This is the second blog post regarding my two-week visit to Bhutan, a small Buddhist country in the Himalayas mountain range. This post will be focusing on the capital Thimphu. I arrived in Paro, the location of Bhutan’s only international airport. For the blog post about my first few days …
This is the first of a series of blog posts regarding my trip to Bhutan, a landlocked, little-visited country in Asia. The Bhutanese name for the country translates to “Land of the Thunder Dragon”. It was truly an awesome experience to visit the country, thanks to its unique culture and …
This blog post is an addition to a four-day trip to Kyiv, Ukraine. On the last full day in Kyiv, I took a day-trip to Chernobyl. I wanted to visit the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, get as close to the power plant as possible, and tour the ghost city of Pripyat. …
The number of people visiting Ukraine has taken a hit with the outbreak of the civil war in eastern Ukraine. It’s unfortunate, because the rest of the country isn’t affected from a security standpoint. Central and western Ukraine are as safe as ever. There’s so much to see and do …
During the summer of 2018, my focus grew increasingly on visiting countries in Eastern Europe. I usually tend to prefer countries with fewer tourists. There’s a certain uniqueness about these countries that you don’t find elsewhere. I also have a particular interest in Cold War history. This places all former …
One region of Europe that I had not yet explored in full was the Balkans. There’s several reasons to visit these countries in Southeastern Europe. First of all, it is much cheaper to travel within this region than Western or Central Europe. You also typically do not have to deal …
Whenever I travel, I usually try to go to less-visited places first. The reason is simple, wherever you have less visitors, the culture has retained more of its original content and traditions. When there are few tourists, there is little to no point in adapting everything to tourism. It’s more …
Luxembourg is a country that I think most people overlook because of its small size, yet it’s perfect. A couple of days is enough to explore the highlights of the entire country, without having to stay for too long. Some of my family members have lived in Luxembourg, although that …
I had visited Croatia once before, in 2016, making a brief overnight stop in the city of Zadar as part of a trip around Europe in a small six-seater airplane. This was the highlight of our month-long flight training course that we underwent to complete our air traffic control training. …
Around a week after having returned from my summer vacation to Africa in June, I was back on the road, taking short trips around Europe. I decided to concentrate more on countries I hadn’t yet visited. One place of cultural wealth that I hadn’t yet explored was the Czech Republic, …
