with high-rise buildings all round!
(more photos below)
Not surprisingly, on Sundays Ibirapuera is jam-packed with Paulistanos (people born in Sao Paulo) out getting some fresh (for Sao Paulo!) air. Continue reading
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Category Archives: Hiking Trips
Mountain Sanctuary Park
Rock formations, about 2.3 billion years old!
(More photos in gallery below)
It’s a great place for some moderate hiking.
A friend had mentioned the amazing rock formations to me and that’s what I wanted to see. Continue reading
Drakensberg
Drakensberg Chain Ladder (Photos in Gallery below)
High mountains and dramatic hiking terrain are all part of the South African Drakensberg range.
This was a golden opportunity with so many unforgettable highlights, such as the chain ladders up a high cliff, summiting a peak of well over 3,000m, a memorial to fatalities by lightning and a jaw-dropping view from the top of the second highest waterfall in the world – and not forgetting the knee-knocking climb back down the chain ladder! Read more…
Magaliesberg South Africa
Magaliesberg Hike (More photos below)
The Magaliesberg mountain range extends 120km from Rustenburg in the west to near the Bronkhorstspruit Dam in the east. Read more…
Pacific Crest Trail
Pacific Crest Trail
A bull, rattlesnakes, a very large bear, heat exhaustion, dehydration.
Those seem to be the most serious threats to life and limb Cheryl Strayed has faced so far, having laboured my way past the soul-cleansing parts in the first 200 pages or so of her book, ‘Wild’, centred around hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Read the rest…