9 Day Trips you should Never Take

… Because they should be overnight trips! Day trips… convenient, efficient, and seemingly harmless. They let you cram a lot of sights into a short amount of time. But let’s be honest—some places deserve better than that. In my travels, I’ve come across too many spots that suffer under the weight of day-tripper tourism. You […]
Explore the Elements

One of the photography goals I’ve recently set for myself, is to focus more on themes: to capture recurring colours, patterns or situation. I find most of the themes I’ve been working around so far, quite average. I usually collect pictures of exotic drinks, dishes, mistranslations, strange signs and a couple of funny ones I’ll […]
5 Quirky things to do in Bogota, Colombia

Every time I spend a decent amount of time in a big city, I make it a mission to hunt down the quirky, funny, offbeat things that lie beyond the standard tourist trail. Since this was my second time in Bogotá, I’d already ticked off the usual “must-seesâ€â€”the Monserrate views, the Gold Museum, La Candelaria […]
Journey to the Togean islands, Indonesia

I’m staring out the bus window with a deep, unwavering frown on my face. The lush Andes are rolling by in their full green glory, but I’m too far gone to care. I know I’m surrounded by staggering beauty—I can see it, even—but I can’t bring myself to feel anything close to awe. The high […]