4-day trek to Machu Picchu (Salkantay trek)
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Even now I can’t sometimes believe I had this idea! I don’t even like mountains. I mean I love sitting somewhere up there and staring at beautiful landscapes in front of...
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Kivukoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam It might not be a tourist attraction, but as many of them, it is the most interesting when visited at the crack of dawn. Located on Ocean Road, it is easy to find...
View Article88 little things that make me a happy traveller
It’s all about little things. Little things that make your travelling good. Some might like nature, others say people are the most important, and there are also those who are fond of sightseeing,...
View ArticleHoliday Plans 2016
Time has come to write about what I’m going to do this holiday. My holiday destinations have changed over the years just like my interests and finances have changed. First it was Poland, my homeland,...
View ArticleReading list of 2016, part I
These are some of the books I read in the first six months of 2016. Only travel-related or non-fiction. City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Teheran by Ramita Navai I was...
View ArticleZalipie – the painted village
Painted village Painted, colourful, full of flowers – that’s how Zalipie is described. It is a small village in the south of Poland (about 70km north of Cracow) with the tradition of painting flowers...
View ArticleA murder in Saudi Arabia
There are some places that I’m not likely to visit, one of them Saudi Arabia which is almost closed to tourists. And even if getting a visa wasn’t a problem I’m not sure if I managed to get to know a...
View ArticleThe Living Museum of Porcelain
The Living Museum of Porcelain in Cmielow, Southern Poland, is definitely one of the most interesting museums I’ve visited recently. While it seems that hardly any modern museum is nowadays complete...
View ArticleArt Nouveau in Poznan
I’ve been living in this neighbourhood for a long time time. And as long I’ve been making excuses for not taking photo walks around: weather, work, lack of time or my dislike for urban photography...
View ArticleTravel expectations vs. reality OR This is not how it was supposed to be!
Expectations before you leave that’s not a good thing before setting off on a trip. Hardly every the world meets our expectations so you are likely to be disappointed. I know perfectly well it works...
View ArticleAltitude sickness or one of the worst days of my travels
“So, what about a name for our new family?”, asked Jimmy John, our guide, before we started our Salkantay trek. Because there were eight girls “sexy llamas” were suggested almost immediately. Why a...
View ArticleWhy are you going there?
Why did you go to that place? This is the question that I hear pretty often. Sometimes it’s asked with a voice full of surprise because a person has no idea what’s there. So, having travelled quite a...
View ArticleAddis Abeba – Ethiopia part 7
One piece of advice I heard was particularly useful: If you fly, arrive at the airport much earlier because you never know what time the plane is going to take off. I don’t remember now how much...
View Article24 random travel facts about me
Some of you know me, some of you will know me better after reading it: I don’t like planning – an ideal trip is the one where you take decisions as the time goes by. I love crime ficton more than...
View ArticleBack to the Past – Ethiopia, part 8
28 lipca 2013 roku kupuję bilet na następny dzień, do miasta, którego nazwy nie umiem wymówić. – Ale jest pan pewien, że to na jutro? – pytam chyba już po raz trzeci.
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