Personal travel, adventure and photography blog by Thomas Jøhnk
August 2025 - Together with my youngest son Troels, I climbed and summited Mt. Kazbek, a 5,054 m. or 16,581 ft. high volcano in the Caucasus, right on the border between Russia and Georgia. From our hotel in Stepantsminda to Altihud (low base camp) On the first day of the climb, we started at 2,200 meters... Continue Reading →
June 2025 - Spent a weekend in Stavanger with my daughter Anna, enjoying lots of sunshine and fantastic hikes to two of Norway's most spectacular sights - Preikestolen and Kjeragbolten. Preikestolen Kjeragbolten
March 2025 - I do a yearly trip with my parents and this year I went on safari in Botswana and Zimbabwe. And saw the amazing Viktoria Falls on the way. When traveling, I most often do all the planning myself, this time I had Eva Hellemose from Fair Track Safari do all the planning... Continue Reading →
October 2024 - Together with my youngest son Troels I hiked Grand Canyon rim to rim to rim. That is, I crossed the Grand Canyon from the North Rim to the South Rim, and after a rest day, we hiked back to the North Rim. In all we hiked 85 kilometers, gained 3,800 meters of... Continue Reading →
July 2024 - With my two youngest Troels and Anna and Anna's boyfriend I went to Turkey to climb three volcanoes - Nemrut Crater, Mount Süphan (second highest mountain in Turkey) and Mount Ararat (highest mountain in Turkey) Climbing the 2,948 m / 9,672 ft high Nemrut Crater This was a rather easy hike with an ascent... Continue Reading →
February 2024 -Together with my 80 year old parents I visited Cuba for 12 days. We started with a few days in Old Havana before embarking on a ten-day and twelve hundred kilometer road trip that would take us to Viñales, Playa Larga, Cienfuegos and Trinidad. A very beautiful country (especially the area around Viñales).... Continue Reading →
December 2023 - Diving Mexican cenotes for the second time. Exactly three years after visiting Yucatán for the first time, I came back to dive even more of the beautiful cenotes. This time together with my daughter Anna and her boyfriend Andreas. We dived for five days, two dives each day. We ended up diving... Continue Reading →
September 2023 - Three days in Tallinn with my daughter and my mom. The first two days we enjoyed Vanalinn, the Tallinn Old Town, where the majority of the buildings were built during the 13th–16th centuries. And the last day we rented a car and explored the area east of Tallinn, among other places Kolga... Continue Reading →
August 2023 - Had a one week trip to Shetland Islands with best friends, Carsten and Ida. Only one day with bad weather, all the other days it was sunny or at least partly sunny 🙂
August 2023 - Beginning of August I had a week in Colorado with my two sons Troels and Søren. Troels came from a five week running camp in Gunnison and Crested Butte, and Søren came from AirVenture Oshkosh where he went for his employer Piper Aircraft. I came directly from Denmark to meet up. We... Continue Reading →
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