hiking

7 stories

hiking · budget travel · first times

“A predawn climb to Madeira's third-highest peak, a glass floor over the cliffs.”

hiking · cities · budget travel

“Eight hundred meters of total darkness, two waterfalls fed by one levada.”

hiking · first times · budget travel

“Landed at six, and by mid-morning was climbing into a 4WD bound for a fog forest.”

midnight sun · hiking · first times

“An airport express that never ran, a hike into mosquito season, summer solstice timing paid off.”

airports · hiking · budget travel

“A friend and a mountain waiting in Lucerne, the first full night of sleep since leaving New York.”

hiking · budget travel · slow travel

“Freiburg's cuckoo clocks, an unexpected Indian menu, and a mountain hotel, all in one day.”

slow travel · hiking

“A quiet rest day in Bellach: a friend's dog, then a walk to a small waterfall, nothing else planned.”