Arriving in Panama City, we hit the ground running. Moo’s mother Soz arrived from chilly England into the stifling heat of the city with as many expectation as us. First up, we were going to see the canal before spending time in El Valle de Anton and Taboga Island.
About a year ago I discovered the EPW whilst listening to a podcast about the camino. Amazed that one could wander through four countries by foot over two weeks, with likeminded people, on a shoestring budget was never something I ever thought to be possible. I was hooked on the idea.
Basing ourselves in Hora Sfakion, we’d wanted to walk Samaria Gorge because of it’s rave reviews of being THE BEST and THE BIGGEST gorge in Europe, but when I’d seen hundreds of people disembark from the ferry wharf and load into coaches, I’d had a change of heart.
Before I head off to walk the European Peace Walk, I interviewed Dan to ask him a few questions about why and how the camino pull’s us in.
Walking. Again. Yep – It’s happening. I’ve decided to walk the 330km European Peace Walk.
I’m setting myself a pretty gigantic goal for the next three months. ‘Surviving’ on just 33 items in my wardrobe.
If I may be so self indulgent, here’s a list of where I’ve been this year. Read on for my favourite destination visited in 2018.
At two in the morning I am jolted to life by a clanging alarm clock, as it buzzed enthusiastically beside me. The smell from our slightly damp guesthouse reminds me I’m nowhere familiar and I open my eyes to allow reality to land.
One of my favourite things about Australia has to be it’s expansive acreage. And for urban travelers and rugged explorers alike the reassuring quality about our footage, is that there is always somewhere to go for nice weather, no matter the month.
Looking out the window at 24,000ft from Sydney to Alice Springs invokes a feeling of uncertainty. Somewhat like transcending via time lapse from city to desert.
