An American guy named Horace is traveling through Asia and videoblogging the cool stuff along the way. If you’ve got a high-speed connection, check out his hiking videos to see actual buddhists in prayer and stuff. When you’re done there,…
Hikes of the world
Hut to hut hiking
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 3 Comments
A New York Times travel piece has several useful links. The Alps are said to have the best-maintained, most extensive hut system in the world. The Austrian National Tourist Office, at www.austria.info, (212) 944-6880, for example, can provide a free…
Lost in the wilds of Mexico
by tmangan • November 5, 2005 • 0 Comments
Much wilder than the guy expected, it turned out. The link is to a New York Times review of a book called “Trail of Feathers, Searching for Philip True,” by Robert Rivard. True was a reporter for the San Antonio…
Up a hill in Japan
by tmangan • October 31, 2005 • 0 Comments
An no, it’s not Mount Fuji. I have a weakness for anybody’s pictures and stories from Japan (must be all those Kurasawa movies); here’s a hike up Mount Hakusan by an Australian lass living & working in Japan. More on…