Category: tirp

Let’s be honest: It takes a certain type of person to look cool using hiking poles. Skiers undoubtedly look cool with ski poles, as they carve up powder …

Rising starkly from the desert floor, the ‘sky islands’ that make up Coronado National Forest are a series of stunning mountain clusters that reach heights …

If you take a look at a map of Florida, you may notice a highway that diagonally bisects the central part of the state. Connecting …

It was getting dark rapidly. And with the darkness came the relief of having successfully spent another exciting day in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea …

This feels like a very anticlimactic announcement after the dramatic post of “I’m leaving Switzerland”, because it turns out all I did was hop over …

The instant I arrived in Karakol, I fell in love with it. The drive from Bishkek was long, (seven hours including many stops) but the …

To most people I know, a holiday feels complete only when there is “swimming in the sea” involved – or at least if it involves …

Budapest, Hungary’s capital city is awe inspiring in every way. From its hot springs, to Chain Bridge, Parliament House and Fisherman’s Bastion, from paprika laden …

A bumpy road leads out of Samarkand in Uzbekistan to Urgut, fifty kilometers away. We pass cows and sheep wandering the streets and people riding …

Thailand is, beyond doubt, one of the most visited countries in the world. Over the last 11 years, I have occasionally found myself going back …