These desert hiking tips will help you prepare and thrive in a barren and hot environment. Hiking in the desert is my absolute favourite. I've crossed 2 deserts now. The first was the Negev desert as part of hiking the 1000km Israel National Trail (the story of which...
I loved hiking the Jordan Trail! It was beautiful, challenging and epic. However, it was also a little complicated to organise logistically - probably one of the trickiest trails I've hiked when compared to a hike like the Israel National Trail (read my guide here)...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments from my Jordan Hike: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10 and Day 11. So feeling rock bottom, I headed off in a taxi to Aqaba to the Movenpick Resort & Tala Bay Spa who had kindly...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9 and Day 10. About an hour in to sleeping I really needed to pee. We were perched up high which meant I had to...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8 and Day 9. We forgot to close the door of our Bedouin tent so I was woken in the night by a huge rush of sand hitting me in...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6 and Day 7 and Day 8. I was feeling well rested after our chilled afternoon the night before. I woke up in the morning desperate for a wee. I did that thing where you try to...
Here's my full Jordan Trail kit list from my 12-day expedition hiking from Dana to Rum Village! You might also want to check out my guide to hiking the Jordan Trail. Jordan Trail packing list: general Osprey Eja 38 (really great bag. Comfortable and lightweight)...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5, Day 6 and Day 7. I slept so good after last nights drama. In fact, I don't even remember falling asleep. Cal woke me up at 5am. Then she told me it was actually 4am so I went back to...
Catch up on my previous daily instalments: Travel day, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4/5 and Day 6. Despite moving the tents to a more sheltered area, the wind really started to become a problem. After an hour of strong winds, I was starting to get...