Tag Archives: endurance

Let’s hit the road!

Let’s hit the road!
This is one of the most beautiful things about New Zealand: you could spend the whole life just driving around. I couldn’t believe at first that literally around every corner there was something beautiful and worth to stop, watch and picture. This is one of the reasons why driving takes so much time there! And what I absolutely love about it is the clever shoulders at every place with panorama view. So stopping and taking ... Read more

Camping In New Zealand: 5 Tips How To Do It

Camping In New Zealand: 5 Tips How To Do It
When I started to plan a journey to New Zealand the first information I came across was considering camping as best way to visit the island. There was no doubt I will use this opportunity to avoid the busy and touristic places. Camping is strongly developed in New Zealand and is very popular. Here is the story how I did it, some useful tips and things you should avoid. If you wish to watch how was New Zealand on a short clip click ... Read more

Guest post: Arctic Hike

Guest post: Arctic Hike
New Year, new guest post. Courtesy of Jenny who I met in Dublin a post about Lapland has been published just this morning. This is sort of summary and good advices. If you have ever thought about going there you should read it first. Watching the pictures and reading it made me think that I miss Lapland quite badly. So, hopefully I’ll be able to organize a trip this year. Keep your fingers crossed please and visit ... Read more

The Lunar Landscape: Gruppo del Sella

The Lunar Landscape: Gruppo del Sella
The track I’m describing here was done in the second day of our stay in the Dolomites. We started at 9:30 with a ride from Passo Pordoi to Rifugio Maria Sas de Pordoi and we started our walk from there. As the ride with a funicular railway is available to everybody the mountain hut was crowded.   We hurried up and followed the trail to reach another mountain hut in about 20 minutes, passing by an organized group of ... Read more

Camino de Santiago – Way of St. James

Camino de Santiago – Way of St. James
Way of St. James is a dream destination for many people. I was not one of them. This was never my dream. I can’t say that I have always dreamt about it, however, the desire to walk it has grown for some time and I think that I’ll walk it one day. Inspiration to travel comes from many sources and sometimes I’m surprised how information about a place or activity get through. This is much simpler story here: two of ... Read more

Self-selected Tourism? The Case of the Aran Islands.

Self-selected Tourism? The Case of the Aran Islands.
It’s not easy to come to one of the Aran Islands: Inishmore, Inishmeain or Inisheer. Although all three are well connected with mainland Ireland- as islanders call the rest of their country- the trip is demanding in terms of a mental challenge. The trip made by plane or by ferry still challenges ordinary tourists. I spoke to few locals during my stay on the island and they told me that they are pretty happy about it. What ... Read more

5 Good Reasons Why Coming To The Aran Islands

5 Good Reasons Why Coming To The Aran Islands
My primary motivation of a travel to the Aran Islands was related to the famous book of Nicolas Bouvier Journal d’Aran et d’autres lieux. This exquisite piece of literature made me think about this place and finally find a way to go there. I spent almost a week on the biggest of all islands- Inishmore- and I think I understood why Bouvier came back full of delight. There is something special about this place that ... Read more

My 15 Reasons Why I Do Jogging

My 15 Reasons Why I Do Jogging
I started jogging few years ago and my direct motivation was to prepare myself to a long walk in Lapland. Before I went to Lapland with a full size backpack I knew I need to do something for two reasons: first, to not get abandoned along the track, and second, to make the time spent in the wild enjoyable. Somehow pain related to untrained muscles was enough to convince me about the necessity to do jogging. So this was MY reason why ... Read more

What is the best place to ski? Val di Fassa!

What is the best place to ski? Val di Fassa!
The dream of every skier is the white sparkled hillside and no speed limits. The wind in your hair and sun shining straight into your eyes is something that many of us are waiting for the whole year. Val di Fassa is a place when you can have it all! The snow is almost always there PLUS there is something that Austria, France and Switzerland is missing: THE SUN! The majority of the hills in Italy is inclined to the south. It means ... Read more

5 Important Facts Nobody Is Telling You about Traveling

5 Important Facts Nobody Is Telling You about Traveling
Nobody wants to spend a holiday budget on travelling and return home disappointed. We all know too well the stories starting with ‘everything what could go wrong went wrong’. Naturally, there are holidays that we remember forever and those that we wish to forget as soon as possible. Many people get discouraged with such a lottery whether the trip is enjoyable or a total disaster. While it is impossible to make ALL trips ... Read more