Trek & Travel Blog — Travel

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 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...

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...

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...

 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...

 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...

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...