Staying five days on Koh Phangan. Snorkelling, marine park, scooters, sticky rice, relaxing, and what it was like in October, the off season.
Is it 5 days when you arrive in the afternoon and leave late at night? Probably not. So let’s call this what it really was: four brilliantly packed days in Siem Reap involving sunrise missions, war history, red and white…
We finished in Hilsa on the western border on 25 August 2025. More to come after some good rest and showers and wearing some different clothes after 125 days with the same shirts!
Some initial stats: elevation gain 95600m, distance…
Here we were, on the final stretch of the Great Himalaya Trail. Gamghadi to Hilsa via Simikot. It felt like we were so close, but it still took ten days. If you say, "I'm going on a ten day hiking…
“Argh! It bit me...”
The seemingly friendly street dog following along beside me randomly decided to bite me on the calf as I wouldn't give him potato chips. Then the drama started. Tired after a 30km and 1000m gain day,…
Over the last 3 weeks we have covered hugely varied terrain. From the jungle of the Ruby Valley, to the well trodden Manaslu Circuit and finally the “trekker highway” of Annapurna Circuit. It’s provided Kristy and I with a mixed…
After 68 days on the trail we feel much stronger than the start. 1000m uphill in a day has become routine. Our muscles feel strong, look strong and we have lost a few kilograms, or more. 4000m altitude poses no…
After a night in Thame and Tengbo we started for Tashi Labsta 5755m. It was sad to see the devastation of last year’s glacial lake burst that ruined much of Thame.
It’s 2.5 weeks since our last update from Hongon and what an adventure it’s been since then.
As usual you can see our progress here: GHT Map Updates
We have also popped a few videos up here: https://youtube.com/@alpine_fuzzies
We have…
After some epic days and epic experiences we’ve reached Hongon with our amazing guide Som.
You can see our progress here: GHT Map Updates
Also please excuse any formatting or photo mishaps it’s quite the “fun” to put this together…