Travel stories & images… something relevant, something authentic, something real.
Let's start with a basic fact. I'm originally coming from a country (Hungary), where people don't really eat rice. Especially me. Nevertheless, I discovered the route of Spanish rice dishes. Yes, we can find rice there too, usually as a cheap side dish, but just imagine the most boring plain white rice, lacking any culinary …
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On a sunny day, when actually the forecast said rain for the whole day, we decided to go for a round trip into the Prades Mountains. The Prades Mountains, also known as Muntanyes de Prades, is a large calcareous mountain massif straddling the comarcas of Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Conca de Barberà, Garrigues and Priorat, in Catalonia. These mountains have characteristic large …
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I wasn't expecting much from the country when I arrived. My intention was to cross the northern part of Malay Borneo following the course of the rivers, from the very East part of the island to Kuching. And Brunei was there, halfway. I took a look at how was and what the country had to …
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During our trips across Camp de Tarragona region we haven't discovered only little authentic villages but in parallel many beautiful medieval castles too. Gaia is one of the rivers running through the region of Tarragona, and in the 10th and 11th centuries played a strategic role, as it made a natural border between the County …
Continue reading "On the route of the castles in Camp de Tarragona region – part I."
COVID-19 crisis has given to us the chance to go around our region, once finally it has been possible to move inside this territory. We live in Roda de Berà, a town in Camp de Tarragona region. There is a lot to do and visit here, fortunately, and since we were forced to stay inside …
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For me, it's always more trustworthy, more reliable, as locals always know better their places, than a one-time visitor. From time to time, I can also find bucket lists about Budapest, from other travelers that sometimes it's funny to read, but rarely from locals. We wish this Budapest bucket list will be useful for you. For a travel experience in the city read here our travel experience in Budapest.
Lalibela seems to be the end of the world. Probably is the best known spot all over Ethiopia, but once you reach that precious gem you got the feeling of being anyhow in the middle of nowhere. Probably that was exactly still Ethiopia, almost a decade ago, when I stepped the country for my first …
Continue reading "Enkutatash in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Dressed in white on the rocks."
Este es un artículo sobre nuestro peculiar itinerario de 10 días en Islandia. Puedes leer aquí nuestro artículo completo sobre Islandia sin aurora boreal. Primer día: después de llegar tarde al aeropuerto de Keflavik, decidimos pasar la noche en Reykjavik. Simplemente fuimos a la compañía de alquiler de coches (Green Motion, que no recomiendo) y …
Changes are coming. They have always been coming. What we need to see now is the scope that these will have to travel after Covid-19, the future predictions that we can make with the data we have and the odds on our hands when planning next trips. You can read here more thoughts about the …
Anna: We were driving from Jerez to Sevilla direction, it's not more than 100 km distance, you can easily take it in 1 and half hour maximum. But it was crazy warm. Yes, yes everyone has an idea of summertime. And personally me, I love summer, I love hot weather, the neverending days, spending almost …
