Wandering, but not lost

I wanted to visit Norway for a very long time. The beauty of fjords, lakes, waterfalls, mountains small cottages. Bergen was a preludium to all of that. I spent three days there with my friends, but it was enough to experience the wonders that Norway has to offer.  Bergen is unreal. It is the second largest city in Norway but it has only...

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Under the moonlight there she can safely go Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso. This is how sting sang about Valparaiso. At the end of our journey we visited this colourful gem for one day. It's fantastically located, about 100km from Santiago, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It used to be the main port of Chile, one of the biggest and...

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The main attraction of the trip to Bolivia was driving through the spacious Salar the Uyuni. The enormous salt flat is visited by thousands of tourists each year for the experience is absolutely uncomparable. Uyuni, just like Atacama, used to be a lake that due to climate changes dried off leaving a thick layer of salt. It is nearly 11,000 square kilometers of...

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The Bolivian adventure begins from here! One of the tours we took from San Pedro de Atacama was a 4-day jeep ride through Bolivia's southern national parks. The tour's grand finale was at Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni Salt Flats), but this I shall describe in the next post. For the first two days of the tour we drove around Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna...

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Atacama desert is considered to be the driest place on planet Earth. It is a very cool and arid region of over 1000 km in length. The reason for its dryness is because it lies in a basin that from every side is limited by a mountain range and all the rainclouds usually do not make it over the mountains even if Atacama...

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Atacama desert is the dryest desert in the world. Attracting tourists from all over the world it currently stands as one of the biggest chilean attractions, people come here just to see at least one of its wonders. And in the middle of it lies the small town of San Pedro. A small settlement that stole my heart. ...

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Hello Chile! A brand new continent. A brand new culture. Yet another absolutely different reality to encounter. Chile is a particularly interesting country in this area, because it is slightly different than the rest of Latin America. It is the most developed and the richest country of the continent, with the most stable economy and it is also most likely  to be the...

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I like re-visiting places. I already have my personal thoughts about it after the previous visit, and because of that I am taking it slower with sightseeing, with less rush and travel adrenaline. See some sights that I might have missed for the first time. I had my flight to Santiago from Barcelona, so it was fairly obvious that I wouldn't miss an...

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Fallas? Paella? This can only mean Valencia! Even though I visited this gorgeous city not even close to the time of Fallas (the celebration of fire, essentially the most known festival that takes place in Spain) I still enjoyed my stay very much and would happily place Valencia among my top places in Spain.  It is worthy to mention that it is the...

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Thanks to the policy of Turkish Airlines all the passangers who are having an overlay in Istanbul that lasts from 6 to 24 hours are entitled to get a tour of Istanbul - completely free of charge! And it comes with meals in a Turkish restaurant too. ...

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The North of Ghana is an absolutely different adventure than what that I have encountered in the south. This trip was mostly about appreciating nature and tradition. It was essentially appealing because I had a chance to drive deeper into Africa instead of staying close to the Atlantic coast. Fauna and Flora was something else, much closer to an evergreen savannah than a...

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Lake Bosomtwe is a nearly perfectly-round lake near the city of Kumasi, in Ashanti region in Ghana. I haven't heard about it before we were suggested a trip there during my stay in Kumasi, and this is strange because this lake is exceptionally picturesque and definitely worth a visit.  It is the biggest natural lake in the country - with 10,5km diameter. Lake...

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Elmina is a little fishermen village by the ocean, just a few kilometers west from Cape Coast. It also has a white colonial castle similar to the one in Cape Coast and Osu and a very strong fishing tradition. It is said to be the first european settlement in West Africa. It is a perfect daytrip destination while staying in Cape! Unfortunately, I...

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After two days in Accra I was packed in a bus and I finally arrived to Cape Coast, my new home for the following five weeks. I was accepted for an internship in an architectural company working at the University Of Cape Coast thanks to IAESTE organisation. This was the reason for this whole excursion. IAESTE have found a local family with who...

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Ghana. Africa. I have spent five weeks on an internship in Ghana thanks to IAESTE programme. Five weeks, of living with a local family and working in an architectural office. Travelling on weekends. More about life in Ghana I shall describe in Cape Coast post. For now, let's take a closer look at Accra, the capital. The only international airport of the country...

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Everyone is familiar with what happened on 26th April 1986 in reactor no.4 of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant near the city of Prypiat in Ukraine. A fatal accident occured during a safety test, the soviet reactor overheated and exploded with steam and radioactive elements, bursting into fire that was very hard to extinguish. I am not a scientist to explain how the reaction itself...

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To the east! Looking for some different travel experiences than I had so far with a relatively small cost I travelled with a group of friends to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Such a different world, just one border away! After living in Poland in some aspects it seemed to be so familiar, and yet so exotic. I haven't been in east Europe,...

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Toledo is an ancient city, a real tourist treat just an hour away from Madrid - a combination of european, arab and jewish herritage. As an ancient city should be, its strategic but also picturesque location is an attraction itself - set on a hill, in the meander of Tagus river, overlooking other hills of Castile-La Mancha region. Surrounded by high walls and...

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Madrd is a good base for daytrips. By an accident a few days before going to Spain i found out about a small town called Segovia which lies on the other side of the mountains, merely 100km from Madrid. It is know for a roman aqueduct that towers over the lower part of the city. Just by looking at the photos I instantly...

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Oh Madrid! I've had an utterly brilliant experience in the capital of Spain. I found myself there because I took part in Athens programme - a one week exchange that takes place in different destinations in Europe, I was in Milan for the same reason last year and it was great but Madrid was honestly so much better. I have spent 10 days...

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Oh Lyon! You were a true treat, and really amazing to be in.  It is the third largest city in France, after Paris and Marseille. It is located in the east of the country, a little south from the centre. What's important is the geography.  Two rivers Rhone and Saone flow and meet there, Lyon grew on their junction. Not so far on...

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Taormina is one of the most beautiful villages on Sicily. No wonder it gained such popularity, it has a picturesque landscape as it's located on a top of a mountain offering a panoramic view on both the coastline and Etnea volcano. As most mediterrenian villages and cities it also offers a maze of narrow and colourful alleys. It is a top destination for...

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Syracuse was my number one in Sicily, for sure. It was just so pleasent to simply walk around and it was offering interesting sights from different historical periods. It actually has greek herritage, what came as a big surprise for me. And finally, it was so much neater than Catania and much less touristy than Taormina. Perfect. ...

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Catania is the second largest city of Sicily after Palermo, located on the seaside on the east of the island. It was my first excursion to any district of south Italy, so I was quite excited. Even the airport has its runways right by the coastline so that during landing I had the impression that the plane will land on the water. Most...

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Liverpool, Liverpool, Liverpool. The Beatles, Liverpool Football Club, a very high-pitched accent. Oh yes. It was a must-do day trip while being in Manchester, and it's just a thirty minutes train ride away. Located by the bank of river Mersey and just a few miles away from the irish sea it had a slight vibe of a marine city, with its docks and...

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