The Day We Almost Became Toast Roz’s tips were precise. So getting lost was entirely our fault. Her instructions for getting to MacLehose Trail Stage 4 were: Take the MTR to Choi Hung (rainbow) Station (check), get out from Exit A (check), then take a taxi to Gilwell Campsite via Fei Ggo Shan […]
With Patience, a Crush Can be Overcometh The golden week started that weekend. But no matter. Our time in Tokyo was finite and Saturday was to be the day for Takaosan. Still, we were completely taken aback by the size of the crowd. On route #1, the entire […]
To the Highlands! The kanji for Kamikochi 上高地 literally means ‘highlands’. That’s probably because some of the tallest mountains in japan are clustered there, and this is the shrine of the Japan Alps. here, even the terminal station of the Kamikochi buses is 1500m above sea level. Summer […]
First Trek! Making the Acquaintance of an Old World Road I have the sakuras to thank for this. Because they bloomed much earlier (3 weeks early) than anticipated, Takato castle 高遠城 had to be dropped from the plan. So what then? What could I fill that empty day with? […]
The Most Beautiful Trek I started writing a blog because I wanted to write about my Rinjani trek. Rinjani was the first mountain I trekked that really tested my mental endurance. After we came down, I declared that I would never climb it again. And yet. I could […]
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