Tag Archives: Sunrise

Taiwan- Greater Tashan Sunrise Trek

As someone who now spends his post-ORD days waking up at the glorious hour of 11 (sometimes 10, but no earlier!) it seems rather incongruous that I should wake up not just for a sunrise, but also to hike to a place to watch it. The delightful irony however, is that because i have woken up to hike […]

Photo Essay: Climbing Gunung Batur

One of the highlights of this trip was our pre-dawn hike up to the summit of Gunung Batur in order to catch the sunrise. I’m sad to report that the sunrise was a little overrated, but the hike was certainly quite exhilarating. We were given our morning call at 2am, packed up in a van […]