Kosovo is one of Europe’s least visited countries, particularly if you leave out the number of travelers going back to visit their relatives. One of the reasons behind this might be the area’s history of conflict. But that’s all in the past, and today Kosovo is quite a peaceful country. …
This blog post covers a trip which I took to Bosnia & Herzegovina in Southeast Europe. I had never before been to the country. I was excited for the opportunity to see Sarajevo, and all its museums dealing with the post-Yugoslavia wars, although the stories they tell are grim. The …
This blog post is an add-on to the previous four articles dealing with my trip to Bhutan. To get home to Switzerland, I traveled via Delhi, India, and I had an entire day to explore the city. I figured it would make most sense to write about that day in …
This blog post is the last of four posts covering my trip to Bhutan. This last post focuses on the Phobjikha Valley, and a mountain trek in the Bhutanese Himalayas, with an overnight stay in a camp on Bumdrak Mountain, near Paro. In order to see the previous blog post, …
This is the third blog post from a handful of posts from my trip to Bhutan, a Buddhist country in Southern Asia. My visit to this little-known country in the Himalayas was one of the highlights of the many trips I took in 2018. To read the previous blog post, …
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 …
