The trekking trip had left me covered in bites from leeches and insects, and my body was swollen and feverish.
After the trekking trip, I also visited the ancient city of Bagan, home to thousands of rust-colored pagodas.
This month, REI Adventures introduces a new lodge-to-lodge trekking trip in Nepal that takes hikers off the beaten path to visit remote monasteries and Sherpa villages.
To the Editor: Regarding "Homage to Patagonia" (Jan . 4: I visited Patagonia on a trekking trip in 1988, before the current crowds of tourists arrived.
Once our trekking trip got underway, we spent days hiking through clouds, drinking from mountain streams, staying in small villages, sleeping in elevated huts woven from rattan.
Edirisa's three-day canoe and trekking trip costs from £88pp Nowhere does the contrast between Rwanda's beautiful scenery and its apocalyptic past seem more poignant than in Kibuye, a picturesque town scattered over hillsides jutting into Lake Kivu's eastern shore.
Mr Sherridan's daughter Hannah, 23, said her father and Mr Wilson had planned the trekking trip to celebrate turning 50 next year.
· Komodo Tours (+62 8123 940764, komodotours.info) offers a range of trekking trips, with flights from Bali to Komodo and full-board accommodation.
Both rafting and trekking trips are conducted from a base camp on the Upper Ganges River from October through April, ranging from 3 to 15 days.
At the time, adventure operator Guerba said it had been 'inundated with inquiries' about trekking trips to Nepal as soon as the show was broadcast, and luxury operator Cox & Kings said its bookings to Bhutan were up 77percentnthehe following year thanks to coverage in the programme.
