6 November 2013 – Mt Emei, China
More stairs — the never ending stairs on Mt Emei. Day 2 of the 3-day, 54-km hike.
More stairs — the never ending stairs on Mt Emei. Day 2 of the 3-day, 54-km hike.
Exploring cave churches in the Zelve Open Air Museum — this one is a bit off the beaten path in Cappadocia, but actually turned out to be a pretty neat and extensive site. Lots of climbing, lots of fascinating dwellings — definitely recommend.
The world’s tallest Buddhist carving — the 71-meter Buddha in Leshan, China. Plus a few new friends 🙂
Night time view of Tbilisi from the Narikala fortress.
A tasting at the Red Top winery situated in the hills above Lake Inle, Myanmar. A most pleasant afternoon we must say!
We’ve spent more than one day in Tirana, Albania — three days, in fact! — and found it to be a very pleasant experience to amble between our coffee shop of choice, several green spaces in downtown area, and a few monuments and notable buildings. Tirana is not going to win any awards for the…
At the top of Ushba glacier! It took us only 5.5 hours (!!) Seriously the Ushba glacier hike was the most physically demanding trek we’ve done on this trip, but how cool is it to climb up to a glacier?! pretty cool. At the top its a little windy, chilly, somewhat snowy, and a whole lot…