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The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part V
by Jemima Headlam Ambasmestas to Santiago de Compostela, 7 Days, 171 km Leaving the mini town of Ambasmestas, my belly full of heavy homemade German bread packed with grains, seeds...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part IV
by Jemima Headlam Leon to Ambasmestas, 5 Days, 143 km I’d had my fill of fancy Leon with its exceptionally good meals, its magnificent cathedral and gatecrashing the occasional uni...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part III
by Jemima Headlam Burgos to Leon, 7 Days, 229km I left you last time on the concrete march into Burgos. The direct route is along the highway, enjoying the sights...

The Camino Frances According to Jemima, Part II
by Jemima Headlam Estella to Burgos, 8 Days, 172.5 km If there is one thing NOT TO BE MISSED on the Camino Frances it is the Fountain in Estella from...
The Camino Frances according to Jemima, Part I
by Jemima Headlam SJPP to Estella, 5 days, 114km [It’s hard to write about an 800km trek in a short blog post. Nobody, not even my mum, wants to hear...
Dan's Cycle Tour of the South Island
Cycle touring around New Zealand’s South Island – what could possibly be more beautiful, more romantic, more … painful. If you work at a desk, breaks are enforced; if you...

Surfing Lake Titicaca
 There was something not quite right about the ground. A worrisome irregularity underfoot which encouraged us to tread carefully, lest we somehow negotiated ourselves into peril. We were on an...
Threshold of a Lost World
Jarrad Barnes is has been fascinated by South America ever since he was about 4, when he saw a picture of Peru on Playschool one afternoon. He recently completed his...

Uphill Madness
Dan Slater is the assistant manager at Trek & Travel. Â In his spare time, he enjoys chronicling his adventures and has even written a book about them:Â This is Not a...

Touring Tatooine & the Jungland Wastes
 Dan Slater is the assistant manager at Trek & Travel.  In his spare time, he enjoys chronicling his adventures and has even written a book about them: This is Not a...

Hiking Sri Lanka
 Lizzie Lowe has been playing in the outdoors her whole life. Some of her notable accomplishments so far are conquering Mt Kilimanjaro and hiking the Overland Track in Tasmania.  In between studying...
Tigrayan Rock
Dan Slater is the assistant manager at Trek & Travel.  In his spare time, he enjoys chronicling his adventures and has even written a book: This is Not a Holiday. He is...