I began my trip to South Island in February 2016 with the Kepler Track. This was my first multi-day hike, and I’d started planning for it in late September 2015. I’d wanted to do one of the great walks in NZ, and so I began with researching on the Department of Conservation(DOC) website(very useful by the way), narrowed down through the various trails by hike duration, browsed through pictures of the scenery and decided to do this one.
I’ve received several requests to put up my packing list for the Kepler Track hike, so without further wait, here it is! I got most items off Amazon, cos such gears normally cost a lot more in shops here in Singapore. By Category Packing North Face 50 litres […]
Finally. The day has come. The final day of Tour du Mont Blanc. I really love Refuge La Boerne by the way. It’s a quirky looking place with tiny surprises at every corner(tiny 1-person rooms at the corners of a ceiling etc). Plus the staff were friendly and […]
Started the morning with breakfast buffet at the hotel. Had bananas for the first time on the trail and it was so nice for a change from the usual bread and jam combo. Think I had like 2 servings worth of bananas, cornflakes with barely any milk(lactose intolerance […]
Today felt rather uneventful, other than my lunch location at Alp Bovine(1987m). I started my day rather late than usual, waking up at about 7.30am. Didn’t have a good night sleep I think bc it rained the whole night. Cold. So cold. The heatpacks from decathlon worked great […]
Yesterday night was cold, as usual. Camping out is fun but I only wish that one of these days the temperature would be perfect… Anyway, I woke up at about 6.45am(reluctantly), brushed and went up to camp reception to get my pre-ordered pain aux raisins. Met the lovely […]
Woke up at about 6.45am at the toasty Bonatti. Didn’t want to wake up at all bc it was so comfortable. Breakfast was the best so far – Crispy bread with nice jams, coffee/tea/milk, cereal, cheese. All great. Then Maja, Eva, Laura and I left at 7.30am into […]
So last night I had a really nice stay in the hotel at Courmayeur, and woke up at 6.45 for the breakfast. The entire hotel felt so empty… Like it was just me and a couple of people. Naturally because it really is a ski town and it’s […]
Couldn’t sleep last night cos I was so cold. Pondered taking out my sleeping bag but because I was the last to turn in at like 12am, I was afraid of the noise. So I think I had 4 hours of sleep maybe. Woke up at 6.40am and […]
Woke up today at about 6.15am to a complete white out. Lien opened the window in our dorm and the first words were ‘omg’. I’ve never seen so much snow in my life, and never before on top of a mountain. It was so beautiful. But the problem […]
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