Northern Lights – a Nordic love story

What I witnessed on March 22nd, 2018 was impossible to photograph and difficult to explain. Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) literally moving all over the place in the sky in different colours and in different directions. It was a 360° view that words are not good enough to explain. People will […]

Antarctica – the most spectacular journey of my life

The trip to Antarctica is the most amazing travel experience I´ve ever had. From top to bottom, the untouched nature, combined with one almost-horror story I escaped from by miracle. A lot to share about this one! In this post, the focus is only on the amazing opportunity and experience […]

Kenya – The Great Migration, a wonderful natural spectacle

African safari… It all started with you, The Lion King.. Yes, it´s a bit cheesy but it is 100% real. I´m that generation whose heart was broken at a young age with Mufasa´s tragic death. And how does it relate to all of this? AFRICA, animals! the prides, everything… I […]

Samarkand, a feast to the eyes in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan is one of those countries I discovered through one of my colleagues trips, before that I admit I had no idea but it took only a couple of photos for me to realize this would be an amazing country to visit. I am very glad I did and today […]

A day in Merzouga and the Sahara Desert

My trip to Morocco could not be complete without visiting Merzouga and spending one night camping in the Sahara Desert. It was my first time visiting a desert of this magnitude and it lived for the expectations! Merzouga is a small town in southeastern Morocco, very close to the Algerian […]

My first trip to Finnish Lapland: Huskies, reindeers and northern lights!

Snow, endless forests, reindeers, huskies and the possibility to see the Northern Lights were more than enough reasons to plan my first trip to Lapland in 2016 I wanted to ensure I would visit the “true north” already in my […]

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What´s being in African safari like?

We often get to see the photos or videos from these famous safaris, however I always wondered how they were really like. I just couldn´t imagine how it was in practice, if you really were in the middle of nowhere, […]

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Ushuaia, the end of the World!

Ushuaia was my gateway to travel to Antarctica, but the city alone is absolutely worth the visit. The surrounding nature is fantastic and it´s a paradise for trekkers like me 😉 I spent a couple of days in Ushuaia before […]

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Isla Mujeres, Mexican paradise

It was the beginning of 2021 and the pandemic was still uncertain. In many countries it was still very difficult, if not entirely impossible, to travel. Thankfully for me and purely from a selfish perspective, Mexico never really closed its […]

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Madrid, the semester abroad that changed my life

“Where are you going to study your semester abroad”?, asked one of my classmates from the very prestigious and private university I went to in Mexico, -“I don´t know, but probably I won´t” I replied with a humble, almost melancolic […]

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