24 hours in Daugavpils, Latvia’s second largest city
It’s Friday evening in the second city of Latvia, Daugavpils. Our legs are numb and throats parched. We’ve been on a train for…
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The day we went MAD foraging for mushrooms in Latvia
‘What are you doing today?’ Nothing. Let’s go mushroom picking.’ Our guide for the day, Latvian blogger Zane Enina of Mugursoma.lv fame tells me…
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Skiing on a budget? Is it possible?
I’ll be straight with you. Skiing as a sport has never appealed to me. I spent my childhood years playing cricket on the dusty…
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The highs and lows of skiing for the first time
Everyone has a ski story. Even if they haven’t gone skiing in their lifetime. Almost most of these stories inevitably involve someone breaking something….
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Lapland: Myth or reality?
Greetings from Lapland & the crystal clear Akaslompolo Lake A photo posted by Kash Bhattacharya (@budgettraveller) on Jul 23, 2016 at 6:23am PDT 67.9222°…
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Why 2016 was my toughest year in travel
Greetings from Kolkata. The city experiences a mild winter compared to the north of India. Day time temperatures are mild. 20 deg. C at…
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Finding hygge at Denmark’s northernmost tip
‘I like to be on the edge of the possible’ Jørn Utzon The end of the world they tell me is near. Thick…
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Go back to a place you loved or visit somewhere new?
There are no pictures left from my last trip to Tampere. Except one of 2 pictures. This is one of them. As you can…
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The slow train to Zagreb
“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train.” Alain de Botton, The…
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An End and a Beginning
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we…
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