There are many types of hikes: mountainous ones, flat ones, those that follow a rail trail, bushwhacking, village tours and ravine walks, for example. I now add to that beach hiking. To be a hike rather than a walk, I suggest it should be more than a couple of kilometres long and have lots to…
It was Saturday. The sky was clear and blue. The air cool. The sun warm and getting warmer. It was time to go hiking in Mexico. Setting out from our house in the central part of a gorgeous Mexican town named Patzcuaro, we climbed up to the lookout of Volcan de Estribo Grande and then…
Overview When asked to name my favourite hike, my standard response is: “The one I’m currently hiking.” Hardly original, but safe—and usually true. That being said, the hikes I find most memorable are those that test me to the point where I wonder if I would have hiked the route if I knew what I…
I slept alone in a tent on my own little island in the middle of the French River on Thursday night. The thought of there being nothing more than a thin sheet of nylon between me, and the bears and wolves that would inevitably come skulking in the dark was scary. There was nobody but…
A 2014 Toronto Life article compared Caledon to the Hamptons, that collection of tony mansions on Long Island’s east end. “Like the Hamptons,” the author wrote, “Caledon is not so much a town as an evocation of a fantasy – a mythological place that exists primarily in people’s imaginations.” Born and raised in Caledon,…
From elegant outhouses to zip lines, frocks to ice cream, and hovels to mansions, a day hike in Mexico plays on all of your senses and then some. Without knowing what to expect, we headed out under sparkling skies and warm temperatures last Sunday to Zirahuen, a small town about 15k away, that sits on…
For anyone who has enjoyed some of my stories about hiking in Mexico’s Sierra Norte, here are the facts so you could do it yourselves some time. 1.Where to get information about hiking in the Sierra Norte? Visit Expediciones Sierra Norte at Expediciones Sierra Norte. This is the English version of the website. 2. Do…
When we organized our Oaxacan hiking trip, we arranged to spend a night living with a Mexican family. At the time, it seemed like a good idea. However, as we neared the village of La Neveria, I began losing my nerve. Where would we sleep? What would we eat? Would it be clean? And that…
It turns out our great sleep may have been drug-induced. Quite possibly, the tea we drank before bed was te limon, made by stashing a knot of semi-dried stems that look a lot like the long, half-dead leaves of a garlic plant or daffodils into a pot of water and bringing it to the boil….
When I left off yesterday, we were having a love affair with our cabana in Llano Grande (literally Large Plain). Next test was the hiking itself, and our guide. William gathered us soon after we settled into our little home to guide us to a mirador. Off we strode into the 3,100+-metre-above-sea-level-wilderness. Fortunately, William’s knowledge…
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