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  • South America
    • Chile 2003
      • Santiago
        • January 11, 2003
        • January 12, 2003
      • Monumento Natural El Morado
        • January 13, 2003
      • Puerto Varas
        • January 14, 2003
        • January 16, 2003
      • Puerto Montt
        • January 15, 2003
      • Punta Arenas
        • January 17, 2003
        • January 18, 2003
      • The Cruise
        • January 19, 2003
        • January 20, 2003
        • January 24, 2003
      • Cruise Wildlife
      • Puerto Williams
        • January 21, 2003
      • Ushuaia
        • January 22, 2003
      • Cape Horn
        • January 23, 2003
      • Isla Magdalena
        • January 25, 2003
      • The Trek
        • January 26, 2003
        • January 27, 2003
        • January 28, 2003
        • January 29, 2003
        • January 30, 2003
        • January 31, 2003
        • February 1, 2003
        • February 2, 2003
      • Puerto Natales
        • February 3, 2003
        • February 4, 2003
    • Argentina 2004
      • Torres del Paine
        • February 4, 2004
        • February 5, 2004
        • February 6, 2004
        • February 7, 2004
        • February 8, 2004
        • February 9, 2004
      • El Calafate
        • February 10, 2004
        • February 11, 2004
        • February 15, 2004
      • El Chaltén
        • February 12, 2004
        • February 13, 2004
        • February 14, 2004
      • La Trochita
        • February 18, 2004
      • Parque Nacional Los Alerces
        • February 19, 2004
      • Bariloche
        • February 16, 2004
        • February 17, 2004
        • February 20, 2004
        • February 24, 2004
      • Refugio Otto Meiling
        • February 21, 2004
        • February 22, 2004
      • Paso de los Nubes
        • February 23, 2004
      • The Araucanía and Villarrica
        • February 25, 2004
        • February 26, 2004
        • February 28, 2004
        • February 29, 2004
        • March 1, 2004
      • Parque Nacional Huerquehue
        • February 27, 2004
    • Ecuador 2011
      • Arrival
        • We Have Arrived in Quito
      • Cloud Forest
        • We Arrive at Bellavista Lodge
        • The Antpitta Trip
        • A Day at Bellavista Lodge
        • Yanacocha Reserve
      • Rain Forest
        • We Go to the Rain Forest
        • First Day at Sacha Lodge
        • Night Walk at Sacha Lodge
        • The First Tower
        • The Parrot Licks and the Second Tower
      • Quito
        • Return to Quito
        • A Day in Quito
      • Galápagos
        • We Go to the Galápagos
        • Giant Tortoises
        • Earthquake!
        • Floreana Island
        • We Snorkel with Penguins
        • We Snorkel without Penguins
        • We Snorkel and Snorkel
      • Highlands
        • Guayaquil
        • Cuenca
        • A Drive through the Andes
        • A day in Baños
        • On the Road to Cotopaxi
        • Cotopaxi
    • Argentina 2018
      • Northwest Argentina
        • Flying to Salta
        • Clark Expediciones part 1
        • Clark Expediciones part 2
        • Libertador General San Martín
        • Salta and Cachi
        • Cachi and Salta
      • Northeast Argentina
        • Buenos Aires part 1
        • Buenos Aires part 2
        • San Clemente del Tuyú
        • Campana and Otamendi
        • Parque Nacional El Palmar
        • Iberá wetlands
        • Rincón del Socorro
        • La Misión de Moconá
        • San Sebastián Lodge
        • Iguazú Falls
      • Chubut
        • Buenos Aires part 3
        • Puerto Madryn
        • Peninsula Valdés
        • Trelew
        • Buenos Aires part 4
    • Argentina 2019
      • Going to cruise to Antarctica
        • Flying to Buenos Aires (the hard way)
        • Tierra del Fuego
      • Not the Antarctic cruise
        • Flying to Buenos Aires (for a cruise)
        • The cruise to nowhere
      • The replacement tour
        • On the way north to Iberá
        • Iberá National Park
        • Iguazú Falls, again
        • The end of the replacement tour
      • Return to the Northwest
        • Going to Salta to visit the puna
        • Flamingos in the puna
  • Africa
    • Southern Africa 2005
      • Tour Group
      • Cape Town
        • September 13, 2005
        • September 14, 2005
        • September 16, 2005
      • Robben Island
        • September 15, 2005
      • Wine Country
        • September 17, 2005
      • Cape Point
        • September 18, 2005
      • Namaqualand
        • September 19, 2005
      • Orange River
        • September 20, 2005
        • September 21, 2005
      • Fish River Canyon
        • September 22, 2005
      • Desert Camp
        • September 23, 2005
        • September 24, 2005
      • Sossusvlei
        • September 25, 2005
      • Swakopmund
        • September 26, 2005
      • Namib
        • September 27, 2005
        • September 28, 2005
      • Etosha
        • September 29, 2005
        • September 30, 2005
      • Ngepi
        • October 1, 2005
      • Okavango Delta
        • October 2, 2005
        • October 3, 2005
        • October 4, 2005
      • Chobe
        • October 5, 2005
      • Victoria Falls
        • October 6, 2005
        • October 7, 2005
      • Matobo
        • October 8, 2005
        • October 9, 2005
      • Johannesburg
        • October 10, 2005
        • October 11, 2005
    • Southern Africa 2006
      • Johannesburg
        • September 23, 2006
        • September 24, 2006
        • September 25, 2006
        • September 26, 2006
      • Trek
        • September 27, 2006
        • September 28, 2006
        • September 29, 2006
        • September 30, 2006
      • Lesotho
        • October 1, 2006
        • October 2, 2006
      • Drakensberg
        • October 3, 2006
        • October 4, 2006
        • October 5, 2006
        • October 6, 2006
        • October 7, 2006
      • Kruger
        • October 8, 2006
        • October 9, 2006
        • October 10, 2006
        • October 11, 2006
        • October 12, 2006
        • October 13, 2006
        • October 14, 2006
      • Kruger Mammals
      • Kruger Birds
      • Kruger Critters
      • Blyde River Canyon
        • October 15, 2006
        • October 16, 2006
      • Swaziland
        • October 17, 2006
      • St. Lucia
        • October 18, 2006
        • October 20, 2006
      • Hluhluwe-Imfolozi
        • October 19, 2006
      • Johannesburg again
        • October 21, 2006
        • October 22, 2006
    • Madagascar 2016
      • Arriving in Madagascar
      • Andasibe
      • Antsirabe
      • Ambositra
      • Ranomafana
      • Isalo
      • To the West Coast
      • Anakao
      • Return to Tana
  • Great Britain
    • Great Britain 2007
      • Shrewsbury
        • June 22, 2007
      • Lake District
        • June 23, 2007
        • June 24, 2007
      • Chester
        • June 25, 2007
      • Snowdon
        • June 26, 2007
      • Anglesey
        • June 27, 2007
      • Lleyn Peninsula
        • June 29, 2007
      • Wales
        • June 28, 2007
        • June 30, 2007
      • Exeter
        • July 1, 2007
        • July 5, 2007
      • Devon
        • July 2, 2007
      • Cornwall
        • July 3, 2007
        • July 4, 2007
      • London
        • June 21, 2007
        • July 6, 2007
        • July 8, 2007
        • July 9, 2007
      • Tour de France
        • July 7, 2007
    • Coast to Coast 2008
      • St Bees to Ennerdale YH
      • Ennerdale YH to Borrowdale YH
      • Borrowdale YH to Butharlyp Howe YH
      • Butharlyp Howe YH to Patterdale
      • Patterdale to Shap
      • Shap to Orton
      • Orton to Kirkby Stephen
      • Kirkby Stephen to Keld
      • Keld to Grinton YH
      • Grinton YH to Richmond
      • Richmond to Danby Wiske
      • Danby Wiske to Osmotherley YH
      • Osmotherly YH to Blakey Ridge
      • Blakey Ridge to Grosmont
      • Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay
    • The Long Walk 2012
      • Arrival
        • A day walking around Glasgow
        • Biking the Forth and Clyde Canal
        • New Lanark
      • Hadrian’s Wall Path
        • Wallsend to Heddon-on-the-Wall
        • Heddon-on-the-Wall to Chollerford
        • Chollerford to Twice Brewed
        • Twice Brewed to Greenhead
        • Greenhead to Walton
        • Walton to Carlisle
        • Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway
        • The End of Hadrian’s Wall
      • West Highland Way
        • Milngavie to Drymen
        • Drymen to Rowardennan
        • Rowardennan to Inverarnan
        • Inverarnan to Bridge of Orchy
        • Bridge of Orchy to Kingshouse
        • Kingshouse to Kinlochleven
        • Kinlochleven to Fort William
      • Fort William
        • Ben Nevis
        • Jacobite Steam Train
      • Great Glen Way
        • Fort William to South Laggan
        • South Laggan to Invermoriston
        • Invermoriston to Drumnadrochit
        • Drumnadrochit to Inverness
      • Speyside Way
        • Aviemore to Boat of Garten
        • Boat of Garten
        • Boat of Garten to Cromdale
        • Cromdale to Aberlour
        • Aberlour to Fochabers
        • Fochabers to Buckie and beyond
      • Departure
        • Anstruther – Isle of May
        • Anstruther and Fife Coastal Path
        • Edinburgh
        • Edinburgh, Rosslyn Chapel, and Glasgow
    • The 2 CW’s 2013
      • Before the walks
        • Ambleside
      • The Cumbria Way
        • Ulverston
        • Ulverston to Coniston
        • Coniston
        • Coniston to Great Langdale
        • Great Langdale
        • Great Langdale to Rosthwaite
        • Rosthwaite
        • Rosthwaite to Keswick
        • Keswick
        • Keswick to Caldbeck
        • Caldbeck to Carlisle
        • Carlisle
      • The Cotswold Way
        • Olimpick Games
        • Chipping Campden
        • Chipping Campden to Stanton
        • Stanton to Cleeve Hill
        • Cleeve Hill to Leckhampton
        • Leckhampton to Painswick
        • Painswick to Kings Stanley
        • Kings Stanley to Wotton-under-Edge
        • Wotton-under-Edge to Tormarton
        • Tormarton to Bath
        • Bath
      • After the walks
        • Wells and Glastonbury
        • Off we go to Wales
        • Cardiff
        • Merthyr Tydfil
        • Broad Haven
        • Portmeirion
    • Cornwall and Skye 2014
      • London
      • Cornwall
        • Penzance, part 1
        • Penzance, part 2
        • Port Isaac
        • Tintagel
        • Exeter
      • Skye
        • Skye, part 1
        • Skye, part 2
        • Skye, part 3
    • Lake District 2016
      • High Close
      • Walking between hostels
      • Buttermere
      • Ambleside
    • England 2016
      • London
      • Exeter
      • London, again
    • Hebrides 2016
      • Glasgow
      • Lewis
      • Harris
      • Berneray and North Uist
      • Edinburgh
      • York
    • Shetland 2017
      • Lerwick
      • Unst
      • Fetlar
      • Yell
      • Hillswick
      • Lerwick, again
      • Fair Isle
      • Marooned on Fair Isle
      • Levenwick
    • Cornwall 2018
      • Port Isaac to Padstow
      • Padstow to Newquay
      • Newquay to Portreath
      • Portreath to St Ives
      • Zennor to Sennen Cove
      • Penzance to Lizard
      • Lizard to Falmouth
  • Central America
    • Panama 2007
      • Guadalupe
        • November 9, 2007
        • November 10, 2007
        • November 11, 2007
      • Sendero Los Quetzales
        • November 12, 2007
      • Boquete
        • November 13, 2007
      • El Valle de Anton
        • November 14, 2007
        • November 15, 2007
      • Panama City
        • November 8, 2007
        • November 16, 2007
        • November 19, 2007
      • Panama Canal
        • November 17, 2007
      • Gamboa
        • November 18, 2007
    • Costa Rica 2013
      • Santa Elena (Monteverde)
      • Ferry to Arenal
      • Arenal
      • Caño Negro
      • Bijagua and Volcán Tenorio
      • National Theatre, San José
      • Tortuguero
      • Savegre Lodge
      • Selva Verde Lodge
      • Rio Tigre
      • Carate
      • Coffee, Volcano, Waterfalls
    • Cuba 2017
      • Havana
      • Trinidad
      • Topes de Collantes
      • Camagüey
      • Sierra Maestra
      • Santiago de Cuba
      • Santa Clara
      • Viñales
      • Return to Havana
  • Europe
    • Tatra Circuit 2008
      • Arriving in Bratislava
      • Bratislava
      • By train to the Tatras
      • Rysy
      • A morning walk, then we start on the Tatra Circuit
      • Over the crest and into Poland
      • “Easy” day across the Polish Tatras
      • Up to the Five Polish Lakes
      • Back down from the Five Polish Lakes
        • Christchurch
      • We return to Slovakia
      • A so-called rest day
      • Onwards along the Tatranská Magistrála
      • Along the Tatranská Magistrála, in the fog
      • Finished!
    • Iceland 2009
      • First Day in Reykjavík
      • The Golden Circle
      • Second Day in Reykjavík
      • Off we go to the West Fjords
      • Snæfellsness
      • Ferry to Látrabjarg
      • Easy day in the West Fjords
      • The Long Drive
      • Whales, Waterfalls, and Fumaroles
      • Mývatn
      • Another Long Drive
      • Skaftafell, Svínafell
      • Return to Reykjavík
      • We go to Landmannalaugar
      • Hiking the Highlands to Hrafntinnusker
      • Escape from Hrafntinnusker
      • Return to Reykjavík again
      • Last day in Reykjavík
    • Slovenia 2010
      • Planning and Maps
        • On-line trail maps for Slovenia
        • Google Maps and GPS Tracks
      • The blog entries
        • Slovenia
        • Getting there
        • Ljubljana
        • We’re back!
        • Rainy day – change in plans
        • Pictures from Postojna
        • Idrija
        • Bohinj
        • Bled
        • Plan C…
        • Goodbye to Slovenia
        • Sunday in Zurich
        • Switzerland is Closed on Mondays
        • Last day in Zurich
    • Norway 2014
      • Coast
        • Bergen
        • Hurtigruten, Part 1
        • Hurtigruten, Part 2
      • North
        • Finnmark
        • Tromsø
        • Lofoten
        • Bodø and the Night Train
      • Hiking
        • Snøheim Death March
        • Dovre
        • Rondane
        • Gjendesheim
        • Retreat to Oslo
        • Lillehammer
      • Family
        • Kongsberg
        • Geilo
      • More hiking
        • Finse
        • Aurlandsdalen
        • Flåm
        • Oslo
    • Turkey 2015
      • İstanbul
        • Arrival
        • Museums
        • More Museums
        • Walking
      • Çanakkale
        • Troy
        • Walking and Cruising
      • Selçuk
        • Dilek Peninsula and Storks
        • Selçuk
        • Priene, Miletus, and Didyma
        • Ephesus
        • Pamukkale
      • Göreme
        • Arrival
        • Bus Tour
        • Walk in the Snow
        • Avanos and Paşadağ
        • Ballooning and Walking
      • Adrasan
        • Arrival and Coastal Walk
        • Olympos and Fish Dinner
        • Short Walk
        • Lycian Way — Olympos to Adrasan
        • Walk to Sazak Bay
        • Lycian Way — Gelidonya Point to Adrasan
        • Puttering Around
      • Antalya
    • Romania 2015
      • Bucharest
        • Arrival
        • Exploring
      • Birding
        • Tulcea and Crișan
        • Letea and Tulcea
        • Dobruja
      • To The North
        • Brașov
        • Ceahlău National Park
        • Lacul Roșu
      • Painted Monasteries
        • Neamț, Pătrăuți, and Sucevița
        • Arbore, Humor, Voroneț, and Moldovița
        • Sucevița and Putna
      • Maramureș
        • Breb, Săpânta, and Sighet
        • Wooden Churches and Steam Train
        • Hiking Creasta Cocoșului
      • Hiking
        • Sigișoara and Sibiu
        • Zărnești
        • Transfagarasan Road
        • Bușteni
    • Alps 2016
      • Bernese Oberland
        • Lauterbrunnen
        • Mürren
        • More Mürren
      • Mont Blanc
        • Tour du Mont Blanc
        • Chamonix
        • Courmayeur
        • Chamonix and La Flégère
        • Annecy
      • Zermatt
        • Sion
        • Zermatt
        • Lausanne
    • Spain 2018
      • Andalucía
        • Madrid (and Toledo)
        • Sevilla (and Córdoba)
        • Arcos de la Frontera
        • Cádiz
        • Gibraltar
        • Ronda and Grazalema
        • Granada (and Madrid again)
      • Birding with Rockjumper
        • Birding with Rockjumper begins
        • Birding in Monfragüe National Park
        • Birding in central Spain
        • Birding in the Ebro Delta
        • Birding for larks in Aragón
        • Birding in the Pyrenees
        • Birding around Lecina
      • Catalunya
        • Girona
        • Barcelona
    • Alps and Switzerland 2019
      • Tour du Mont Blanc redo
        • Getting to Chamonix to start the Tour du Mont Blanc
        • TMB Day 1, Les Houches to Les Contamines
        • TMB Day 2, Les Contamines to La Croix du Bonhomme
        • TMB Day 3, La Croix du Bonhomme to Les Chapieux
        • TMB Day 4, La Ville des Glaciers to Rifugio Elisabetta
        • TMB Day 5, Rifugio Elisabetta to Courmayeur
        • TMB Day 6, Courmayeur to Rifugio Bonatti
        • TMB Day 7, Rifugio Bonatti to La Fouly
        • TMB Day 8, La Fouly to Champex
        • TMB Day 9, Champex to Col de la Forclaz
        • TMB Day 10, Col de la Forclaz to Tré-le-Champ
        • TMB Day 11, Tré-le-Champ to Planpraz
        • TMB Day 12, Chamonix to Les Houches
      • Switzerland
        • Mürren and the Bernese Oberland
        • Kandersteg
        • Meiringen
        • Appenzell
        • Lucerne
  • North America
    • New Mexico 2012
      • Albuquerque to Santa Fe
      • Santa Fe
      • The Turquoise Trail
      • Elephant Butte Lake
      • Bosque del Apache
      • Fly Out At Sunrise
      • Very Large Array
      • Fly In At Sunset
      • Mountain Birding
      • White Sands
      • Sandia Crest
    • Nunavut 2017
      • On our way to Arctic Watch Lodge
      • Arriving at Arctic Watch Lodge
      • Waterfall walk and ATVs
      • Gull Canyon and Musk-oxen
      • Belugas and Solo walk
      • Beechey Island
      • River rafting
      • Northwest Passage
  • Oceania
    • Australia 2013
      • Sydney
      • Far North Queensland
        • Cape Tribulation
        • Cairns
        • Great Barrier Reef
      • Northern Territory
        • Kakadu
        • Pine Creek
        • Litchfield
        • Darwin
      • South Australia
        • Adelaide
        • Wilpena Pound
        • Victor Harbor
        • Kangaroo Island
      • Tasmania
        • Hobart
        • Maria Island
        • East and North Coast
        • Cradle Mountain
        • Strahan
        • Lake St. Clair
    • New Zealand 2015
      • Around the North Island
        • Auckland
        • Tiritiri Matangi
        • Northland
        • Central North Island
        • Tongariro
        • Kapiti Island
        • Wellington
      • Down the South Island
        • Cook Strait and Kaikoura
        • West Coast
        • Routeburn Track
        • Doubtful Sound
        • Kepler Track
        • Stewart Island
      • Back up the South Island
        • Invercargill
        • Dunedin
        • Christchurch
        • Banks Peninsula, part 1
        • Banks Peninsula, part 2
        • Christchurch again

Hiking

Sigișoara and Sibiu: May 30 to June 1

Zărnești: June 1 to June 3

Transfagarasan Road: June 4

Bușteni: June 5 to June 6

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