SÃO MIGUEL, 7-14/06/2022 Part of the Eastern group of the Azores (along with Santa Maria), the biggest, most touristic and most populated island in the archipelago, São Miguel, is home to a bountiful ...
SÃO JORGE, 30/5/22 – 1/6/22 Long and thin, dramatic as it can get, renowned for its local cheese, São Jorge is an island in the central group of the Azores and, along with Pico and Faial, part of “the ...
“Why?” “Where?” “Alone?” Probably were the most common questions I got asked when I told people that I was planning a solo trip to the Azores. Some played poker face, some didn’t hide the fact that ...
Naxos and Amorgos (Greece), 9-20/09/21 (if you missed part I, you can check it out here) Day 8-9: Lionas, Apollonas and Mikra Sticking to our original plan to drive around the whole island and ...
Naxos and Amorgos (Greece), 9-20/09/21 A few years ago I saw the photos my dear friends Karolis and Joana took in Naxos. I was instantly blown away. It was a mix of wilderness, dramatic coastlines, ...
Mandalay, 03/03/2019 Mandalay yes, Mandalaly no. Throughout my stay in Myanmar I’ve come across several backpackers that seemed to be extremely opinionated about the Burmese city. Some said it was ...
Inle Lake, 1-2/3/2019 When I think about the night bus ride to Inle Lake two things immediately pop in my mind: the air con set on polar temperatures and the pungent stench of exhaust fumes (imagine ...
Hpa-An, 27-28/02/19 So where was I? Oh yeah, me in bed, 3 AM. Suddenly waking up and rushing to the toilet to throw up the infamous 100 years eggs salad. My stomach must have very much said “hell no, ...
Myanmar was the the country I picked for my first solo big backpacking experience. Why? Basically I wanted to go to South East Asia, making the most of its food culture, safety, nice weather and ...
Uckermark + Rügen, 22-26/07/2020 No plans. One car. A mattress. Way too many clothes. Two boys in love. At first I wasn’t the biggest fan of this idea. I always played it spontaneously and went with ...
28-29/08/2018, Dubrovnik (Croatia) “Oh my God, this is so pretty” This, repeated at a frequency of at least once every ten minutes, easily sums up how I felt about Dubrovnik right from the start. ...
19-27/08/2018 Spring/Summer 2018 were all about massive changes. End of the most important relationship of my life, having to move into a shared flat for the first time since the university years, ...
El Nido, 15-17-18/03/2018 When we left Busuanga Island I was pretty sure we had already seen the best that the Philippines had to offer, at least according to most locals and fellow backpackers… I ...
Busuanga Island, 13/03/2018 There are few times in my life where I couldn’t hide the excitement for what I saw right out of the window on a flight. The first was while flying to the Bahamas, where ...
“I used to have a client in London, a lady from the Philippines. Knowing that I was a fond traveler, everytime she had an appointment she would interrupt my consult to proudly tell me stories about ...