That’s it for Amalfi this year
What a fantastic month in Amalfi this year. We’ve experienced some of the clearest views ever, some of the wettest most torrential rain and some of the best food and wine Italy has to offer!
60 clients this month have enjoyed trekking the coastline and surrounding area, with trips to the jewel of Capri, stunning Ravello and Pompeii thrown in for good measure.
Brilliant blue sky isn’t always needed.
As usual, the Valle Delle Ferrier was a favourite for most walkers, and of course the world famous Walk of the Gods continues to impress even on cloudy and wet days.
This view never fails to impress.
Some times it’s nice to just relax at the end of a month’s walking!
After a month of superb walks, it was great to kick back on the hot beach with a cold swim and a colder beer! See you next year!
Amalfi! Amalfi!
As ever, Mountain Experience are absolutely delighted to be back in Amalfi. This year’s trip has seen some bad weather, but that hasn’t deterred us in the slightest.
The view from the upper path toward Capri
Fantastic food, excellent walks, good company and organic wines. The Amalfi coast keeps on delivering! There’s plenty of sun forecast for next week, so roll on the good times.
The Gambia with Venture Force, Part 1
Mountain Experience were delighted to accompany Venture Force volunteers on the first of this year’s trips to Gunjur in The Gambia. Away from the hurly burly of the tourist areas, The Gambia is still a very traditional society. The people there are overwhelmingly friendly and keen to learn about you as they show you their home.
There are some huge trees in the area.
Colourful fishing boats in the rural beachside town of Gunjur
Local women in their best outfits for a wedding
During the trip, the adult volunteers visited local homes, community representatives and locations selected for future charity work. They undertook building and renovation work to a community centre that will be the base for Part 2, which will involve a group of young adults working on developing a Fair Trade orchard for mangoes.
Laying a floor for our future accommodation.
Sultry Sumatra. Our first overseas trip for 2018
Mountain Experience, together with Venture Force, were joined by staff and students from Catmose College for a fantastic expedition to Sumatra in Indonesia.
Food for thought.
On our way to the waterfalls.
The students undertook educational visits to learn about the impact of palm oil on the rainforest and how that impinges on the wildlife living there. Having seen the impact, the students worked especially hard when replanting indigenous trees in an area that had been recovered from illegal palm oil plantations.
Orangutan usually stay up in the trees, but this BIG guy decided to come down and get a closer look at us!
The students undertook a mixture of education and adventure travel.
The elephants particularly like a good scrub with a hard brush!
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