroelectric power plant reservoir. It's an easy area to hike, as there are plenty of cabins open to hikers in the area. You can actually walk all the way here from the capital
@uspnI don't recommend picking up just any creature you may encounter while hiking the wilderness of Western Australia, but some of them are very cute and cuddly. In this part of the country, animals often have never seen a human before, so they may be more curious about you than afra
@uspnMost hikes out of Longyearbyen in northernmost Norway are short, but they are always slightly more risky than elsewhere. One thing is that you need to know how to behave in an extremely cold climate. The other thing is the chance of encountering a polar bear. So, wear good clothe
@uspnMany consider the Canary Islands to be a somewhat trashy mass tourism haven, but there's actually a lot of very descent hiking to be done there. Just head away from the beaches and explore the interior of the islands, in particular Gran Canaria (as seen here) and Tenerife.
@uspnWe do not get much daylight in the winter, but there's just enough of it to get up on a mountain and down again before it gets dark. The mountain in the background is Andalshatten, very hikeable during summer.
@uspnIn the northern parts of mainland Malaysia, the Cameron Highlands is a nice escape from the hot weather at the beach resort towns. It's fairly easy to get to from Thailand as well. Great hiking, mixing up deep jungle with the prettiest tea plantations imaginable. They have strawb
@uspnHiking the full Kalalu Trail requires a hiking permit which can be hard to get, but you can do the walk to this waterfall as a day trip whenever you feel like it. The trail often is very muddy and slippery, though.
@uspnI took this photo from Barn Bluff, looking over at Cradle Mountain, which is the starting point for this hike of 4-5 days. Christmas is a great time to do it, as you have to book ahead for the trail, and the locals tend to stay at home and celebrate Christmas instead of being out
@uspnIf you're up for a challenge, this many hundreds of kilometers of long-distance trail in coastal Turkey should be considered. For extra points, do it during summer, when it's really hot. It looks like a walk by the sea, but much of the time you'll be high up on a cliff, sweating
@uspnThis place used to be more quiet before "sherpa stairs", a relatively easy trail built by Nepalese experts, was built up the steep mountain Reinebringen, above the town of Reine in western Lofoten. It's still a good place for a relatively short summer night hike. You can also pas
@uspnMany visitors to Norway arrive in Oslo and may be pleased with the city, but disappointed by the lack of amazing scenery. To see anything spectacular, you have to drive for at least 4-5 hours. OR you can walk for at least a week. There are two long-distance trails starting right
@biffnix@uspnThe pilgrimage walk from nearly anywhere in Europe to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is open also for non-religious hikers. I recommend it if you like a mix of nature and culture, and if you're Christian as well that certainly adds another dimension. Early morning starts are
@biffnixMine is McClure meadow, in Evolution Valley. It's along the PCT/JMT in the Sierra Nevada mountains, in California. I just happen to live nearby. Still, most pass it by, since it's between Muir Pass and Muir Trail Ranch, and JMT and PCT hikers are always in a rush to get from o
@uspnMorocco has a reputation for being somewhat hard to backpack, because there are so many scams and intense sellers of all kinds of things and services. Just leave the tourist cities behind and seek the smaller places, and you'll be just fine. It's very budget-friendly, does not re
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