Coolest guys in the savanna (a short guide to wildlife in East Africa)

Hyenas are amazing, no matter what lies Disney cartoons have been feeding you all these years. Leopards are nocturnal ninja cats that hunt from trees. Cheetah is a motherflippin’ rocket with the fastest acceleration in the animal world. Africa is great.

How to speak Russian: the essentials

On my recent car-pooling trip between Belarus and Russia and some time spent in rural parts of both countries, I realised that my Russian vocabulary is in need of immediate upgrade, otherwise I will no longer understand the speech of ordinary countryfolk. If you embarked on uneasy task of learning Russian, it is perhaps because…

Instagram accounts that are worth your time (besides NatGeo)

It is quite great that non-profit sector is gradually finding its way into visual narrative via Instagram, and professional documentary photographers take upon social media more frequently to access wider audience with their storytelling.

A Story of One Refugee

Our historical memory is ridiculously short. Humanity has an attention span of a stoner (short-term 5-second memory): just two generations ago, our grandparents were growing in times of war, with bombs flying over their houses and families going missing.

A path through the woods: Sorrisniva Igloo hotel

‘Who in their right mind would sleep in the freezer?!’ you might wonder.

Violated by photographers: travel in the world of colour corrections

I am not quite sure what came first: the tendency to enhance saturation and colour-correct your travel photos, or Instagram as means to disseminate this deadly disease.

Cold, wet, and pretty great: rafting in Iceland

Up the heavens cold and steep; Turn when dawn comes over land, Over rapid, over sand, South away! and South away! Seek the sunlight and the day The entire barrel scene from second part of ’The Hobbit’ was CGI, and it is kind of disappointing – mainly for the actors, I gather. Imagine watching yourself…

Ramadan: what’s it about?

WARNING: Contains pictures of food!

How to go sailing on a backpacker budget

Crewing on a boat will allow you to learn some seafaring skills from scratch, meet new people and have a great vacation. Just imagine the blue sea, starry sky – and zero mosquitos. But why would boat owners look for an amateur crew and allow inexperienced strangers into their floating home anyway?

On the Edge: Diyarbakir’s Refugee Camp, Fidanlik Park

‘I hope you will tell somebody what’s going on here,’ someone touches my hand. ’I hope one day we will be able to go home.’

Finding a perfect travel companion

I always estimated my average time of travelling with a companion without feeling the urge to murder them as two weeks.

A Story of one Green Mill: El Molí Verd

One might call it a cave, others say – ‘underground chambers’. Around 500 euro and 5 months of digging – that’s what it takes to get yourself a habitable cave these days.