The Beach & The Forests: A tough beginning of the Te Araroa

September 26, 2017October 16, 20174 Comments

There are two types of hikers: beach trampers and forest trampers. Right from the start, the first sections of the Te Araroa – a 3000-kilometres-long trail in New Zealand – will determine in which camp you belong.

Without doubt, I’m a beach tramper (kiwi for “hiker”). This means that I’d rather walk the first 100 kilometres along the beach a second time than ever doing the brutal forests once again. Forest trampers and I totally disagree on this subject as they were totally wrecked by the beach.

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Section hiking Holland’s Coast Path: Part 1 – Westland & The Hague

September 17, 2017September 26, 2017Leave a comment

Back in the days, when A. and I were just dating, we decided to go for a hike along the beach. I remember A. being a bit hesitant about hiking in the Netherlands, but being in love, he agreed to go anyways. He loved it. “Wow, I didn’t expect this” I remember him saying, “this is so beautiful”.

[For Dutch, click here. For English, continue below.]

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Hiking Holland: what about Holland’s Coast Path?

September 1, 2017September 10, 20175 Comments

Hiking Holland. Is it possible? We may not have mountains, but Holland is well known for its coast, which sure can be hiked.

[This blog is in English, so my international readers can keep reading below. For my Dutch readers, I also wrote a post about Holland’s Coast Path in Dutch. Klik hier voor Nederlands.] Continue reading →