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Read more about the article Iceland: Laugavegur Trek and Fimmvörðuháls pass

Iceland: Laugavegur Trek and Fimmvörðuháls pass

🇮🇸 🇮🇸 🇮🇸 The Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls trek has been listed by National Geographic as one of the "World's Best Hikes" due to the unique and extremely diverse landscape encountered on the trail. One can see everything from sizzling hot springs and volcanoes to icy white glaciers. We walked through geothermally active lands of colored rhyolite mountains, obsidian fields, cross glacier rivers, and so much more on our journey. We stay in rustic, but charming highland huts located in remote areas. Each area is unique, revealing new features in the ever-changing landscapes of the trail. Day 1 Reykjavik  to Landmannalaugar  We departed early in the morning from…

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Aberdeen, Shetland and Inverness

Shetland is an island archipelago between UK and Faroe island in Norway. There is a cluster of 100 islands only 16 of which are populated.  So it was a long journey from mainland UK. Day 1: London - Abardeen This was long day started at morning in Hemel Hempstead. We had to travel all the way Kings Cross and then take the train Abardeen. It`s one of the longest train journey in UK ( longest one is  Aberdeen to Penzance) of more than 7 hour . We reached Abardeen in late afternoon…

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Amazon : Along the Madre de Dios River

 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 Manu was established as national park in 1973. With 800+ bird species, 5000 plant varieties, 1000 vertebrate species , 13 types of primates; covering an area of 17000 Sq Km; it is probably the most bio-diverse place in our planet. An arduous bus journey from  Cusco took us to the reserve area and then we entered  the mysterious cloud forest. Humidity and altitude in the cloud forest makes it an ideal place for a variety of flora and fauna. I spotted one pair of Cock on Rocks , Peruvian national bird. Slowly we descended and reached…

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