June 24, 2020
This post is about a one-day getaway from Jerusalem allowing to see the major sights around it, including some tips on how to make it cheaper and more efficient. The getaway may be done by local buses or by car. If you are more than two, the car option will be cheaper, also, it will allow for seeing all the…
November 24, 2019
We have already told our story about the island of Ometepe in Nicaragua and our misfortunes with the ferry there. This time, we tell how we spent time there and what interesting things are available at the island. Transportation We traveled around the island for two days: one day by bike and the other day by bus. The traffic here…
January 14, 2017
No one can deny that people mainly come to Africa for safari. Finding cheaper and better safari is the most important topic of travel forums and Lonely Planets on Africa. We have to confess that we did not visit the classic safari, yet, there was much more to do in our month long East African trip. Another controversy about safari…
August 14, 2016
Ascending Tolbachik volcano, we saw the consequences of its eruption – the hardened lava fields at its foot. Yet, despite the widespread opinion, a volcano eruption is not just the lava flowing out of the crater. The eruption may be seen and heard hundreds of kilometres beyond the crater, in the most unexpected places and not only in the form…
May 8, 2016
The US national parks provide the unique possibility to visit different climatic regions, varying with flora, fauna, and landscapes – all for free. There are eleven climatic regions on the major US territory, with steppes and deserts being the most famous. Yet, these geographical regions are widespread in other continents too, while the prairies can only be found in the…
November 2, 2015
Along with Mutnovsky, Kamchatka is a home to 160 volcanoes; 29 of them are active. Recently, in 2012, Tolbachik volcano erupted in Kamchatka, and in 2014 it was still possible to fry eggs on its lava. When we visited Tolbachik in 2015, we did not fry eggs, but it was still possible to set sticks on fire putting them into…