Road trip across Iceland: Day 1, Reykjavik-Hofn
Definitely one of the richest itinerary to drive through in Iceland, the road from Reykjavik to Hofn can only astonish you if, combined with with the Golden Circle, is driven all in one day. So much to see, too much maybe to be handled in 12 hours drive, while dealing with a cold and windy […]
April 13th – 20th With TravelTelly across Iceland
On April 13th I will join the crew of TravelTelly for an exciting road trip across the ring road of Iceland. One week on the road, filming, photographing and documenting some of the most beautiful scenarios of this amazing island. We will meet in Reykjavik where Johannes will have the pleasure to taste winter […]
One year of Iceland in two seasons
My 1st year of Iceland in photos WINTER SUMMER Help me to raise funds for a new camera […]
My 1st winter in Iceland
Most of the tourists who visit Iceland love to come here in summer, when days are longer, almost neverending, and temperatures are a bit milder than the rest of the year. However, I personally love Iceland in winter, despite the cold. Before moving I came 3 times here in winter. I always found Iceland […]
Travel and become a storyteller!
6 Funny travel stories and how I became a story teller One of the greatest things of traveling is surely the memories you bring back home for the rest of your life. They say traveling transforms you in a story teller and as soon as you start traveling you can experience how true it is. My […]
Oslo-Bergen: a train ride through Dreamland!
They say the train that goes from Oslo to Bergen, in Norway, is one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world, and they are right. The long train that picks you up at the Central station of Oslo and bring you across the forests and mountains of Norway, is a long and comfortable […]
A summer in Iceland: 9 sites for photography lovers!
Skogarfoss shining in a double rainbow: for a photographer, a nature lover or for any one who is sensible to beauty, this is one oft he most awesome sights you can see in your life. with its perfect beauty and colours, Mother Nature makes an effort to let you leave a piece of your heart […]
Fish River Canyon, wonder of Namibia
The Fish River Canyon was the last signpost of Africa and of our trip, a very metaphorical travel landmark where we all realized we were getting to the end and most of all the real Africa had been left behind. A place of extraordinary beauty, the second biggest canyon in the world gave all of […]
Flying over the volcano: photography bliss!
It is one in a lifetime opportunity and you know how much I love these kinds of chance. When there is a once in a lifetime thing to do I love to be on the main line, ready to get the opportunity. So it happens that if you are in Iceland and you get an […]
Iceland best kept secret
In the past few years Iceland has become of of the most touristic travel destinations in the world. It is almost impossible to go anywhere without find yourself surrounded by such a crowd of tourists that you almost wonder if what you are looking at is a waterfall or rather Monna Lisa. Would you like […]
Eistnaflug: Metal among the clouds
Take an unknown, unpronounceable fjord of East Iceland, get a couple of friends, drive all the way there through pouring rain and find the most incredible, astonishing and amazing festival in the world: Eistnaflug. On the second weekend of July the whole Metal scene of Iceland moves to East, toward Neskaupstadir, one of the […]
Unbelievable places: Soussuvlei sand dunes, Namibia
Soussuvlei, its sand dunes, the highest in the world, its shapes and colours, its silence and beauty deserve a special places among the unbelievable places of Africa and of the planet. Namibia desert is neverending. For those arriving from North as we were at the time of those photos, for those coming from the […]
Golden Circle, Golden Iceland
There is no better way to be introduced to Iceland and its magic by taking a tour to the so-called Golden Circle, where the splendour of Gullfoss Waterfall, the Gold Waterfall whose name gives the name to the entire tour, the always stunning show of the Geysir and the neverending land of Thingvellier will not […]
Isafjordur, my Icelandic love
It was the end of November when I landed to Isafjordur, on the North Western fjords of Iceland. Useless to say it was cold, very cold. In Reykjavik my flight had been cancelled for two days in a row, due to the stormy weather conditions in he North. I had almost lost my hopes to […]
Northern Lights: the true story
This is the most funny of all my travel stories. The truth is: I have been in Iceland 3 times, always in the middle of the freeking Icelandic winter and I have never managed to see the Northern Lights! Never. Not even a glimpse, a green spot, a stain in the sky that could have […]
Unbelievable places: Kolmanskop, a ghost town of the desert
In the middle of the Southern desert, the one belonging to Namibia and to the Southern Hemisphere, Kolmaskop is a true gem, a pearl of beauty and silence, like the Desert that surrounds and hug it. It appears on the side of an unknown road that runs for kilometres without crossing any village or […]
Capetown, between black an white
We arrived in Cape Town with a bit of joy and a bit of sadness at the same time, and so it has been in all these days spent here. Cape Town welcomed us with all her majesty and splendour, in some sunny and warm days that made us forget the cold we had […]
Etosha, into the wild
“This is where humanity kicked off – it ‘s about time you came home” (Lonely planet Africa). Humanly speaking, that was indeed the feeling I had when I entered not only Namibia but Etosha National Park, too. The door to it actually opens up a new world, the world that belongs to Africa in the […]
Unbelievable places: Tundavala Abyss
One of the most glorious and unexpected corner of paradise came out of the blue in the middle of our busy time crossing Angola. We were overnighting for a couple of days outside Lobango, in the garden of a beautiful guest house surrounded by the most friendly cats and dogs ever met on this trip. […]
Back to the Savannah in Angola
In Angola we have sadly left the rainforest landscape to come back to the infinite and much more spoiled view of the Savannah. The landscape has slowly started to change since we entered the country, the weather got dryer, and the nights chillier. We are running through Angola fast, as our visa is only for […]
