Tag: #backpackerstories
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Welcome in Jordan is the greeting I received very often on the street, from complete strangers in Jordan. It is the emblematic phrase of one of the friendliest people I have ever dealt with, but as are all Middle Easterners. It was a solo trip made in August 2014, lasted 8 days and I moved…
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Getting lost in the woods, it’s not always bad Getting lost in the woods, is an experience that everyone should have in life. Getting lost happened to me even in the Kuala Lumpur subway, so let alone in the Apennines. In the Casentino Forest Park I usually use the 2 official paper park guides with…
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In touring Marrakech I became definitively convinced that I was turning my ways around. In fact, with this trip I finally, and perhaps belatedly, abandoned the ‘idea of trying to be without a connection. Too much trouble had happened to me in the past and I resigned myself to the fact that it is too…
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The chapter on what to do in Budapest would be rich. I would start with what you should never do, especially if you are alone and on a weekend. Of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire I had seen quite a lot, especially Vienna where I had been several times and Prague. While I completely missed Hungary.…
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When I was a child, the idea of traveling to Eastern Europe was equivalent to going to an exotic and even more mysterious country. At fall of the Berlin Wall I was 18 years old and I was someone who was already informed about politics and history; therefore, I was aware of what an immense…
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During this little trip I thought a lot about the life of animals in the city, thanks in part to Jules Verne ‘s beautiful 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Seas that I had with me. In 20 Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, among the many insights it can give, besides the brilliant foresight on technological…
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Dracula’s castle, in an almost live video. From Bran Castle, Transylvania Where it is located Home live on travel
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If the outward journey was characterized by the wise little girl, the return was worse. I had a problem with low cost, but I was the naive one, despite having made dozens of trips with them. The so-called low-cost When flying with so-called low-cost, or perhaps more correct to say former low-cost, airlines, one should…
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There are many things to do in Marrakech, so for my first time in Morocco I decided to devote 3 full days to it. I went there in March 2024 and solo. It was a destination that had fascinated me ever since I saw the famous film by Gabriele Salvatores. I left on Easter Saturday…