Hiking Through the Highlands of Guatemala: Day 1
It was becoming obvious that I hadn’t managed to outwit the cold. I’d barely slept again, thanks to noises through the room’s rickety window, and …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 3
The last and final post in my 3-part series on backpacking the Sawback Trail. If you missed it, read part 1 and part 2 first! …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 2
In part 1, I wrote an overview of our 6-day long backpacking trip on the Sawback Trail, in Banff National Park. This installment is about …
Backpacking the Sawback Trail Part 1
The Sawback trail is a point-to-point hike (or traverse) that connects the communities of Banff and Lake Louise within Banff National Park. Unlike the intense …
Tangy Saucy Backcountry Pad Thai
I usually find inspiration in dishes that I typically make at home. However, there is one rather top-notch vegan freeze-dried meal that I wanted to …
Creamy Polenta with Mushroom and Tomato Sauce
When it comes to backpacking meals, I like a challenge: how can I make something that’s delicious, calorically dense, flavourful, light-to-carry, quick-cooking, and yet – …
Upside Down Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
On a recent backpacking trip, we chanced upon a cabin in the woods. It had been an early start to summer with the temperatures that …
Backcountry Bolognese
For the last 2 months, I had been waiting for the perfect weather conditions to go on my very first ski-touring camping trip. But first …
Trekking in Peru: Choquequirao, Part 3
Part 1 covered reaching the trailhead, while part 2 was the hike until “the gateway to Choquequirao”, Marampata. But finally, after 2 days, the main …
Trekking in Peru: Choquequirao, Part 2
In the last post, I covered the preparation and planning to reach the trailhead. This post is about the hike itself. Along the trail, there …