Bad weather was forecast after a couple weeks of sunshine and so I decided to make good use of the last beautiful day. Having found some...

You may wonder how I usually find the hikes I do. Well, most of the time I decide in advance in which region I want to go and then take a...

In slow steps we were going back to normality. As the number of new infections was getting close to zero and the daily life had had its...

As the threat of Corona slowly was retreating and a considerable loosening of our restrictions was announced, I thought it safe to...

Dear readers, I am Sam's Mum and hope you will enjoy my report about our family hike in Central Switzerland! My husband and I were...

With the Corona restrictions still in place, I was slowly starting to run out of ideas where to go. :) Depending solely on public...

After redoing a couple hikes that are already covered on my blog, I decided that the time had come to leave the canton of Zurich to do a...

With the experience that I had gained from the last two hikes, I knew in the meantime that the public transport was safe enough as long...

About two years ago, I wrote my very first blog entry about a hike going from the Rhine Falls all along the Rhine to the little town of...

Like with everyone else’s plan for this year, Corona also messed with mine. Luckily, I was coming towards the end of my time out that I...

After the trek around Annapurna, I gave myself a week to recover from the effort. During that time I not only put up my feet and relaxed,...

When I decided to go back to Nepal, it was clear from the beginning that this time I would do a hike on my own without a guide or porter....

Last up on my Balkan trip was Albania. Unfortunately time was running out quickly and I only had the chance to visit one area. It had to...

After my short visit to Kotor, it was time for some more remoteness and I made my way to the Prokletije national park in the northeastern...

Montenegro was the next country on the list after my short visit to the Tara national park in Serbia. Initially I didn't plan to go to...

It was good to take a time out and give my body and mind a well deserved rest. After almost four weeks without hiking though, it was time...

As my time in Kazakhstan was relatively short and the country itself was huge, I only had the chance to visit one other region besides...

Already before I came to Almaty, I knew that there would be plenty of hikes to do just at the city's doorstep. Doing some more research...

Arriving in Kazakhstan, I first took some days off in Almaty. As the last couple weeks with Cyril were quite intense, I couldn't really...

After the relaxing hike up to Ak Tor Pass, my friend Cyril and I looked for a more challenging hike. Making our way to Karakol in the...