The Weekly is a journal entry I write each and every week since I started traveling back in 2016. Here you can find out about the adventures that have gone down over the last seven days.
Seven days at the Grand Islamabad Hotel is a bloody long time. After a few days, I was pretty damn bored and there is only so much time you can spend on the computer. I knew we were heading back off the grid soon but it’s tough to wake up with nothing other than the …
Despite giving it our all, we didn’t get anywhere near the summit of Laila Peak. Our high point was just beyond Camp 2. To be honest, this mountain was far beyond our level. I was up there as the most experienced in our group, which says a lot. In the end, it was a lack …
After reuniting with Chris and Josh in Skardu, we rolled out of town in a Jeep on our way to the mountain town of Hushe. Here we slept the night at the mountain refuge, our last night in civilization for a couple of weeks. The next morning we set off for our two-week expedition of …
This week involved one of my biggest mishaps of all time as a traveler. It nearly cost me an entire expedition in Pakistan and a couple of thousand dollars. I had two flights to reach Pakistan. The first was from Manila to Doha and the second was from Doha to Islamabad. As I disembarked the …
With seven days left in the tropics, I wanted to make the most of the island vibes. I needed to soak it all in before heading out to the hot, merciless deserts and mountains of Pakistan. We kicked off the week with an island hopping trip out of Pamilacan Island. The second adventure of the …
After making it back down from Mount Baloy, I pulled up with a bit of a light quad strain. After much deliberation and a few little tests, I had to make the unfortunate decision to call off the rest of the trilogy. They would have to wait for another time. I think the combo of …
The bike-packing trip was about to pick up some speed. I never set out for this to be a mission about miles but up until this point, I hadn’t really clocked a great amount of distance. I’d been focused on the adventures in each spot and the bike as a means of transportation rather than …
The week ended with a DIY trip over to Apo Island from Dauin. With no scheduled trips available due to a lack of tourists, we had to wait at the harbor to tag along with any other groups that had hired a private boat. It was looking unlikely until we managed to squeeze into a …
It’s a bike-packing trip but less about the miles on the bike and more about the travel. I’m not interested in turning my bike-packing into a sport or a competition. My ideal way of traveling is to use the bike as a challenging mode of transport but it isn’t the focus of my journey. I …
It’s been a dream of mine for quite some time to set off on a bike-packing adventure. But with the need for a full bike setup and a month or two of spare time, it never really happened. This was the moment that was all about to change. I’d finally got it all together. Bike …
After three incredible but long months in Nepal, it was time for a new adventure. It felt like an eternity since I had been in the ocean. That’s quite odd for me, a traveler who used to spend 90% of the year in the tropics. So, I decided to make the journey to the recently, …
This week was all about winding down. Big mountain expeditions can be stressful on the body and the mind. It’s tough to take just one day back in the city and then get going again. Your body has been in a stressed mode due to the altitude for more than a month and letting it …