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Canada vol 1: Toronto, Ottawa

Hello Canada! It was a long drive from Chicago to Toronto, but for how cheap it was, it was worth it. Also, there is a certain charm about long bus rides for me. Always meet interesting people and hear interesting stories. There were a couple long-distance bus-drivers on it, riding to their next job destination, so, got to hear a bit of their life and adventures.

Minsk, Belarus

February 2020 First long weekend trip of the year. 

Italy vol 2: Venice, Burano, Murano, Torcello islands and Slovenia: Ljubljana

August 2019

Budapest-Bratislava-Prague

November 2017 When a trip to the picturesque cities of central Europe had been just a plan for far too long.

Chile vol 1: San Pedro de Aracama, Calama, La Serena, Valparaiso

San Pedro de Atacama is a small town on the border of Chile and Bolivia, where it almost never rains. A proper desert with 365 days of sun a year. It is oriented on tourism as the nature is quite extraordinary. Out of all the options we chose to go sandboarding and explored the Valle de la Luna, but one could also go stargazing, biking or horseback riding in the desert or hike any of the nearby volcanoes. Sandboarding was so much fun as the gear was proper and it was quite easy to get the speed up, man I have missed snowboarding, sandboarding gave some of the feels. The Moon Valley is know for the moonlike landscape of dunes, rugged mountains and rock formations. It's a beautiful, easy hike in the hills and caves between the dunes. Make sure to stay for sunset and appreciate the changing colors. Ria cooked us some beautiful Indian food for a couple of evenings. After a couple days we were determined to go to L...