Author Archives: zillainthewild

From Amsterdam, I flew to Manilla with a transfer at Jeddah. The first flight was together with my sister and her family. Which made the flight more enjoyable, especially because I had another pore seat selection. The second flight wasn’t full, so I had a full row to myself. Which slept very comfortably. When IContinue reading “Siargoa”

After finishing I stayed in Sweden for another week and a half. I spend time with Alex a friend I met in New Zealand. We hiked for about 5 weeks together with two others on Te Araroa. He lives in South Sweden, but Kungsleden is still very far North. So the first challenge was gettingContinue reading “After Kungsleden”

So I thought I already wrote this, but apparently not?? So there is a bit of a mix-up. Since Donald left, the weather has been more rainy. Tomorrow again the weather will be bad with high wind speed, rain and even thunder in the evening. I don’t trust my tent in high wind, so I’llContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 14”

The final day. I did set an alarm for the slim chance that the sky would be clear and I could do Sytertoppen. One glance was enough, but as I was already awake I might as well start hiking. So I packed up and left. Soon I was walking through the mist and just inContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 19”

Yes yes, you all know the drill now. Get up early because the weather will be better today than tomorrow. So at 6 a.m., my alarm went off. I didn’t pack very quickly so I left an hour later. The Dutch and French couples were just waking up. The weather was greyish but if it’sContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 18”

Got up to be ready for the 7 o’clock breakfast buffet. Also with the belief that today would be great thus an early start would be nice. Unfortunately, there was rain and the next part was in the clouds. This did mean that I couldn’t take forever with the buffet. So I ate a secondContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 17”

Sleeping in a hut when it is raining is the best feeling. Nonetheless, there are downsides to sleeping in a hut. For example, you wake up as soon as the first hiker gets up. This hit was no exception. So I just got up as well. I left with the French couple (yes the oneContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 16”

So the big rain day was here. Especially in the evening, the weather would be awful with high winds and thunder. Not something to look forward to even more with the fact that the route goes over a high plateau without shelter. So the plan was to get up early (again) and walk the 25kmContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 15”

Awoken by an early Alarm I noticed that it was a relatively cold morning. So before getting up, I put my hiking clothes in my sleeping bag to warm them up. The worst of all were my wet and muddy socks and shoes. I mean 100m on trail and they would be the same, butContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 13”

Woke up with sunshine and a dominantly blue sky. Unfortunately, the tent is still soaked from condensation. I took off the other fly to dry and slowly started to pack up. Decided that tonight I would camp on higher grounds to spot reindeer up close and have a beautiful view (plus fewer mosquitoes). The routeContinue reading “Kungsleden – day 12”