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Read time – 2 minutes Antarctica is so much more than the sum of its parts. It took a second visit to really appreciate this. As with all travel experiences, memories are dictated by the pictures taken, the diaries kept and the anecdotes relayed upon return. As months turn to years, what is left are fragments...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Charred and smoking, piles of red hot coal formed a line of fire, dividing the town’s main square. Plumes of ash flew into the air as a local parrillero braved the searing heat to tend to the burning coals; an iron rod clenched in one hand, he wiped the soot...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Like this recipe? Check out loads more from all over the world in our new Exodus cookbook! The paella I like to make at home is an all-singing, all-dancing affair laden with seafood and meat, although regional Spanish variations abound. Let’s just say this is the champion’s version, and in...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes For the final instalment of Dan Jackson’s worldwide culinary odyssey, he’s “Finnishing” in Finland with the ultimate Scandinavian comfort food. A colleague once informed me that the reason London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games was down to the Finns voting for us. Nothing unusual there you might think, but the...
Read MoreRead time – 3 minutes Join Exodus’ Dan Jackson for a worldwide culinary odyssey. This time, we’re voyaging to Thailand. One of the first letters (yes, some people do still write them!) I plucked from my sack this week was from my dear old Mum of Brockenhurst in the heart of the beautiful New Forest. OK,...
Read MoreRead time – 3 minutes I first travelled with Exodus in 1984 on an adventure trek in Morocco and have been with them many times since on walking trips to Kilimanjaro, India, Nepal and elsewhere but only two years ago did I take up cycling and I am now hooked on. Before joining the Laos...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Join Exodus’ Dan Jackson for a worldwide culinary odyssey. For the penultimate instalment, it’s a warm duck salad inspired by Chinese cuisine. As with anything food-focused, it would seem fairly appropriate for me to knock up some amazing Chinese cuisine for you to salivate over. Only trouble is I’m going to hold...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Valerie Parkinson was the first British woman to climb, without supplementary oxygen, the world’s eighth highest mountain. Having reached the summit of Manaslu at 8163m on the Nepal/Tibet border in 2008, what better way to celebrate her 50th birthday in 2009, than by attempting Mount Everest? Valerie is the long-standing...
Read MoreRead time – 5 minutes Exodus traveller Natalie Amos battles the scree and shale as she struggles to reach the peak of Kilimanjaro. It’s his handshake that tells his story. His grip is strong, and his palms have been toughened by years of hoisting bags, and clients, as they scramble over the icy scree and...
Read MoreRead time – 2 minutes Exodus Product Director and veteran Kili climber Jim Eite takes us to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro – but which route to success is right for you? On most mountains, the only way is up, but on Kili, you have a choice! Which is the Best Kilimanjaro Route? Your goal:...
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