trading dubrovnik’s crowds for beaches: a daytrip to cavtat
by the third day of our dubrovnik stay, the antisocial me had kicked in and i had had my fill of crowds. we spent a full day navigating our way through the hordes of old town and all i wanted…
escaping the heat in dubrovnik’s hidden beach bar
after a 3 hour bus ride from kotor we arrived in dubrovnik during a stretch of, surprise surprise, hot arse weather. mid 30 degrees and almost 100% humidity. we made the mistake of venturing into old town on a brutally…
r&r time at hotel mucobega in sarandë
coming off of one heck of a travel day, we got dropped off at our lodging in sarandë in the pouring rain. with the only things on our minds being to dry off and sleep off our travels, we did…
how we almost died in santorini
our last atv trek was back in the philippines and took us down a fairly secluded dirt road to view some of the ‘chocolate hills’ up close and personal. in santorini, atvs are a dime a dozen. everywhere you go…
a perfect daytrip to cascais and a farewell to portugal
by this point in our trip (15 days in portugal; albufeira, porto as well as lisbon), we were already smitten by all of portugal’s offerings. the people, the food, the architecture, the graffiti, the desserts and the beaches. we heard…
daytrip to caparica beach from lisbon
we took a day off of stairclimbing the streets of lisbon and headed south to squeeze in a beach day. our original plan was to head to cascais but since we woke up late (something that’s been happening more regularly),…
weekly recap #19 – santorini, saranda & tirana
q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. santorini (hotel, 4 nights, thira), saranda (hotel, 5 nights), tirana (hotel, 2 nights, skanderberg square) q. favourite meal a. limani in saranda. we’ve had some good meals this week…
Red Cliffs above Praia da Falesia
I think the most picturesque beach we’ve been to so far is the Praia da Falesia. The red cliffs looming over the beach are so dramatic. Almost every shot is Instagram worthy. Here’s some of my favourite shots.
the hawkers of spain
another culture shock element for us here… the street hawker. in asia, the land of enterprising people, selling fake goods seems like a right of passage. the giant malls (rundown buildings that have been out of maintenance for years) comprised…
the randomness of barceloneta beach
breezy, overcast 18 degree days… what perfect beach weather! we weren’t expecting much but this was the nicest day of our stay in barcelona so we made an outdoor day of it at park guell and the late afternoon walking…
