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Postojnska Jama, Slovenia
Postojnska Jama is even more fun to visit than it is to say! This 20 plus kilometer series of caves is among Slovenia's most visited attractions. While Slovenia's karstic land means there are plenty of other caves in the country, the caves at Postojna are the biggest and most explored to date. These caves were … Continue reading
Jenolan Caves
A series of limestone caves, known as the Jenolan Caves, is found in the Blue Mountains. “Jenolan” comes from an Aboriginal word meaning “high place,” appropriate as the area is about eight hundred meters high in The Great Dividing Range. After driving through winding roads that climbed and fell through the mountains, we drove through … Continue reading
A muddy drive
After the gorilla trek, we had lunch and recharged our camera batteries. The original plan was to drive out to a scenic spot to look out onto a lake. It started to downpour the way it does only in places where seasons are named “dry” and “wet” so David thought we were kidding when we … Continue reading
Nyungwe to Gisenyi
Dear reader, I’m falling dangerously behind in blogging these days so the next several posts will be photo-rich/text-poor in an attempt to catch up to present day! It was a long day in the car driving from Nyungwe to Gisenyi. The scenery was gorgeous. We’d actually passed this sign on the road, but I … Continue reading
Bridge of God
Tukuyu is just a couple of hours south of Mbeya so I hopped a bus one morning and headed down there where I found a guide to take me to see the Bridge of God. I hadn’t seen any pictures of the bridge beforehand, so I didn’t know what to expect. It is quite a … Continue reading
Ngozi crater lake
I wanted to come to Mbeya because the area is known for its mountains and beaches, so I found a guide and arranged a hike up Ngozi Peak and check out its crater lake. Mbeya doesn’t get a ton of tourists so I had to take the only guide I could find: his name was … Continue reading
Flashback: Antarctica
It's been eight months since I was in Antarctica and I still think about it–and the amazing friends I made there–every day.
Rovaniemi, Finland
We caught an overnight train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland which sits just a few kilometers from the Arctic Circle. The train ride was beautiful, which is just as well because traveling north to the Arctic Circle in July means you enter the land of twenty four hours of daylight so at … Continue reading