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, …
The last out of six blog posts covering my May/June trip to Africa. This one also includes parts of both African countries I visited, in one blog post. The story continues in Maun, Botswana, where I am changing planes after I returned on a charter flight from the Okavango Delta, …
The second-to-last blog post regarding my trip to Africa, continuing in Maun, Botswana where I spent the night before heading into the Okavango Delta in north-western Botswana. Sunday, June 3rd After breakfast, the hotel in Maun still had no information on my flight times. As I would be flying out …
The fourth blog post regarding my trip to Africa, and the first one about the last half of the trip, which took place in Botswana. The blog post starts in Namibia still, waking up in the Ngepi Camp on the banks of the Okavango River, in Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. Wednesday, …
The third of the blog posts from my trip to Namibia/Botswana. The second blog post ended with the last evening at the Brandberg White Lady Lodge in Namibia’s Damaraland, now continuing north to the Etosha National Park, and later the Caprivi Strip. Saturday, MAY 26th I checked out of the …
This is the second blog post regarding my trip to Namibia and Botswana in May/June, picking up where I left off in the first blog post, in Solitaire, near the Namib-Naukluft National Park and the Sossusvlei dunes. Tuesday, MAY 22nd Got up early, and got ready to have breakfast at …
