by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Work
2022 Switzerland is known for its chocolate, cheese, and its well-developed tourism infrastructure. St. Moritz, located in the Engadine Valley in southeast Switzerland, has a long and rich tourism history. It was the perfect location for a study trip with work, to...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2021 | Travel
2021 They say Norway is the perfect country for road trips and roundtrips. This may be true, but there is actually so much to see in pretty much all regions of the country, that we can warmly recommend going for a ‘base’ holiday in Norway, at least once....
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2020 | Biking, Travel
2020 Loen has become a very popular destination, or more precisely: stop-over. We had seen the online photos and heard the stories but wanted to do things differently. So we visited Loen in autumn and decided to stay a few days, so we had time to explore the area. And...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2020 | Travel
2020 I fell in love with New Zealand during my student exchange in 2012, and again in 2016 during my Around the World adventure. This time, I traveled to New Zealand with my small family. The outstanding Norwegian parental leave system made it possible to take our 5...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2019 | Outdoorlife Norway, Travel, Work
2019 In 2018, my guiding company was hand-picked by Innovation Norway to participate in the Adventure Global Growth 2018/2019 program, including workshops in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle, together with a small selection of other Norwegian adventure operators....
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2018 | Hiking, Travel
2018 I am not sure what made us travel to Madeira. Maybe it was a travel advice from one of my hiking guests. Madeira is a Portuguese island off the coast of Marocco. It is much lesser known than the Canary Islands a bit further south. Those who travel there are...