Time to leave
30 settembre 2017, Svezia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Here we go... Time to leave lovely Stockholm with all the friends and family.
Off finally
30 settembre 2017, Svezia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After a delay of about 20 min. We are off finally. Beautiful autumn colors below.
Cultural Madrid
1 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Madrid turned out to be a lot more artistic and fun place than I had expected. A lot of cultural shows and street dancing. Some very cool graffiti.. Its a happening place with a lot of pubs and barsLeggi altro
Cuenca, Spain
1 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Just about a 100 kms from Madrid is the lovely medieval town of Cuenca. Beautiful location perched high up on the stone cliffs with some beautiful old hanging houses and churches and stoneLeggi altro
The eyes of truth and Devil's Window
1 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Some amazing fall colors in this region make for a very stunning drive. The eyes in the hill near Cuenca is a unique natural erosion converted to a piece of art. On the way to Albarracín we stoppedLeggi altro
Albarracín, a stunning city in the hills
1 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
If there is one stunning town with a lovely medieval feel that I would have to choose, I would choose Albarracín. It a set in a dramatic narrow valley between two hills. Its a feast to the eyes withLeggi altro
Albarracín a hidden jem
2 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Albarracín was stunning in the night but turned out to be even better in the daylight. Beautiful classic stone buildings in a hill station location... there won't be many other combinations thatLeggi altro
Horizontally across Spain.. almost :)
2 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The morning was nice and sunny while we walked around the town but within a few hours the clouds had rolled in and we could feel the condensed droplets on the face. It was a beautiful experience afterLeggi altro
Salamanca, an architecturally rich town
2 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Salamanca turned out to be a yet another fabulous town. Almost every other building near the Plaza Mayor was a piece of unique architecture. The town is much bigger than any other places we hadLeggi altro
Salamanca by night
2 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
A very beautiful town, extremely well lit in the night. Everywhere you look, there are impressive artistic buildings. It was about 23C and a pleasure to walk around and discover the town.
Graffiti in Salamanca
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
In the light of the day, Salamanca showed a totally different face in the variety of graffiti one could see there. Interestingly, the graffiti was not one of those illegal ones, but, quite nicely doneLeggi altro
Effects of the Catalunya referandum
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So, just yesterday had been the day when Catalunya had its referandum. The effects could be seen everywhere we went. The patriotic feelings had been stroked everywhere. In the areas we had beenLeggi altro
Astronaut in the Cathedral
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Back at the city center, we saw the places we had seen the previous night. The Casa Concha (House of Sea Shells) with the sea shells spread out on the outer wall, the exotic Salamanca Cathedral withLeggi altro
Salamanca, its a poetry in stone
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Everywhere one walk in Salamanca, there are churches, cathedrals, buildings each more ornate than the other. Many mixed architectural styles can be witnessed in some of them. Intricate stonework,Leggi altro
More graffiti on garage doors
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After having walked around for about 2.5 hours, we decided to walk back to the car to head back for Madrid. Saw some lovely graffiti on the way back.
Back in Madrid
3 ottobre 2017, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We headed back to Madrid at around 12 pm. By 3pm, we were already in the city. Took the time to see the sights in Madrid, have lunch, take a quick shower and head to the airport for the night flightLeggi altro
Bolivia, 1st impressions
4 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Took off from Madrid at 12 am and after a restless 11 hour flight landed at 5:30 am at Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. After passing through the customs and migration, I was out by 6:15 am. TheLeggi altro
Plaza Principal 24 De Septiembre
4 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The main square is called the 24th September Square in honor of the anniversary of the uprising that brought Santa Cruz to independence. Today this is one of the most important places for social andLeggi altro
Interesting stuff at 24 September Plaza
4 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Besides people sitting and relaxing and people watching, there were quite many shoe shine vendors, there were also many hand carts with food items. Many people were selling fresh orange juice and someLeggi altro
The reunion in Bolivia
4 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
I spent the morning after checking in to do all the pictures backup and some washing. The missed sleep from the previous night finally caught up at around 2pm, so I decided to have an hours snooze.Leggi altro
Fooooooddd
4 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
First up, we drank chicha from a hand cart seller just outside the bus stop. Then it was the groundnut and jaggery mix that we call moofli gachack in India. Then had a good dinner at a localLeggi altro
Off to Sucre
5 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
As planned, we were up early by 6 and ready to go to the local bus stop by 7 am. We walked the 500 mts to the bus station in 15 min. Around the bus station, there were local ladies selling soups,Leggi altro
This is how we book the rooms
5 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
So, just when we were about to leave for the airport, we figured that in the excitement of meeting each other and exchanging stories, we had totally forgotten to book the room in Surce. Since we wereLeggi altro
Sucre
5 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Reached Sucre at 10 am. The town is 2800 mts high up in the Andes but the airport is higher at about 3100 mts. At the airport, we bought a SIM card so we could call the hostel since the bookingLeggi altro
Sucre, reaching the hostel
5 ottobre 2017, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
The micro dropped us off about 800 mts from the hostel. 800 mts in itself is not far but when you have to climb vertically with a 15 kg backpack at 3000 mts, it was a pleasant exercise in preparationLeggi altro































































































































































ViaggiatoreHave a safe trip man, and have fun!
The Craze for TravellingThanks Fehmi 😊