In September 2021 the situation in Haiti was quite hot: in a span of few weeks a president was brutally murdered, an earthquake ravaged most of the territory and frequent Continue Reading
Travel Log (North America)
This section is quite a detailed diary with all my movements across the involved countries in North America. Besides functioning as a sort of “position tracker”, it will hopefully provide Continue Reading
30 Tips to support your travel
There are indeed quite many travellers living on “passive incomes” during their trip. Halfway between envious and skeptical, we always curiously wonder how they can roam for years without any Continue Reading
General Checklist (20 + 1 points)
Here is a quick summary of the stuff you should check while preparing the trip: Create a Paypal account as an alternative payment channel. Also, if you are minded to write Continue Reading
Key motivations
It is hard to remember where this all began, but even before starting to travel outside my country, I always had this natural afflatus pushing towards the adventurous peregrination. The Continue Reading
Set up Chronology (updated 30/11/24)
I wish here to tentatively draft a rough timeline of my last 10 years to positively show how desires, backlashes and afterthoughts may impact a person’s life. In particular, the Continue Reading
60 Days in Colombia & Mexico under the Coronavirus (political) threat
On the 9th March 2020 I was leaving from Santiago de Chile to Cali, Colombia for a backpacking journey. I had already bought my plane ticket back to Chile for Continue Reading
Lake to lake trekking in Southern Chile: from Rupanco to Todos Los Santos in 2 days
Included in a wider national trekking network called Sendero de Chile (aka “Chilean trail”), the 24 Km route between Rupanco Lake and Todos Los Santos Lake is a remarkable, less-trodden Continue Reading
Travel Log (SouthAmerica)
This section is quite a detailed diary with all my movements across the involved countries in South America. Besides functioning as a sort of “position tracker”, it will hopefully provide Continue Reading
How to travel overland from Hat Yai (Thailand) to George Town (Malaysia)
Thailand works as a vital access corridor for overlanders to the Equatorial Southeastern Asia composed by Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It hence virtually opens the door Continue Reading
How to cross the Kawthaung (Myanmar) – Ranong (Thailand) border by boat
To my amazement, I discovered how extended Myanmar is. We are talking about almost 3000 Km from North to South. Only from Yangon (which lies quite in the South) you can Continue Reading
How to travel overland from Imphal (India) to Mandalay (Myanmar)
Since August 2018 it has become now possible to independently travel from India to Myanmar overland (see official news here). Before, special permits and tour operators were required to cross Continue Reading
Travel Log (Southeastern Asia)
This section is quite a detailed diary with all my movements across the involved countries in Southeastern Asia. Besides functioning as a sort of “position tracker”, it will hopefully provide Continue Reading
My experience in the bus from Kathmandu (Nepal) to Varanasi (India)
Since I could not find much information about a direct bus from Kathmandu to Varanasi, I have thus decided to report my detailed experience here in this post. I will Continue Reading
How to visit Maldives on a backpacker budget
After the devastating tsunami in 2004, Maldives’ government tried to uplift the ravaged local economy with a new strategic measure: allowing local house owners to open affordable guest houses and Continue Reading