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Shravan month, the 5th month of the Hindu calendar, corresponds to the monsoon season in India, and falls around August to September....

Climbing the half dome in Yosemite National park is a popular hike which I did a few times in 1990s and the early 2000s, after which the...

In my drive north from Mendoza, Argentina, about 800km away through a beautiful drive on Ruta 40, I finally arrived at Fiambala . Along...

I had heard of the Amazon River in Brazil for many years and had wanted to visit. I found ship boat named Iberostar which offered a tour...

There are six micronations in Europe: Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco, Vatican City, Malta and Andorra. As I had just hiked the Camino...

Slovenia has a limited coastline on the Adriatic Sea on its west side and it is very picturesque. I drove towards Portorož from...

Slovenia is a European country that was part of the Empire of Yugoslavia up until 1991 and has a lot of historical significance. Slovenia...

As a foodie, I had heard about San Sebastián for a long time and wanted to visit it. The Camino de Santiago also goes through it, if one...

Today was the final day of the long walk, and I woke up by 5AM. Aaron and I had decided to walk together, and we headed out at 6AM sharp....

Knowing that I was at least 10 km behind Aaron, I got up before 5 AM and was walking on the path by 5:15AM. The Argentinian fast walker...

Sarria is the starting point of hiking the trail for majority of the people as it is 115km away and that is nearly the minimum distance...

I was amazed at myself to get on the road by 4:45AM. It was a dark, starry night. As I walked in the cloudless sky, I pulled out my Sky...

Today’s goal was a 37 km walk with about 5000 feet climb so it was surely not a trivial one. The temperatures were getting higher and...

Many of my photographer friends have shown me pictures of the Milky Way and I am always amazed at their fantastic photography. I...

I started walking at 7:45, after spending over 11 hours in bed and really getting a great night's rest. A half hour in the walk, the sun...

Today it was 32°F, which is 0°C, freezing, and I started walking at about 6:45 AM. Right off the bat, I stubbed my toe three times in a...

I started by 7:15 AM from the Albergue and had a plan to walk 37 km, not too much and not too little. The destination was Léon and that...

I woke up at 5:30 AM and it was quite strange to wake up in a place with 10 bunkbeds and no one occupying any of them. I got ready slowly...

By 9AM, after having breakfast with my friend, I saw my friend off to the fork in the road that led to the Frómista rail station so he...

Today was a special walk day because my friend from undergrad, whom I had not seen for over 20 years, had flown in from Germany expressly...