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The Wave of Destiny

Travelling around the world following intuition and what destiny brings to me. Being surprised everyday, serendipity.

World Rainbow gathering 2017 in Indonesia

June 1, 2017 by pile 1 Comment

Who need shoes or flip flops? Barefoot!

“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.     […]

Filed Under: Environment, Go Green, Indonesia, Spiritual Tagged With: Environment, Family, Indonesia, Java, moon, nature, Rainbow gathering

A year and a half in numbers: time for a new phase!

May 25, 2017 by pile Leave a Comment

Experienced sailor

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Argentina, Aruba, Asia, Brazil, Bucket List points, caribbean, Chile, Curacao, Environment, Go Green, Greece, Hiking, India, Italy, Mediterranean, Morocco, Myanmar, Patagonia, Road trip, South America, Spiritual, Uncategorized, Uruguay Tagged With: Destiny, dreams, Italy, sailing, travel, travel ban, wave, Wave of destiny

Hpa-An caves in South Myanmar, Burma

May 3, 2017 by pile Leave a Comment

Sailing into a cave in Hpa An Myanmar

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 […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: adventure, backpacking, Burma, cave, caves, Hpa-an, Kawgun cave, Monks, Myanmar, Saddan cave, Wave of destiny, Yathaypyan cave

Dawei’s peninsula in Myanmar: amazing sandy beaches!

April 26, 2017 by pile Leave a Comment

Grandfather's beach Dawei peninsula

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 […]

Filed Under: Asia, Myanmar Tagged With: beach, Dawei, golden rock, grandfather's beach, holiday, Myanmar, Paradise beach, Peninsula, plancton luminiscence, sandy beaches, Sio Htauk, South of Myanmar

Varanasi: the most spiritual travel in India

February 26, 2017 by pile Leave a Comment

Lassi in Varanasi

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 […]

Filed Under: India, Spiritual Tagged With: Cremation, Ganga, Ganga river, hindu, India, Lassi, Varanasi

Rickshaw Run in India with the Adventurists – Live

January 1, 2017 by pile 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Bucket List points, India, Road trip Tagged With: adventure, Adventurists, Crazy, India, Rickshaw, Rickshaw run, road trip, Three wheel

Moroccan desert with the Berbers tribe

December 13, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Morocco Tagged With: Berbers, Camels, Chebbi desert, Cigaga desert, Desert campsite, Dunes, fossils, Iriki lake, Morocco, Ouarzazate, Shooting stars, Zagora

Marrakech and its active medina

December 11, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Horses and donkeys of the 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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Morocco Tagged With: Jardin Majorelle, Jeema el-Fna, market, Marocco, Marrakech, Medina, Medrassa Ben Joussef, Moroccan, Moroccan Hammam, Morocco, Tajine, Wave of destiny

COP22 – The World meeting on the Environment

December 5, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Pacific parade for the environment in Marrakech

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Environment, Go Green, Morocco Tagged With: climate change, COP22, Environment, garbage patch, global warming, Marrakech, ocean, plastic, pollution, Sustainability

Skipper for an amazing 60 feet sailing boat

November 11, 2016 by pile 2 Comments

Starkel 60 feet

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 […]

Filed Under: Bucket List points, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean, Sailing Tagged With: AntiPaxos, Athokos, Corfu, Destiny, Fanò, Genoa to Zakinthos, Ionic greece, Itaka, Kakynthos, Kastos, Kefalonia, Kerkira, Lefkas, Meganisi, Messina strait, Nicolaos Islands, Othoni, Oxia, Paxos, Pondikhos, sailing, skipper, Starkel 60, Wave of destiny

The festival of Boi Bumba on the Brazilian Amazon island of Parintins.

October 20, 2016 by pile 10 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Brazil, Sailing, South America Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon river, Boi bumba, Brazil, Carnival, festival, folklore, island, Manaus, Parintins, tribe

Belem in the Amazonian region of Brazil

October 17, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Brazil, South America Tagged With: Amazon, Belem, Brazil, cachaca de Jambù, Couchsurfing, Ver-o-peso

Chapada Diamantina national park: surrounded by nature and majestic cliffs!

October 6, 2016 by pile 15 Comments

Wild horses

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! […]

Filed Under: Brazil, Go Green, Hiking, South America Tagged With: Brazil, canyon, Chapada Diamantina, cliffs, hiking, mountain, mountains, nature, Vale do Capao, wild, Wilderness

Boipeba Island, Bahia Brazil: a paradise still untouched by mass tourism

October 3, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Boipeba hostel

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 […]

Filed Under: Brazil, Road trip, South America Tagged With: Bahia, beach, Boipeba, Boipeba island, Brazil, paradise, Salvador, Salvador de Bahia

Rio de Janeiro: a unique vibe!

September 15, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Running on Copacabana and Ipanema beaches

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 […]

Filed Under: Brazil, South America Tagged With: Brazil, Copacabana beach, Illha Grande, Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, running, Santa Teresa

Colonial city of Paraty: wonders and water reflections @ Brazil

June 16, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Paraty water reflections

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 […]

Filed Under: Brazil, Colonial city, South America Tagged With: backpacking, Brazil, colonial city, Paraty, pile_82, Roberto Pilenga, solo traveller, travel, Water reflection, Wave of destiny

From Argentina to Brazil through Uruguay!

June 10, 2016 by pile Leave a Comment

Wonders of PARATY: colourful colonial city of Brazil

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

Filed Under: Argentina, Brazil, South America, Uruguay Tagged With: Argentina, Brazil, Colon, crossing Uruguay, Curitiba, Entre Rios, Florianopolis, Graffiti, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo, South of Brazil, Street Art, Villa Maddalena, Virada Cultural

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