https://www.baldhiker.com Travel, Walks, Retreats & Experiences Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:34:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.baldhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-FAV-512X512-3-32x32.png https://www.baldhiker.com 32 32 https://www.baldhiker.com/peru-huacachina-an-oasis-in-the-desert/ https://www.baldhiker.com/peru-huacachina-an-oasis-in-the-desert/#respond Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:52:08 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=25227 Huacachina Oasis in Peru, (pronounced, hua·cachi·na,) is a sleepy place in the middle of the desert, and it is the only natural oasis on the continent and is at an altitude of 403 metres above...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/peru-huacachina-an-oasis-in-the-desert/feed/ 0 https://www.baldhiker.com/the-magic-of-machu-picchu/ https://www.baldhiker.com/the-magic-of-machu-picchu/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2016 06:57:15 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=25141 After three days acclimatising in Cusco and a mad last-minute scramble to find a better trek deal (note – don’t book the Salkantay trek in advance from home, it’s way cheaper to book when in...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/the-magic-of-machu-picchu/feed/ 2 https://www.baldhiker.com/galapagos-ecuador-the-enchanted-islands/ https://www.baldhiker.com/galapagos-ecuador-the-enchanted-islands/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:50:12 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=19159 When most people think about the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, they probably know something of its unusual wildlife and maybe that Charles Darwin visited. Of course the trip to the Galapagos was special for Darwin, but...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/galapagos-ecuador-the-enchanted-islands/feed/ 3 https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-mashpi-biodiversity-reserve/ https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-mashpi-biodiversity-reserve/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:34:34 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=19139 I think I have just been to heaven. Well, I think I might have just spent a couple of days in a biologist’s heaven anyway. I was staying at Mashpi Lodge, situated in The Mashpi...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-mashpi-biodiversity-reserve/feed/ 2 https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-quito-a-capital-city-at-altitude/ https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-quito-a-capital-city-at-altitude/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:10:00 +0000 https://www.baldhiker.com/?p=19038 I arrived in Quito, Ecuador at 2 am after a flight from Madrid via Guayaquil. Arriving at that hour and with a six hour time difference from the UK knocked me back a bit. Capital...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/ecuador-quito-a-capital-city-at-altitude/feed/ 3 https://www.baldhiker.com/mt-aconcagua-the-top-of-the-americas/ https://www.baldhiker.com/mt-aconcagua-the-top-of-the-americas/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:49:34 +0000 http://4friendz.nl/baldhikerwp/?p=54 The highest mountain in the Americas. The highest mountain in the Western hemisphere. The highest mountain in the Southern hemisphere, The highest mountain outside Asia. Mt Aconcagua, Argentina, stands at 22830 ft (6959m) and towers...]]> https://www.baldhiker.com/mt-aconcagua-the-top-of-the-americas/feed/ 4