Category Archives: Treks
Bukkittinggi, Sumatra
Bukit Tinggi (which literally means high hill) is described in the Lonely Planet as the biggest tourist stopover point in west Sumatra….? I think I saw a total of 10 bule (farang) here over the past week….local tourists perhaps…it is … Continue reading
Posted in Indonesia, Mountains, Treks
Tagged backpack, bukit tinggi, bukittinggi, Indonesia, mountains and volcanoes, Sumatra, Travel
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Trekking the You Yangs
Not far from Melbourne is a neat little regional park on a couple of granite outcrops. The rest of melbourne is mainly lava plains, so very flat. these rocks stick out. Couple of trails go up the peak, around the top … Continue reading
Trekking Sherbrooke Forest in the Dandenong Ranges
About an hour from Melbourne is the bottom end of a mountain range, called the Dandenong Ranges, it is actually travels half the length of the entire east coast. One of the parks is called Sherbrooke Forest. It’s near the famous … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Mountains, Treks
Tagged Birds, Dandenongs, Eucalyptus, Forest, maps guides, mountain ash trees, Nature, picnic grounds, Puffing Billy, Ranges, Sherbrooke, Travel, Walk
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Mount Salak, a dormont volcano in Bogor
Mount Salak (Gunung Salak) is a dormant volcano range, somewhat eroded now, that dominates the skyline in Bogor, when it is not behind clouds, which given that Bogor is also known as the city of rain is surprisingly often. It … Continue reading
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Tagged (TNGH), 3 stars, Bogor, day hike, dormant volcano, Gunung, gunung salak, Indonesia, Mount, mount salak, Nature, Outdoors, Salak, Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun, Travel, treks, Volcano
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Trekking in the Harau Valley, West Sumatra
The Harau Valley is an incredibly beautiful spot with verdant green padi and sheer cliffs rising above halfway between Pekanbaru and Bukitinggi in West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Though you can reach it via the city of Padang also) The actual valley … Continue reading
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Tagged 4 stars, Five Stars, Nature, Outdoors, photography, pitcher plants, spectacular waterfalls, Travel, trekking, West Sumatra
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Trekking around a Volcano in Bandung :Tangkuban Parahu
There is a quite famous volcano in Bandung called Tangkuban Parahu. It is about an hour’s drive from the centre of Bandung, easy to visit, you can drive or catch one of plenty of public buses going up this Volcano … Continue reading
A walk along the great wall
Sometimes everything just goes to plan and sometimes some places do not disappoint. I had read about visiting the Great Wall of China, bus loads of tourists, stalls, vendors of cheap rubbish, touts and even a cable car to get … Continue reading
Posted in Archeological Sites, China, Treks
Tagged Beijing, China, Great Wall, Great Wall of China, Hiking, Historical, Nature, Outdoors, Travel, trekking
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Always Restless Feet 