A Beautiful Island Hvar (pronounced hua-rd) has collected numerous accolades over the years, here are the more recent ones: 3rd best island in Europe in 2024, 7th in the world, Europe’s most beautiful island in 2019. Roughly 60 minutes away from Split by ferry, it is easy to […]
A Wonderfalls Trip “Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Be water, my friend. “– Bruce Lee […]
And the Die was Cast It was a hot and humid 2019 night. We had just knocked back a couple of beers in an Izakaya when the friend quipped, ” You know, driving in Croatia is easy. Anyone can do it!” “You should do it too!” Doing an […]
First, to the Blue Lake From inside the cable car, Lac Bleu looked like a deep, sapphire-blue oval nestled by the side of the snow-white slope. It appeared big, yet close-up, it was tiny, more like a pond. By itself, it didn’t warant the 15-minute detour from the Plan de […]
When I read tripadvisor posts complaining about the long queues for tickets, hours-long wait to get up the cable car to Aiguille du Midi station (3777m), overpriced tickets, how bad weather foiled the best of plans etc etc, I realised those comments were true. Many moons later, when […]
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