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Visiting Laas Geel feels like uncovering a secret chapter of human history. It’s about an hour or so outside Hargeisa in Somaliland, out in the desert.

The cave paintings date back thousands of years, and they’re incredibly well preserved. You see vivid scenes of cattle, herders, and even what might be ceremonial rituals, all painted in bold reds, yellows, and whites.

Getting there is part of the adventure.

You bounce along dusty roads, pass through dry, rocky landscapes, maybe spot a few camels, and then suddenly you’re at this hill that doesn’t look like much until you climb up.

There’s no big setup, no ticket booths or gift shops.

After a short walk led by a local guide you arrive to the caves, where the paintings reveal themselves slowly as your eyes adjust to the light.

What really hits you, though, is the quiet.

There’s no crowd, no barriers, no glass cases. Just you, the wind, and these ancient works of art that somehow outlasted empires and centuries.

It’s peaceful and kind of powerful in a way that’s hard to put into words. You leave feeling like you’ve just seen something special, something ancient and human that most people don’t even know exists.

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The Biafo–Hispar trek, often called the Snow Lake trek, is one of the most epic glacier traverses outside the polar regions.

The route links two of Pakistan’s most remote mountain regions, Baltistan and Hunza, by crossing one of the longest continuous glacier systems outside the polar areas.

You start out in a tiny mountain village called Askole, then hike up the Biafo Glacier for days, camp out in remote spots like Namla and Baintha, and eventually make your way to Snow Lake, a massive basin of ice that feels like you’ve landed on another planet.

From there, you cross over the Hispar Pass, over 17,000 feet (around 5,150 m), and drop down onto the Hispar Glacier.

The whole route is about 60+ miles (100 km) of ice and rock, with no villages or tea houses along the way. You’re completely off the grid the entire time, which is part of what makes it so special.

It’s not an easy trek, though, there are crevasses, shifting moraines, high-altitude passes, and the kind of cold that hits deep, even in summer.

The views are unreal.

You’ve got jagged peaks like the Ogre and the Latoks towering around you, and at times it’s so quiet, all you hear is the crunch of your boots on ice.

This isn’t a trip for beginners, it’s remote, high, and physically demanding.

You’ll need to be comfortable on glaciers, have some technical skills, and be ready to spend a few weeks unplugged and surrounded by nothing but mountains and ice. But if that sounds like your kind of thing, this is one of the wildest, most beautiful treks out there.

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Catching sight of a Sunda clouded leopard in the wild is about as rare as it gets.

These elusive cats live deep in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, and they’re masters of camouflage. You could be just a few feet away from one and never know it.

Most sightings happen at night, when these nocturnal predators come out to hunt. Even then, it's often just a glimpse: a flash of a long tail, the glint of eyes in the undergrowth, or a silent shape slinking across a trail.

If you're lucky enough to see one, it's usually from a remote camera trap or on a night drive with local guides who know the forest like the back of their hand.

Some of the best chances are in protected areas like Danum Valley Conservation Area in Malaysian Borneo or the rainforests of Gunung Leuser in Sumatra. But even in these places, seeing one in person takes a huge amount of patience, a bit of luck, and often years of effort.

The cats themselves are stunning, smaller than mainland clouded leopards, with big paws for climbing and bold, cloud-shaped markings on their fur.

They move with a kind of eerie grace, comfortable in the trees or on the forest floor. Just knowing you're in a forest where one might be watching you from above adds a whole new layer of wonder to a jungle hike.

For wildlife lovers, it’s a true bucket-list species.

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-Amanda

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