Plitvice Lakes: Impressions, Tips and Regrets
Tips on visiting Plitvice Lakes Updated September 2024. I read a lot of blogs and they always help me in planning what to see and how much time to spend somewhere. I wish I hadn’t read anything on …
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Ten Degrees Warmer…and their tips on traveling the world
Ten Degrees Warmer…and their tips on traveling the world. I love this interview because Robb gives us so much useful information on travelling the world on the cheap. He tells us about repositioning …
Tbilisi or Yerevan: which to visit?
Updated September 2024. A couple of years ago we spent 2 months in the Caucasus region, splitting the time equally between Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia) and Yerevan (the capital of Armenia). There …
Moving to Mérida (and the scams to watch out for)
Moving to Mérida (and the scams to watch out for). Mérida is a popular place for people moving to Mexico. But do you know that 50% of expats return to their country within the first 5 years of living …
What are Czechs like? A Review of the “Xenophobe’s guide to the Czechs”
I always want to know what makes people tick and understand how cultures differ from each other. I know humankind is basically the same, but I always wonder at how it is that, for example, the average …
Why Visit Yerevan? And why it’s proof that people don’t know what they’re talking about…
Why Visit Yerevan? Updated August 2024. If we had listened to people we would have never gone to Yerevan. “Yerevan is like Tbilisi used to be. It’s really backwards”. “Yerevan is poor, like the rest …
The Best Hotels in San Miguel de Allende (for all budgets)
The Best Hotels in San Miguel de Allende (for all budgets) San Miguel de Allende has some of the glitziest accommodation in Mexico. It seems like everyday there’s a new 5-star hotel popping up around …
Highlights of a 2 week road trip around the Garden Route and Karoo, South Africa
The Garden Route and Karoo – the ultimate 2 week road trip Updated August 2024. Over 2000 km, 4 winding mountain passes, uncountable dirt roads. We passed through tropical greenery, arid …
Tallinn: Visiting one of Europe’s prettiest medieval towns
Tallinn’s old town is known as one of the prettiest medieval towns in Europe. It is no doubt the prettiest of the Baltics. The town is made up of 2 parts: the lower town centered on Town Hall …