Hikes in Arches National Park are the best way to see the impressive rock formation and experience the red rocks that make this area so beautiful. Arches National Park is best viewed on foot in my opinion. It’s how you get away from the main Arches Scenic Drive that can be busy ad slow-moving with…
The Enchanted Rock hike in Texas is a popular hike near Fredericksburg in Texas. This gain rock is located within Enchanted Rock State Natural Park and it’s a massive pinkish dome that’s drawn people towards it for thousands of years. It really is easy to see where it gets its name from. We visited just…
The town of Yangshuo China was described in our Lonely Planet guide as a “once-peaceful settlement” now a home to “pole-dancing bars” and it was at that point I was beginning to question why I’d thought it was a good idea to visit Yangshuo. That description alone conjured up something seedy with images of Amsterdam’s…
“You’re going to the rice terraces in November? But there’s nothing to see”. That was the reply we’d got used to hearing when we were chatting with hosts and locals about our China 2 weeks itinerary. We were heading to the Longji Rice Terraces and apparently, when we got there, there would be nothing to…
If there’s one thing you have to do when visiting Sydney, it’s the Coogee to Bondi Beach walk. The walk is more commonly known as the Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach walk, but personally, I think doing it the other way if you’re new to the city is better as you get the big reveal…
When I lived in London, my weekdays were spent planning how to get out of London. It wasn’t that I didn’t like London (although admittedly a lot less than I like Vancouver). It’s just after 5 days commuting on the tube, living in noisy Brixton and being surrounded by London’s pretty toxic air, I needed…
Famous for its lakes, forests and mountains, associations with Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, the Lake District is a pretty well-known area of the UK. We went camping in the Lake District during the weekend of Beatrix Potter’s 150th anniversary. We’d expected everywhere to be absolutely heavy but fortunately, we found plenty of places…