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Haut Route Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 8, 2017
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍Hilly /Mountains Switzerland 🇨🇭Trek

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 This is the Mountaineers' Route covering a distance of 180 Km from Chamonix valley in France to Zermatt in Switzerland. I arrived in Geneva and then transportation was arranged to Chamonix. That day we had an introduction ,equipment check and goodnight's sleep in cozy room. We had six people in our group - Randy and Ryan Maksymowich father and son duo from Canada, Chris Lennox, retired doctor from Scotland, Chris Parks and Rona Hodson British couple staying in New York . Our guide was Andy Perkins, a French national. Day 2 Montroc - Balme…

Cruz del Condor and Colca Canyon

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 20, 2017
Post category:Adventure Hilly /Mountains Peru 🇵🇪South America 🌎Trek

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 This was a 2 day 1 night trek from Arequipa. I arrived Arequipa after a long bus journey all the way from Nasca. The city is located at the altitude of 2,328 M . I was staying at Casa De Avila. The trek started the very next morning at 3AM. I booked the trek through my the hotel. The bus arrived at 3 AM to pick me up. We drove to Chivay and had our breakfast and then drove another few hours through bumpy road to Cruz-del-Condor for Condor viewing. Andean…

Egypt : Desert route from Cairo to Luxor

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:January 4, 2017
Post category:Adventure Africa 🌍backpacking Desert Egypt 🇪🇬Landscape travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 Day 1 & 2 21/22- 12- 2102 Cairo - White Desert Our desert journey started immediately after we landed at Cairo airport . The car was waiting for us to pick us up from airport , we bypassed Cairo city and proceed towards the desert. On the we saw unfinished apartment blocks illegally occupied by homeless families, these were the effort of previous regime to provide mass housing for citizens. We saw glimpse of Giza pyramids over skyscrapers before entering in Desert. Twenty two kilometers from beginning of the road the railway from Helwan…

Inca Trail : Machu Pichu

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 24, 2014
Post category:Adventure Hilly /Mountains Peru 🇵🇪South America 🌎Trek

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 This is probably the most famous trek in South America and rated by many as one of the top 5 treks in the world. Total length of the trek is about 50 Km. It combines beautiful mountain scenery, lush green cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and, of course, a stunning mix of Inca paving stones, ruins and tunnels. The final destination of the trail just cannot be beaten: Machu Picchu, the mysterious “Lost City of the Incas”.This is a controlled trek. Only a certain number of people are allowed to trek each day.…

Amazon : Along the Madre de Dios River

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 23, 2014
Post category:Adventure Camping Forest National Parks Peru 🇵🇪Sea / River / Waterbody South America 🌎travel Wild Life

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 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…

Dog Sled and Northern Light : Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 17, 2013
Post category:Adventure Arctic / Antarctica Arctic / Polar Desert backpacking Europe 🌍Greenland 🇬🇱travel

🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 It seemed a crazy idea when I first thought about it; multi-day dog sled in Greenland and camping in the middle of arctic desert. However logistics were arranged and we reached Kangerlussuaq on 27th March 2013. The plan was to embark on a three day dog sled expedition from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimuit. We had to rent seal skin clothing and shoe to cope with arctic condition. Though harsh winter was over still it was pretty cold . Whole landscape was under a thick sheet of ice. Greenland Husky is a separate breed which…

Ireland : Skellig Michael boat trip

Post author:Anwesha Gupta
Post published:August 16, 2012
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍Ireland 🇮🇪Sea / River / Waterbody travel

🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Day 3 Valentia island - Skellig Michael - Waterville We woke up fresh and energetic after a good rest the next day. The breakfast served in this hotel was not that good and quantity as also less. it consisted of just an egg and a slice of bacon with a slice of toast and juice. We had a long day ahead of us and had expected to have a good breakfast before starting off our trip to Skellig Michael as we knew we wouldn't get any food up there till we come…

Luxor: Balloon ride over Kings Valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 9, 2012
Post category:Adventure Africa 🌍City Egypt 🇪🇬travel

🇪🇬 🇪🇬 🇪🇬 Mansoor told me, “you should definitely do a balloon ride in Luxor”. I was not sure ; $150 sounded expensive. He finally convinced me. Next morning at 4 AM a mini bus came to pick us up. They collected people from various hotels and then took us outside city. The ground was huge. All companies operate from here. There were probably close to 100 balloon which were getting ready to be air-borne. We went up at the break of dawn. Weather was cold and bit foggy. It was amazing to watch first rays…

Montreux – Rochers de Naye

Post author:Anwesha Gupta
Post published:December 22, 2011
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍Hilly /Mountains Switzerland 🇨🇭travel

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 It was a cold and windy night when we started on our journey to Switzerland. Coming out of our apartment, we could feel the chill wind rattling our bones. My hubby looked into his watch n said, “It’s already 3 am and we are late.” So we hurried down the road to catch our night bus towards Heathrow airport. After a sleepy journey of nearly 2 hrs we reached the airport and found that check-in counters do not open before 6:00am. My hubby explained, in London, unlike in India flights do…

Hiking around St. Mortiz

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:November 21, 2008
Post category:Adventure City Europe 🌍Landscape Switzerland 🇨🇭travel

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 I arrived in St Mortiz at the evening . It was a long train ride from Zermatt by Glacier Express. My home for next 2 - 3 days was St . Mortiz youth hostel. St. Mortiz is a luxury resort town which has hosted winter Olympic twice. Its frozen lake hosts cricket , polo during winter. The food was awesome at the youth hostel. Next day I went for a walk to Piz Nair. I took Funicular from St. Mortiz to Upper Corviglia station. From the upper station of the Corviglia…