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Hiking in Hongkong or China for Beginners

Hiking in Hongkong or China for Beginners

  We think it’s best to put Hongkong at the end of your China trip, since it’s likely you’ll get a cultural shock when doing it the other way round. Hongkong is China, but it’s still completely different. Must be the British influence, that’s still lingering around. It’s much easier. Starting with the language, English is present everywhere, on street signs, busses, trams, on menus in restaurants, in shops… And most people speak it, too, and quite well. So no…

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John o’Groats, we made it through the rain…

John o’Groats, we made it through the rain…

We finally made it to John o’ Groats. It took us almost two months, a lot of walking, some busses, trains and a taxi. As some of you may know and some may not we had to speed things up because of some unforeseen private matters we had to attend to back in Germany. John o’ Groats or formaly Jan de Groote isn’t exactly the most exciting place in the world. There are a few houses, a hotel with a…

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Hiking the Southwest Coast Path: 12 things to do to make the most of it

Hiking the Southwest Coast Path: 12 things to do to make the most of it

  We’ve successfully accomplished the first leg of our long journey: We’re done with the Southwest Coast Path. The weather changed again, it was grey and rainy, so we hopped on a bus directly to Minehead, the official start/end point of the trail. After 16 days we feel it’s time for something new. Wales, in our case. But before that, we’re gonna stay a while in Swansea to visit some of Henry’s family and relax our sore muscles. We had good times…

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