Get lost!
Get lost!
Explore first-hand destination guides and itineraries with a tilt to quieter places—islands, national parks, mountain hikes and scenic corners away from the crowds.
We focus on practical details you can use: timing, access, transport and trail notes. Many routes are suitable for traveling with a dog, and we flag pet-friendly options where it matters.
Eastern Bolivia is often overlooked. Most travelers head for the Andes, the Salar de Uyuni or the Amazon. Yet the lowlands around Santa Cruz hide places that feel completely different—quieter, more authentic, and refreshingly free of crowds. This multi-day road …
We touched down in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, en route from Vienna to Pemba in Mozambique. With just under a day to change planes, we’d sketched out a fairly ambitious plan before we arrived. We didn’t know the local logistics, plenty …
Sri Lanka is one of Asia’s most diverse destinations. On this relatively small island, tropical jungle, tea plantations, beautiful beaches, historic sites, and abundant wildlife all meet. This route is based on our own experience and shows Sri Lanka as …
Montenegro was made for a road trip—in a compact space it packs the Adriatic coast, historic towns, and high mountains. This route follows our 2023 journey by car with our dog Ibo. In just a few days you’ll go from …
Croatia is one of the easiest getaways from Slovakia, but this itinerary takes you well beyond the usual crowded beaches. We head to the island of Dugi Otok, where we slow the pace and spend a week in the calm …
In recent months, the flight network from Bratislava Airport has expanded significantly. At first glance it feels like holiday destinations have become much easier to reach. More routes, more options, more flexibility. But if you’re traveling with a dog—especially by …
Introduction I ended up on Mafia Island in 2016 more or less by chance. I had originally been looking for flights to Zanzibar, which was increasingly popular at the time. But I was also starting to see negative reports about …
The plan was simple: get on the mountain bikes, bring Ibo along, and head out from Sološnica to a modest-looking ridge above Čertova dolina that had caught our eye on the map. No big ambitions, no pressure to reach the …
I arrive in Guadeloupe planning to hop aboard my friend Braňo’s catamaran and try a few days of life at sea in a part of the world that’s new to me—the Caribbean. The original plan leaves me a day or …
Picture an almost three‑kilometer wall of water plunging in hundreds of streams into a deep canyon. You can hear the roar hundreds of meters away and a fine mist hangs in the air. That’s the first impression of Iguazu Falls—one …