It was an inexorably hot summer Saturday morning in Athens. All the roads leading out of the urban area were flooded by folks surging out of the city, seeking refuge from the heat at the country's numerous beaches. On one of those roads were we also, for the moment trapped inside the car which resembled an oven, slowly moving along with the dense traffic jam. Unlike most of the … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Dirfys from the North Side
This is a post about a hiking trip in Mount Dirfys on Evia Island in Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.Early morning in Chalkida city. The streets had just started becoming busier but they were still quiet. The fierce summer sun had just started heating the place up … [Read more...]
A Hiking Trip to Mount Kyllini
This is a post about a hiking trip to Mount Kyllini, the highest mountain in Peloponnese region of Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.It was an exquisite Greek summer morning. The blue color which dominated the sky was steadily adopting brighter tints as the mighty … [Read more...]
Hiking to the top of Mount Ochi and its mysterious Dragon House
This is a post about hiking Mount Ochi on southern Evia Island in Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.Mount Ochi (gr: Όχη, also spelt Oche or Ohi) is the third highest mountain on Euboea Island in Greece. It is located in the southernmost part of the island, north of … [Read more...]
Giri Giri: The Magical West African Talisman that Protects against Bullets and Demons
I remember the first time I got introduced to that object known as Giri Giri... It was in that seaside Senegalese town named Joal. By some random circumstances, I and a friend had ended up there, attending a big event of traditional Senegalese wrestling. There was that man, Tarou, whom we'd gone there together with, who was explaining to us all the details about the sport in … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Giona, the Highest Mountain of Southern Greece
This is a post about climbing Mount Giona, the highest mountain in southern Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.Profound darkness was prevalent on half of the earth's surface where Greece is situated when, me and my friend Kasper, we were driving past the straits of … [Read more...]
Banjul Ferry across Gambia River
The Banjul ferry service operates regularly between Gambia's capital, Banjul, and the town of Barra, located on the north side of Gambia River's mouth. It is the most popular ferry crossing in the Gambia, serving thousands of people daily.The fleet is comprised of three boats: 'Johe', 'Barra', and 'Kanilai': which run between the two cities from 7 am up to 9 pm. They are … [Read more...]
Yoff Beach, Dakar, Senegal
Along Dakar's, Senegal's capital city, northern coastline, and before the vast, wild Atlantic Ocean lies Yoff Beach.For the 90,000 inhabitants of Yoff, Dakar's largest town (commune d'arrondissement), Yoff Beach is not just their beach: the place where they'll spend their idle hours swimming or lying on the sand: but the center of their public life, rather.All along its great … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Cithaeron
Mount Cithaeron is a mountain located north of Athens, of which the highest peak, known as "Profitis Ilias" or "Elatias", rises to 1409 AMSL. The homonymous, elongated mountain range to which it belongs used to form the boundary between the territories of Athens and Thebes in ancient times; and the border between the Greek prefectures of Attica and Boeotia today.It's … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Aigaleo in Athens
A sunny and peaceful Saturday morning... and we were driving our way out from Athens. Our destination was the Gereneia Mountains on the west border of Attica; however, there was only a tiny portion of the distance separating us from our destination we got to cover, after all. As the car was rolling along the highway by the outskirts of the city, that rolling of it started to … [Read more...]
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