Topography of the island is mountainous and makes it quite difficult to move by bike. Also, the absence of pathways along the main roads connecting major communities (such as Kamari, Perrisa, Oia and Fira) is making difficult to walk between places. But with the modernization of infrastructure would it be possible? Santorini is presenting a…
Category: driving
Albania… What? (part 1)
14-16/05/2021 Tirana – Shkodër Our plane has arrived at Tirana very late, after midnight, so our first ride on the streets and main road from the airport, were not at all representative. Because we really thought that the roads in Albania are empty. In fact Albanian roads are always plenty of everything!!!! Not only of…
Lake Skadar (only images)
Sometimes the words are unnecessary, cause the place is talking to you in its own language (all photos: ©AS, 2020)
Montenegro’s “Wild Beauty”
Durmitor National Park It is highly recommended to get a car once you get into Montenegro, because you can then take one of the fantastic scenic roads leading across the mountains. Our favorite is P14 (also named R16) , which goes all the time above 1,4 m above the sea level. You might expect here…
Tour : Ostrog–Pluzine
Monaster Ostrog was found by Vasilij Jovanovic (1610–71), known also as Sv. Vasilij Ostroški. Jovanović was planning to live the eremitic life on the saint mountain of Atos, but local inhabitants asked him to stay with them. He eventually decided to find himself a place in the rocks, where he started to build the monastery…
Less known parts of New York
How does it feel to wake up somewhere and don’t know where and when you are? Isn’t it essential for traveling to discover less known parts of some very well known places, like such big metropolis, let’s say for example… New York City. Since Manhattan is the most known of NYC, you might be surprised…
Now, where is it?
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It is not Switzerland, nor Austria or other country with Alps inside of the photo’s frame. What is fascinating about this place, is that, you can dream all along the journey from one city to another and waking up in a complete different reality. It’s not in China…
Three facts about Brittany
Three facts about the originality of Brittany on the world’s scale
“Blue” mountains
or “Carmarthen Hills” or “Landsdowne Hills” like they were called in 19th century, are beautiful mountains situated in New South Wales, about 100 km from Sydney. Formed around one million years ago as part of the Kosciusko Uplift during the Pliocene Epoch, they owe the name to the presence of oil bearing Eucalyptus trees, that fulfill the atmosphere with finely…
Driving from oceanic Otago to alpine area
New Zealand, where is it? Part 2 Mountains, the universe apart, with their own laws, inhabitants, paths, crossings and networks.. You can’t move them, so they will still be here even if all the rest of the nature is being destroyed or hidden somewhere in between huge cities. I was really surprised when I first…
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