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Magical visit with the bears
Today we went to the sanctuary, without doubt the absolute highlight of the trip and such a huge privilege! It was just wonderful to meet the bears and some of the dogs and cats, and be guided through the sanctuary … Continue reading
Day 7 Off to to see the bears …
Maren writes … “We had the morning and early afternoon at leisure in Lijiang today. We all went shopping in the beautiful old town and some of us also took advantage of the hotel spa to relax our tired muscles. … Continue reading
Day 6 Back to Lijiang
After a fantastic special meal last night and a chilled out evening at Lugu Lake we transferred back to Lijiang by bus, which should have been a seven- hour journey but actually took all day due to what seemed like … Continue reading
Day 5 Goodbye to our horses
Today, we set off about 8.15am. The rain made it more challenging than it would have been otherwise so most of us went down on our bums at some point. After over eight-hours solid trekking we were met by the … Continue reading
Day 2: Dizzying heights
Today was the hardest day of the trek. We set off at 7.30am to climb and scramble up the narrowest mountain paths. It was pretty scary at times with no real path, just a deep drop on one side and … Continue reading
A bottle of beer
A quick update from Maren “Our first afternoon trekking took us up and down steep mountain paths, through some stunning scenery, to Rock City. We arrived in the dark after a difficult first day. The first thing we all needed when … Continue reading
Our Atlas Mountain Adventure
It all started early on Saturday 2 July with a dash through Gatwick Airport for me (Gill) and Hannah, following a check-in debacle, to join Linda and Patricia on our flight to Marrakech! Training hadn’t gone that well for the … Continue reading
Heading home
Today was the last morning in the mountains, the team then headed down to Imil to meet the bus taking them to the SPANA mule clinic in Marrakech, before heading to the hotel. Gill said, “We’re sorry to be leaving … Continue reading
Ain’t no mountain high enough!
Gill and the team made it to the top yesterday. Gill says “Made it -probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done but blooming brill and so proud of the gang here. We all got up and more importantly safely down. … Continue reading
