Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Dreamhost Alternative

Irente Viewpoint

in the green northern Tanzania

base Lushoto / Usambara Mountains

Note Guided tours are from - offered " Friends of Usambara Society Cultural Tourism Programme . A portion of the proceeds flowing into development projects in the villages along the trail. The price also included is a delicious snack at the Irente farm. The rain forest may only be visited in the company of a local guide.

Description Lushoto through north (main street, past the prison) high and continue following the road, then after about 1 / 2 hour left through farmland up to the Magamba Rain Forest. Through the forest on a narrow path up to the Forestry Magamba Peak (1850m).
steeply westward down from the lookout point and through small villages and beautiful countryside in good 11/2h to Irente Farm (1452m). re wandering through villages to reach the south upstream Irente View Point, from where you dropped across spectacular can rock walls in the well-Maasai 1000m deeper level look. through some fields, partly on the track you get into good 11/2h back to Lushoto.

walk about 7-8h 600hm


Back to Tanzania


who keeps his eyes open to see, with luck, a chameleon

Irente Viewpoint

Hand Embroidery Designs On Sarees

Swiss-Farm

A little bit of Switzerland in the deepest Tanzania

base Lushoto / Usambara Mountains

Directions
a taxi from Lushoto (ca . 15000TSh) to Magamba and on to the Swiss farm.

description of the Swiss farm down to the main path
and this along through dense rain forest to Magamba. Over the pass and the avenue like a scale road along the tortuous mountain goes down. Shortly before reaching Lushoto, you follow the right a path that leads directly into the Satdt .

walking time 2 half -3h
no meters on the rise

Back to Tanzania

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Cael Sanderson Wrestling Sheos

Müstair - Glurns

across borders
card TOBACCO Journal 044 Val Venosta - Vinschgau Sesvenna 1:25000

Directions
Bolzano - Merano - Schluderns - Glurns. From Glurns by bus takes about 20 minutes across the border to Mütair (CH)


base
parking in front of the monastery of St. Johann in Müstair (1247m)

Description
From the parking lot just down the road towards the village center, just behind the monastery to the right following a dirt road (signposted Stundenweg ") across the border. out in a small forest a bridge over the Valgarolabach. You reach a road which we followed up after Tubre (1240m). Through the village and at a small parking lot diagonally left uphill to the chapel of St. Blasius. In this past, remains flat, until you reach a Walweg. Follow this rises up and down at the end, until the path leading to the main road. On the other side of a dirt road and continue on this downhill road to the Calven bridge. There, follow the road to Latsch up to a bridge. Before the bridge turn right onto a dirt road along the river until we reached the road again. Short follow it and take the first left onto the meadows. There leads, finally, a bridge over the river piling, can be reached on the opposite side of the Passo be celled bike path and follow it right down to the smallest town in South Tyrol, Glurns (910m).

walking 4h ca.200hm


UNESCO World Cultural Heritage: The Monastery of St. John

out part way along the Walwegen
walk comfortably to Glurns


The square of Glurns

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Do You Need Compression Shorts?

Hohtürli (2778m)

from Kandersteg to Griesalp
card SWISSTOPO 1:25000

Directions Zurich - Bern - Reichenbach - Kandersteg. With the cable car to Oeschinen

base
Oeschinen (1682m)

Description
first descends to the north shore of Oeschinensee and by the steep slopes on the lake by the Bire-Alm (2502m). steeply from there now up to Oberbergli and further along the valley until it finally rises steeply to Hohtürli (2778m). From the pass right in 5min to Blüemlisalphut (2840m).
From Hohtürli east steeply sloping path down and over to Mount Bundalp house and from there down to Griesalp (1410m). by bus back to Reichenbach (about 45min)

walking
total 6-61/2h 1200hm


lot of activity at the station Kandersteg

The Oeschinensee


Steep Descent