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Monday, 28 January 2019

One Day Route: Roque Bentayga - Playa de Vargas

A proposal for a Gran Canaria one-day tour starting in Roque Bentayga and ending in Playa de Vargas:

1. Roque Bentayga

2. Cuevas del Rey

3. Cruz de Timagada

4. La Cruz Grande

5. San Bartolomé de Tirajana

6. Santa Lucía de Tirajana

7. Mirador de la Fortaleza

8. La Sorrueda

9. Mirador El Guriete

10. Playa de Vargas

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Sunday, 13 January 2019

Brenna

Winter trip to the top of Błatnia from Brenna. There are two chapels on the way, this time covered with a lot of snow:

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Sunday, 16 December 2018

One Day Route: Hiking Loop around Malinowski Stream

We start the route from the parking lot in the village of Ostre, where the blue, yellow and green routes begin. I started climbing the blue trail towards Skrzyczne. There is a mountain shelter on Skrzyczne and you can relax here. We continue our walk along the green route towards Malinowska Skała. Just after this point, we turn left onto the yellow trail and after a few kilometers, we return to the parking lot.

The route is around 18 km long and should take about 5 hours. A longer version of this route can be found here.

Hiking Loop around the Malinowski Stream

On the way to Skrzyczne (blue route)

Mountain shelter on Skrzyczne

On the way to Malinowska Skała (green route)

Yellow route

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Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Kōshō-ji

Uji is not only Phoenix Hall - another interesting attraction is Kōshō-ji. The complex consists of historic buildings, a beautiful rock garden.

In 1233, after returning from a study mission to China, Dogen Zenji founded Kosho-ji, the first Soto temple in Fukakusa, south of the ancient capital of Kyoto. During medieval fighting, a fire destroyed the complex. In 1648, the local ruler Nagai Naomasa rebuilt it in Uji, in its current location.