Travel Journal
We reached the last camp, Barafu, on the fourth day around 4pm and I settled in my tent, drinking tea like it was medicine and watching as the clouds above the lower Kibo Peak, across from us, were changing colors. »
I stopped taking photos of places. A white beach adorned with “spinach” seaweed, a sunset over a white breaded mountain, a tumultuous waterfall in a smoking rainforest…they all start to look the same if you take out the people that come with it. »
Sapa is this tiny town in North Vietnam surrounded by verdant peaks constantly in mist, and rice fields spreading across the valley in all sorts of green shades. I booked a three day trek and it ended up being just me and the tour guide, which was ok, most of the time. »
We arrived at the monastery around noon and after we checked out the guest house and talked to some travelers that were returning from the base camp, we decided to spend the night in a tent at base camp, hoping our sleeping bags would provide enough of a barrier against the freezing temperatures everyone was warning us against. »
In 1908, the Touring club de France announced a contest for walking around the world, with an offered prize of 100,000 francs. Dumitru Dan, Paul Pârvu, George Negreanu and Alexandru Pascu decided to take up the challenge, using their own money and resources. »
A trip in non-stop daylight
An 800Km road trip from Seward to Fairbanks, with stops in Kenai Fjords and Denali National Park, Talkeetna and Eklutna along the way. You can also follow this itinerary via passenger train, minus the stop in Eklutna. »
We will go there on foot, looking at the beauty and the wild of the area. Thinking how hard could be for the roman invaders to find the way and reach to the capital, we can even imagine how many braves dacians have lost their lives in the battles. The trees on the road are quiet now, but the presence of the natives is still there. »
On a September Tuesday afternoon, ready to start the adventure, I was loading my baggage into a motor coach. The bus was going to take me to Greece, to a coastal area with sandy beaches. »
Allegedly Mark Twain said "the coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco." »
Located at a distance of 90 km from Mount Athos, which sometimes, in clear conditions, can be seen from here, the Monastery of Archangel Michael preserves a piece of the Holy Nail - one of those used in the crucifixion of Jesus. »
