A summer in Iceland: 9 sites for photography lovers!

Manu | 19 November 2014 | no comments
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

Manu | 28 October 2014 | no comments
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 […]

Best tour to do in Reykjavik

Manu | 10 October 2014 | 2 comments
Best tour to do in Reykjavik

If you are in Reykjavik and don’t know what to do, the weather is bad and you have already done all the possible activities and seen all the possible sights in town, there is still a tour that is worth doing and that probably none of you has considered: the brewery tour Taste the Saga. […]

Flying over the volcano: photography bliss!

Manu | 21 September 2014 | 2 comments
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 […]

Pro and cons of living in Iceland

Manu | 2 September 2014 | 14 comments
Pro and cons of living in Iceland

It is now six month I have been living in Iceland. Not a lot for many people, but a long time for someone like me, considering in the past two years this is the longest time I have spent in the same place. So far, Iceland has been gentle to me. It has embraced me […]

Photo of the day: Talking benches in Reykjavik

Manu | 14 August 2014 | no comments
Photo of the day: Talking benches in Reykjavik

Many of you may not know but the benches around the Pond, the lake downtown Reykjavik, tell stories. There are 16 benches around the lake. You can sit and while contemplating the Icelandic beauty or simply your facebook page, you can scan the code that appears on it and listen and read poetry or stories […]

Iceland best kept secret

Manu | 23 July 2014 | no comments
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

Manu | 19 July 2014 | no comments
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 […]

Moving abroad, getting at destination

Manu | 19 June 2014 | no comments
Moving abroad, getting at destination

    You realize you are moving abroad only the night before the departure, when you finally go to sleep after having spent the last month saying goodbyes to all your family and friends, trying to convince them and yourself it was a good decision. It was, no worries. In the bed, the night before […]

Let the game begin

Manu | 12 June 2014 | no comments
Let the game begin

My third World Cup abroad starts today. I was dreaming to be in Brazil for this world cup and I’d never ever expected to see it from far away Iceland. While watching the World Cup in your home country is a safe place where you are surrounded only by people supporting your national team, making […]

Nauthólsvík, geothermal beach in Reykjavik

Manu | 8 June 2014 | no comments
Nauthólsvík, geothermal beach in Reykjavik

Would you believe this is Reykjavik? Just outside the city center, between Reykjavik and Kopavogur, there is this little beach, one of the few white sand beaches of all Iceland, that gets really crowdy on a sunny day at these latitudes. Its secret is the fact that it is a geothermal beach, meaning that even […]

How to move abroad in 6 little steps

Manu | 11 May 2014 | no comments
How to move abroad in 6 little steps

So you want to move somewhere else, abroad, you finally made up your mind, thought about it for weeks and months, spoke with all your friends for some advises and got the courage to book the so much feared and dreamed one way ticket to freedom. An now? What’s next? Where to start? How? And […]

Unbelievable places: Soussuvlei sand dunes, Namibia

Manu | 25 April 2014 | no comments
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

Manu | 27 March 2014 | no comments
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 […]

Two weeks in Reykjavik: my 1st impressions

Manu | 18 March 2014 | no comments
Two weeks in Reykjavik: my 1st impressions

Time flies and it is already two weeks since I moved to Reykjavik. Lots of things already happened, lots of weather changing, snow and cold, nights out, laughs and smiles, lots of people met but still no sign of Northern Lights yet. Reykjavik is a cool place to live in. After only two weeks in […]

Ready to go again!

Manu | 2 March 2014 | 2 comments
Ready to go again!

What a period the one that is finishing tomorrow at 10.30, when my flight to the place I have chosen as my home for the next period of my life, will take off from Amsterdam. Many thing happened in Amsterdam, a town that I love, since I came back after Africa. Many good things, like […]

Isafjordur, my Icelandic love

Manu | 19 January 2014 | no comments
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 […]

10 Travel Tips from me to you

Manu | 17 December 2013 | 2 comments
10 Travel Tips from me to you

1) Travel during low season. It is the best. Traveling in low season means you don’t find tons of people traveling with you on the same bus, boat, plane and tons of people and children in that amazing spot you were trying to see since a lifetime. Your pictures will be empty of pollution. No […]

The most of Africa

Manu | 10 December 2013 | no comments
The most of Africa

Five months ago together with the crew of Vikings Across Africa we arrived at destination, in Cape Town and our trip in Africa had reached an end. It seems weird that so much time already passed. It seems weird to be back here and to think of that time as much as it was weird […]

My bad experience with Iberia

Manu | 29 November 2013 | no comments
My bad experience with Iberia

  The story: Last year on my way back from my unforgettable trip in Patagonia, I unfortunately had the worse experience ever in my life as a traveller. I took a local flight to Santiago del Chile, and there I had to catch the flight to Madrid, where I was gonna take another flight to […]