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Ibiza coastline walk: planning and logistics

After 5 trips spanning over a fifteen month period, the Ibiza coastline trail is completed. I have reported extensively on…

cala san vicente, gear, hiking Ibiza, hiking in spain, Ibiza coastline walk, logistics, planning, sant antoni, santa agnes, Santa Eularia, Spain, transport

Never with your hands! Moving rocks on Pico de San Pedro

When we went out on hikes, my dad used to warn me: If you ever move a rock from the…

colmenar viejo, death, family, hiking in spain, local travel, madrid, Pico de San Pedro, Spain, tres cantos

Driving off the beaten track in Yucatan

Perhaps the best thing about renting a car for part of our Yucatán trip was the opportunity of venturing in…

b-side, cenotes, Homún, kabah, Mexico, road trip, yucatanpeninsula, Yucatán

Homún (Yucatán): Land of cenotes…and aluxes!

Homún, Yucatán. Let me try to explain what this place is all about. Let’s say that Homún is to cenotes…

aluxes, beauty, cenotes, COVID-19, Homún, nature, stupidity, transport, Valladolid, yucatanpeninsula, Yucatán

Cenotes in Yucatán: Devising our algorithm

Cenotes or water caves were meant to be a highlight of our Yucatán experience. Frankly, just the idea sounded perfect:…

b-side, cenotes, Homún, Mexico, nature, road trip, solitude, Valladolid, yucatanpeninsula, Yucatán

Dresden: no trace of the bombing

Dresden was meant to be one of the highlights of our December trip to Germany. I had read up so…

Baroque, bombing, cool neighborhood, Dresden, Germany, history, rain, World war II

Straight outta COVID (Best of 2022)

2022 – the year we left COVID behind, or so it appears. A year I found it hard to say…

Belfast, Belleville, Berlin, bestdestinations, cenotes, Cozumel, Ibiza, Mexico, Paris, Riaño, Santiago de Compostela, walking tour

Berlin – the city that moved me

I’ll share something with you. For years, I’ve taken to saying that Berlin is my favourite European city. That’s right:…

Berlin, Kreuzberg, moving moments, museums, Pergamon, Reichstag, Topographie des Terrors, Yaam

Run away!

If you ask me, there’s something magical about going for runs when traveling.  Looking at it objectively, it can be…

b-side, Belfast, Campeche, France, Ireland, Mérida, Mexico, Paris, running, Thoreau

Holbox, or the emperor’s new clothes

Inevitably, the story of the emperor’s new clothes came to my mind when reflecting on our three-night stay in Holbox,…

beach, don't believe the hype, flashpacker, Holbox, Mexico, mexicolindo, overrated, Quintana Roo, street art, sunset, walking

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