hobby

Hiking, camping, and travelling in the hills, and a long-standing habit of novels, films, and television.

Hiking, camping, and travelling

Most of my walking has been in hill country: bamboo groves, river crossings, and trails that turn to mud in the monsoon. Carry what you need, cover ground slowly, and end the day somewhere you could not have driven to.

Standing on a bamboo walkway on a forested ridge, hills receding into cloud behind
A bamboo walkway on the ridge.
Two hikers with walking sticks and packs on a grassy hill trail, mountains in the distance
Cut walking sticks and full packs.
Two people crouched with cameras photographing a wide green valley from a hilltop, packs dropped beside them
Packs down, cameras out.

Water is usually where the day ends: a river to cross, a pool to sit in, a waterfall to climb under.

Sitting cross-legged on a boulder mid-river, cliff face and greenery rising behind
A boulder mid-river.
Sitting on wet rock beneath a waterfall running down a dark rock face
Under the falls.

Novels, films, and television

In my leisure time, I read novels and watch films and series.