I Guess We Must Be in New York City
New York, New York. That’s how the song goes, a rousing chorus belting away the name of a city so big they had to sing it twice. The sleepless city is a cool world...
Thoughts on Ice
Greenland is a notorious misnomer. Most of its territory is full of white ice, and all of it is cold as snow. It is a dead place, inhospitable to humans or any other creature...
Trails and Errors
Setting off on a new trail is usually intimidating. Who knows what shadowy figures lurk in the unknown (even if those figures are just flying out of your account while none are coming in)?...
Warm Heart of Tanzania
“I want to force the Serengeti to disappear into my eyes”. That was the sentence humming in my mind when making the final preparations for a trip to Tanzania. The feeling had been present...
Zanzibar, Island of Sand and Stone
Before idyllic beaches and the shimmer of the African sun, there was only a name, lingering in the tongue as a bumblebee taking flight. There are not many names in our world which cast...
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Africa and the Atlantic
Struggling once again with an extended Northern European Winter, we pondered several cheap options for a week under the sun. Following pleasant experiences in Sardinia and Santorini, we opted for yet another (relatively) short...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,