“Sharing Love, Happiness and Harmony living immersed in a nature paradise far from civilisation and the modern world” This phrase is the best attempt I found to express the lovely feeling I experienced as soon as I joined the big family gathering in May at the first World Rainbow gathering in Indonesia. […]
A year and a half in numbers: time for a new phase!
19 months, 558 days… 20 “countries” and 12 different time zones… 7 sailing boats, 19 flight connection, Tens of trains and countless buses… Plus a very special Rickshaw: Delilah! These are only some numbers recalling the incredible adventures of the Wave of Destiny I learned many things from meditation to open my heart to […]
Hpa-An caves in South Myanmar, Burma
Unless you want to relax for few days in a quiet small village, one day/two nights should be enough to explore the caves spread in the surrounding of Hpa-An. One option could be to join a guided tour, but if like me you prefer to explore at your peace without a strict plan I would […]
Dawei’s peninsula in Myanmar: amazing sandy beaches!
The South of Myanmar: one of the less explored areas by foreigners ! Reaching here I get the feeling of being out of the beaten track while sleeping under the stars in one of the only two guesthouse of the whole peninsula. The access point in the tiny town of Dawei reachable by flight […]
Varanasi: the most spiritual travel in India
My travel to India: couldn’t start from anywhere else than the incredible and astonishing Varanasi! “Just don’t miss it!” they said me many times… I fully agree, but I need to add “Give Varanasi enough time and at least 3 or 4 days”. Varanasi is an Indian city and as such on top […]
Rickshaw Run in India with the Adventurists – Live
The Rickshaw Run epic Adventure @ The Adventurists! What is a Rickshaw (alias Tuk-Tuk)? It’s a three wheel vehicle, less than 150cc engine reaching the incredible power of 7 HP at 5000 rpm… In Italy is also known as Ape Cross and in rest of Asia as Tuk-Tuk! This small, unstable and doubtfully “safe” vehicle […]
Moroccan desert with the Berbers tribe
After days in the beautiful and chaotic Marrakech I definitely need a break and a quiet spot! I decide to head directly to the source of peace and tranquility: The Sahara desert! With as much as 15/20 dirham (2€) taxi we reach the bus station where an eight hours bus of CTM brings my […]
Marrakech and its active medina
What an intense and fascinating city ! Two or three days should be enough for any tourist to explore the beautiful and chaotic labyrinth of the Marrakech Medina! It’s 5.30am when the Muezzin voice is diffused by powerful speakers all around the town to call all the muslim to the first pray of the day and […]
COP22 – The World meeting on the Environment
Marrakech and its overcrowded Medina: where best to start my exploration in Marocco? Even more this November 2016 since the city is guesting the COP22 (Conference Of the Parties), the meeting of over 100 nations to discuss and agree on solutions for the environment issues our generation is facing: global warming and climate change. The […]
Skipper for an amazing 60 feet sailing boat
This is my new house for the coming two months… She is definitely the best boat I’ve been sailing with.. (so far) The Boat: It’s a 60 feet long (18 meters) designed by Roberto Starkel with a agile wooden hull covered with a layer of carbon The 23 meters mast is counterbalanced by a keel 3.5 […]
The festival of Boi Bumba on the Brazilian Amazon island of Parintins.
The remote island of Parintins is the stage of the incredible Boi Bumba festival: An explosion of colours, passion and pure joy that every June attracts thousands of people from all around Brazil and few nearby countries, but keeping genuine and not touristic as many realities nowadays. The island is kind of divided into two […]
Belem in the Amazonian region of Brazil
The city of Belem has an important history as the outpost for the European colonisers to explore the Amazon region (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belem). To reach Belem from Chapada Diamantina a long night by bus to Salvador de Bahia to get my first flight after over 4 months travelling around South America. Thanks to Couch-surfing (www.couchsurfing.com), I meet a new […]
Chapada Diamantina national park: surrounded by nature and majestic cliffs!
After so many nights spent on buses mostly sleeping, reading and writing the seven hours to reach Chapada Diamantina from Salvador de Bahia pass in a blink of an eye. I get off the bus at Palmeiras where a jeep picks me up and in an half hour drive I’m finally at Vale do Capao! […]
Boipeba Island, Bahia Brazil: a paradise still untouched by mass tourism
Since I started to explore this huge country named Brazil I also started hearing the suggestion to visit the “wonderful island of Morro de Sao Paulo” located just south of Salvador de Bahia. But a neither a couple weeks ago I was in Sao Paulo and not without a coupIe of beers a friend revealed […]
Rio de Janeiro: a unique vibe!
I can’t still picture the real size of the Rio de Janeiro metropolis that even from the airplane seems to not have any end in any direction. It was February, few months ago, when I landed in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in occasion of the Brazilian carnival (The best carnival and waterfalls on earth), one of […]
Colonial city of Paraty: wonders and water reflections @ Brazil
As happened before the suggestion of other travellers and locals met on the way resulted in beautiful surprises: the small coastal town of Paraty in the state or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is one of them! A night bus from Sao Paulo drops me in the tiny bus station (“Rodoviaria”) of Paraty in the middle of […]
From Argentina to Brazil through Uruguay!
What to do next? Where to go? Cross Uruguay to reach Brazil and start exploring with agood friend from old times Head South to Buenos Aires, the capital of this beloved country Explore the North East of Argentina between Tucuman and the Jujuy to cross then in Bolivia. Let’s try to summarise what has been the last month around the World…I’m in Colon, Entre Rios region, just next to Uruguay Border. I ended up in this small town to visit Paula, a friend met through Couchsurfing back when I was