Category: Adventure

Thoughts on Ecotourism, Travel, & Hospitality

Camino del Norte: Guernica to Bilbao

By the time we got to Guernica, we had already completed the majority of our hiking (posts on that can be found here and here). My body was starting to feel it, especially my left knee which sporadically acts up after a lot of physical activity. The downhill had taken its toll on my knee…
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Camino del Norte: Irun to San Sebastián

Hiking some of the Camino was not originally part of my Europe travel plans. I had heard of the Camino, it sounded like a cool trek that took people weeks to complete, and that was about the extent of my knowledge. Well, I fell down an internet rabbit hole about the Camino (see here, here,…
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Camino del Norte: San Sebastián to Guernica

After our day off in San Sebastián, we had our longest stretch of hiking days in a row ahead of us. We would hike for four days before a day of rest in Guernica. San Sebastián to Zarautz Our first day after San Sebastián was pretty easy in terms of mileage and elevation. We were…
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Beautiful Bled

One of the day trips we took from Zagreb was to the stunning town of Bled, Slovenia. After our train experience to Ljubljana, we opted for renting a car which gave us more freedom to also explore the nearby gorge. The town of Bled is cute and a lot of shops and cafes are geared…
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Splendid Split

When we first started talking to friends about going to Croatia, Split was almost unanimously recommended as a top place to visit. We spent three very packed days in this beautiful coastal Croatian town. Split, the second largest city in Croatia, is definitely a big tourist destination. We visited in mid-September so it wasn’t overrun…
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Hiking in Central Cali!

After our eventful stay in Baja, we were pretty excited to spend 10 days in Tulare, CA. I chose the location for its proximity to Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite. I had been yearning for some time in the woods and had not previously been to any of these parks so it seemed…
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First stop: Baja Sur, Mexico – part one

We drove down to Baja Sur, Mulege specifically, in three days. The drive itself, while long, was pretty uneventful which is what one typically hopes for in a long drive like that. Even crossing the US/Mexican border was pretty mundane and easy. Little did we know, the easiest part of our time in Mexico was…
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