u/Johnny78910

Hello. I was looking at a volcano hike out of Antigua for late June or sometime in July. With Lava Trails tour company most likely.

Just an overnight hike. So fly into Antigua for a full day, then day 2 hike-stay overnight-back to Antigua then fly out on day four.

My understanding is that it’s rainy season and the hike can be wet and slick and the mountains hard to see and the volcano hard to see.

Is this generally not a great time? I’ve done hikes up mountains but this would be the tallest and possibly the most challenging.

I can wait until December or so if necessary.

Hello everyone.

I was looking at going to the Baltic state capitals in early September. I would start in Vilnius then Riga then Tallinn.

I’m looking at 2-3 days in each (and taking the bus to get to Riga and Tallinn). I know that’s not enough time to experience the whole of the city and I accept that. I really just want to get a nice experience and as much culture as possible but time is a limiting factor. So I also want to see as much as I can (plus costs and taking vacation from work is limiting).

I’d plan on going to some shows like an opera or ballet if available, a few museums, but want to do a lot of walking around the cities, sampling food, and just seeing stuff.

I was thinking of two full days for Vilnius and Riga and four for Tallinn as I heard that is “the” Baltic capital to go to. Longer in Tallinn would also let me do a 12 hour day trip to Helsinki.

I love being active and going place to place. Rushing is okay with me within the city and I’ll be out doing stuff for 12-14 hours easy.

I’m also interested in doing some hiking nearby (at least a 10km hike to make it “worth it” for the travel out of the city). Which areas near which city would be best to do that?

I will also be relying exclusively on public transit or ride side.

Does anyone have recs for mid budget hotels? I’m trying to stay around 50-60 €/night.

The flights I’m looking at go to Vilnius and then the return has a long layover in Copenhagen (7 hours) which could let me do a quick 3 hour trip into the city for a little sight seeing and getting a nice meal and some famous Danish pastries to take home.

While the stays in each country are very short the appeal of doing five countries (even with Denmark being a 3 hour quick lunch from the airport) is appealing. The fast pace to me is fun.

Any pointers or comments on how to improve or refine?