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I've read that Christmas tree sales are to the...

Crete without the crowds

The travel corridor announced mid-October...

Open borders in Africa right now

The African wildlife is thriving and the hotels...

everything you’ve always wanted to know about Sri Lanka with the kids |5|

Jun 20, 2017

Wow, that might be the longest travel series I've ever written! Five blog posts only about Sri Lanka, a country only the size of Ireland, yet starting to get some big recognition on travellers' minds. Our trip ended as it started ie. on a high cultural note, in...

sometimes you can have it all – Sri Lanka |4|

Jun 1, 2017

As I type this sunny Sri Lanka post in my very urban working space in London, I am transported back to the leopards, the elephants, the soft sand, the perfect waves, the curries, the tuk tuks, the temples... First, our safari night in Yala National Park, then our...

I’ll never have a cup of tea the same way again – Sri Lanka |3|

May 31, 2017

I know when I've traveled too much (is there ever such a thing?!). I don't have time to write about my last trip that I am already onto the next one. And that's no good!!! Here is the next leg of our Sri Lanka journey: the scenic tea plantation area in the center of...

Life in a treehouse, temple visits optional. Sri Lanka |2|

Apr 12, 2017

Colombo International Airport, March 25th, 4am: we dragged the five of us out of the Sri Lanka Airways plane in the middle of the night, and I thought to myself: what if our driver did not show up. For a second, it was as if our lives depended on him, on someone that...

Sri Lanka ශ්රී ලංකාව is so much more than India soft |1|

Apr 10, 2017

There's been quite a buzz about Sri Lanka over the last ten years, now that the images of the tsunami devastation are behind, and with the Tamil Tigers signing a truce in 2009. However, I had always been a bit put off by the commonly-heard statement that "doing Sri...

24Hours in Singapore. Happy New Year!

Jan 1, 2011

Waking up on New Years day, my first observation in Singapore is that the construction workers building that tall condominium across the street are still working today. As a matter of fact, at quarter past midnight last night, as we walked away from the beautiful...

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How I traveled to Syria for my birthday, and loved it

Yes I traveled to Syria last week. Not the broken and abused Syria that we all know from the news but the Syria full of colours, smiles and flavours that once stood proud. That’s right, that's where we all went on Thursday night with a bunch of super girlfriends and...

i am a pure and proud product of immigration

this is me in the 70's at my beloved grandmother's house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with mother and brothers in search of a better life in the mining towns...

I wonder what Hemingway would say about Cuba today

Everyone's talking about Cuba these days, and I am thrown 20 years back to when I first visited this special island, and left it with mixed feelings about its future. I was 20 years old back then. During a summer internship in Caracas (that's a whole other blog...

The wife vs. the mother, Bhutan |1|

We're back from a trip in Bhutan, which I really want to document properly on BozAround. It will be mainly through photos as I took sooo many, and they will tell much more about this beautiful country than my own words. Bhutan is roughly the size of Switzerland,...