NOTE: Read Part1, Part2 and Part3 for Day 1-5 itinerary. Day6: From the moment we arrived in Serena Shigar Fort Residence, we loved it. It is 400 years old and was the palace of the raja of Shigar in 17th century. The fort itself needs no words, but the service from Serena Hotel was cherry on the…Continue Reading “Part 4 of the Northern Areas of Pakistan: Skardu”
NOTE: Read Part1 and Part2 for Day 1-4 Day 5: The next morning, we planned to leave a bit early for our next destination in Gilgit-Baltistan, Skardu. It is quite some distance from Rama Valley. The maps will tell you otherwise and some people might say it different as well. But it takes good 6 to…Continue Reading “Part 3 of the Northern Areas of Pakistan: Rama Valley to Skardu (via Deosai Plains)”
NOTE: For day 1 & 2, and the general planning and tips, read Part 1 of the Northern Areas of Pakistan series. Day3: From Hunza our next stop in Gilgit-Baltistan trip was Gilgit. It is about 2 hours ride and the road is very good. But right in the beginning, we first visited the first…Continue Reading “Part 2 of the Northern Areas of Pakistan: Rama Valley (via Gilgit and Astore)”
“Are there any mountains in Pakistan?” “Isn’t it always hot in Pakistan?” “Is it safe to travel there?” are some of the most common questions I hear after living for almost 9 years in Europe. I have traveled to many countries around the globe and the questions do not change, weather you are in Europe,…Continue Reading “Northern Areas of Pakistan: Part 1 – Islamabad to Hunza”
I hope that by now you have already read my perfect 3-days itinerary for Madrid. Because this day trip should definitely be combined with that. Some of you might know the name of this town (Toledo) from the very famous Spanish Netflix series “La Casa de Papel” (Money Heist). They did not show the real…Continue Reading “Day trip to the old town of Toledo”
Probably by now you know my obsession with finding travel gems in Europe for those long weekends. Because, when you are working full time, the holidays are limited, and you want to make use of every long weekend available. You probably already read about Alsace, Kiev, and Ibiza as some of my suggestion for a…Continue Reading “Perfect 3-days itinerary for the Spanish capital – Madrid”
First blog post of 2019, and of course I was wondering on what to write about. It is also quite some time that I wrote something last so need to get into the habit of writing once again. But, for the first post of 2019, I chose to share my most favorite out of all…Continue Reading “Kiev – Why the Ukrainian capital is one of the best budget city trips in Europe!”
Cape Town needs no introduction and might be high on most people’s wish list. And there are all the right reasons if you have it on the top of your list. The place left me with surprises beyond imagination. I always wanted to visit this place, but I never thought that it will leave such…Continue Reading “Top 5 things to do while in Cape Town”
Writer: Christian van der Leedan About the writer: Christian van der Leedan (aka Fanta) is from south Germany, living in Munich, exploring the world with or without sport equipment. Sadly, his cat Prizzi does not want to come along. He is well traveled and recently returned from a four weeks kite surfing trip in…Continue Reading “Kitesurfing in Brazil”
Alright!!! This is going to be a long post, but one that you will definitely thank me for 😉 I absolutely love traveling, but as you will follow the stories from my travels, you will realize how much I am in love with Italy. Italy is a full package. It offers something for everyone. Since…Continue Reading “Top “things-to-do” in Tuscany in one post”