Photo Essay: Hiking Mutianyu – The Great Wall of China

March 14, 2013 7 comments
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“Only one week in China? You’ll manage to see the airport and bits of Shanghai – but don’t expect any more than that.” Friends and colleagues warned be before my departure. I was crazy to fly over 12 hours across two continents for only 7 days of fun. I knew it was impossible to visit [...]

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Photo Essay: Hiking from Seaford to Eastbourne – The Seven Sisters

March 10, 2013 10 comments
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I checked the weather forecast as usual. Just a few days before my long-planned excursion, the odds were in my favor: Saturday would be sunny with zero chance of rain. I should have known better. One and a half years in England have proven that weather forecasts can’t be relied on – specially when it’s [...]

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It’s Dark Out There: A Winter Blues

February 26, 2013 4 comments
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I’ve come to a realization: Lack of sunshine and humid days seriously affects my mood. This winter, it hit me particularly hard. Maybe it was the fact that we’ve had the coldest winter in 100 years. Or maybe because it’s the second year in a row that I haven’t taken a winter break to a [...]

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Fear from the Unplanned

February 15, 2013 7 comments
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It’s funny how life continuously tests your limits. Most of us were told that if we studied hard, we would get the job we expected; and yet, when it comes to today’s work life, nothing really seems to go as planned. Each time I start to feel a certain confidence and security, the ground begins [...]

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Photo Essay: My Winter Escape to the Country Side

February 1, 2013 8 comments
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Anyone living in London knows (or will soon learn) the importance of balancing your fast-paced city life with something else to maintain sanity. No wonder many Londoners retire to the country side over weekends – I can’t think of any better way of disconnecting from the city’s buzz, than with a home-made meal accompanied by [...]

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Photo Essay: The Closest I got to Mont-Blanc (France)

January 24, 2013 9 comments
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Taking the cable cars up to Aiguille du Midi is an interesting experience. I paid 35 EUR to squeeze into a cabin with 68 strangers. I fought my way in quickly, to stand close to one of the windows. On my left, a fully equipped british couple, ready to jump off piste and climb glaciers. [...]

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Picture This: Taking the Highest Vertical Ascent Cable Car in the World (France)

January 20, 2013 3 comments
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This time I rang in the New Year in a ski resort – surrounded by extreme snow and ice sports lovers. Just the way I like it (you know, it makes me feel a bit more sporty myself). Every day, I woke up early (much earlier than I would like to admit) to drive to [...]

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Photo Essay: Walking On Lava

January 9, 2013 4 comments
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Growing up on a volcanic island, it’s hard not to be aware of volcanoes – not just when I studied their formation in geology, but every single morning when I stepped into my front garden and saw El Teide (a volcano located in the centre of Tenerife). El Teide is not only the highest point [...]

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2013: Looking Ahead

January 5, 2013 4 comments
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Happy New Year to Everyone! I realize I’m slightly late with my 2013 resolutions; I took the past few weeks off to celebrate the holidays at home in Tenerife and in Chamonix. But, oh well, better later than never. My last post from 2012 summed up my the moments I am most proud of in [...]

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My Badass Moments of 2012

December 23, 2012 6 comments
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I have never been fond of New Year Resolutions. I used to believe I had a short attention span and so, something that I might have considered a goal at the beginning of the year, ceased to be interesting by summer. The truth is, I wasn’t focusing my energy on things I really wanted – [...]

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