Husky Sleigh Riding in the Austrian Alps

Sleigh riding with huskies in Austria? Yep! We couldn’t believe it ourselves at first, but somewhere hidden in the Brandnertal mountains there’s a guy named Husky Toni who has his own husky farm with 16 beautiful dogs. These beautiful wolf like creatures have...

A snowy hike

I told you yesterday about the trek we did in Darjeeling. When I tell people about it now I say it’s the most beautiful hike we ever did. And although that is still true, we did suffer a bit on the way. On the other hand, it’s the suffering that makes us...

Trekking in Nepal

Our trek in Darjeeling went from Tumling to Sandakphu. A beautiful road that started out hilly with green fields, blue wooden houses and gigantic magnolia trees, but ended in the steepest roads we ever trekked on. For the first night we stayed in Shikar Lodge where an...

The Hills Are Alive

From Agra and Varanasi it’s quite a train ride to the North East, but if you’re looking for a good hiking spot Darjeeling is the place to go. Not only is it surrounded by the world famous tea plantations, beautiful mountain scenery and cute and colorful...

Picture perfect in Jammu and Kashmir

“I don’t think the farmer likes you to stand in his mustard field!” Our guide warns us several times when we (carefully) walk through a field filled with bright yellow flowers. How could we not? With Lamayuru village in the background this makes a perfect...

Camping in the Himalayas

I’m not the biggest camping fan but staying in a tent in the middle of the Himalayas, far from a living soul or village did appeal to me. And so we spend the night in Sarchu, first stop on the road from Manali to Leh. In a tented camp (the village named Sarchu...

Magical Iceland

Told you! Iceland is B-E-A-utiful! We started our first day early with a Jeep tour with Iceland Rovers. Our guide, Asgeir, showed us an ice lake at sunrise in Pingvellir National Park, the exact spot where some 1200 years ago (930 BC to be exact) Norseman founded the...