Alex’s Travel Blog & Travel Photos

Feature Article #1

Victoria Peak

Victoria Peak is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. I believe it is better known as the best location in the city to watch the amazing panorama of Hong Kong. Being 554 meters above sea level, Victoria Peak is the highest point within Hong [...]

Dorota | March 20th, 2009 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Charity Challenge 2009?

Well it is coming up to the end of the year and I am thinking of what I can do for my next upcoming charity challenge.
Unfortutely it can’t be too active, well by that I mean I can’t do any repetitive knee movements (well not for the next 6 months). I injured my knee training [...]

Alex Asigno | December 3rd, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #3

Warsaw, Old & New Town | Stare Miasto & Nowe Miasto

Well this was my first trip to Poland and the first stop was Warsaw or Warszawa (pronounced “Varsharva”) as it is know to the Polish. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Warsaw has a population of around 1.7 million and is located just off the Vistula river.
My visit in Warsaw was quite short as I [...]

Alex Asigno | November 12th, 2008 | Continued

Feature Article #4

The Amani Children’s New Playground

Following on from my posts about climbing Kilimanjaro for charity I was really pleased to recently get an email from Valerie the director of the Amani Childrens Home.
Just a little over a year ago a group of 7 of my friends and I succesfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro by the Machame route raising just over £12,000 [...]

Alex Asigno | October 17th, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

Being adventurous I love to try everything, I have learned to Skydive, have scuba dived in many countries, participated in one of the first ever parabungies and had a shot at paragliding. I train in Shotokan Karate, have trained for the 1-day, 100-mile South Downs Randonnee Challenge, and summitted Mount Kilimanjaro raising money for the [...]