I love
traveling individually. Some of the places I spent time
backpacking and trekking (conference travels not listed here!!).
My favourites are: Mali
(the whole country, esp. Djenne, Dogon-Valley), Ethiopia (Semien
mountains), Machu-Picchu trekking,
Nepal (not only trekking but also national
parks)...
- 1988: Greece, Italy, Austria, Germany,
The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Finland (by boat, train and bus).
- 1994: Israel and Palestine
- 1995: Spain (Andalusia) and Morroco
- 1996: Nepal (trekking in the Annapurna
range)
- 1997:
Jordan; Indonesia
(Java, Bali and
Sulawesi)
- 1998: Tunesia;
Indonesia (Java
and Bali)
- 1999: Jordan;
Mali (most amazing),
Burkina Faso
and Ghana
- 2000: Greece (Peleponese)
- 2001: Peru and Bolivia (trekking in the
mountains around La Paz + to the Machu_Picchu)
- 2002: Gran Canaria (Spain);
Greece (Krete)
- 2003:
Cyprus;
Turkey (lovely country)
- 2004: Vietnam (Obtained some info from
Vietnam a la Carte
http://www.vietnamcarte.nl/)
- 2005: Ethiopia (Trekking in the Semien_Mountains_National_Park
- Obtained some info
from Untamed Ethiopia
http://www.untamedethiopia.com/algemeen.html)
- 2006:
Backpacking on hold now until Julia can carry her own backpack ...