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    A Southeast Asian journey while uni is out. Part Seven A: Journeying North

    I awoke at midnight to a jarring rumble of thunder and a crack of lightning. Within minutes the rain began in earnest. I had had an email a few days before, that a tropical storm about to hit China's coastline may bring rainfall to us. But this was buckets and buckets...

    0 , 6 years ago
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    A Southeast Asian journey while uni is out. Part Eight: Elephants

    Source: www.gardenofeden.blogspot.com For hundreds of the years the Asian elephant has been used as a labour assistant, in dragging forest logs, in clearing forest paths and as transport. Mahouts (or elephant handlers) often formed lifelong bonds with their elephants....

    0 , 6 years ago
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    A Southeast Asian journey while uni is out. Part Seven B: Food for Trekking

    Another trek, another challenge. This trek promised to be much harder than Vietnam and that thought left the students none too thrilled. I however, was stoked. Again, I had visited this place eleven years ago and remembered verdant forests and burbling streams ... my...

    0 , 6 years ago
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    A Southeast Asian journey while uni is out. Part Six: Free the Bears

    The expeditions we lead are designed to engage young people (15 to 17 year olds) in multiple aspects of adult life: planning, itinerary design, budgeting and an immersion in new cultures, places and ways of doing things. The treks show students that access to more...

    0 , 6 years ago
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    A Southeast Asian journey while uni is out. Part Five: Luang Pabang

    Waterfalls Eleven years ago I loved the quiet pace of Luang Prabang, its networked corner on the Mekong river and it's sleepy bars and restaurants. 2019 and my thoughts have not changed. The pace is almost rural and the temples, markets and people are still a delight....

    0 , 6 years ago
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    Finland Road trip: Part two

    We woke to the most glorious day and had breakfast with the gulls on the deck. Fish gulped around us and there was evidence of a fox. Off we set on our cycling route only to find that our trail biking skills were not up to the roots and narrow paths that we were to...

    1 , 6 years ago
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    New Year's Eve reminiscing

    31st of December 2013. The last day of this year, full of ups and downs, as every other..On this day, a year ago, I was in Brno, Czech Republic, on my Erasmus, celebrating New Years in the Vinarska dormitory with many other exchange students and with my friend from...

    2 , 11 years ago
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    Berlusconi banned: time to celebrate for Italians?

    Right at the end of a week which has witnessed a probably historical turning point in the history of my country, I have decided to take ink and pen and start writing about my experience abroad. To be honest, it would be more correct to say that I have just turned on my...

    2 , 11 years ago
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    STUKA13

    There is no better way of starting a blog than writing about a party.  This is because this week Nesna University is celebrating Stuka, what means "students' week". It consists on several activities to let the students interact to each other and have some fun...

    2 , 11 years ago
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    Smell of Christmas in the air...

    With the Christmas air just sparkling around the corner, it seems that Warsaw is wrapping the streets in the beautiful holiday spirit. The decorations are being hung all over the city, in different shapes and forms, from smaller replicas of green Christmas trees to...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Me, myself and Romania

      Today, I want to talk about something that has been on my mind for some time now. Since I have reached Warsaw, I met a lot of students from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, China, Japan, North Korea, Indonesia and so on. What strikes me is that I know a bit, about of...

    0 , 12 years ago
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    Settled down in Finland: The journey continues

    The morning of this day was spent with Niko Varila (our tutor), performing procedures and all necessary paperwork, such as opening a bank account in Finland. For this we chose the Säästopänkki, a bank located in a corner of Kauppatori, between Prima and the Lutheran...

    1 , 12 years ago
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    The start of a wonderful Jorney, TURKU, THERE I GO!!

    And it was ... at 2:30 in the morning my friend and eternal mate, Alberto Barros, went to my house to start the trip to the airport of the capital city of Spain, Madrid, T4 Barajas. However, from 21:00  I had been hanging around the last time with "trolls" (the name of...

    1 , 12 years ago
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    A year ago since the beginning of my best year.

    Rather it was from August 24 when the start of my experience marked its first anniversary and, with it, a wave of memories began to flood my head, stories, anecdotes, passages, conversations, impressions, people, names, parties and a long list of significant experiences...

    1 , 12 years ago
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    New Flexible Cancellation: rent your accommodation with complete peace of mind and cancel at no cost

    If there's one thing we've all shared since COVID-19 pandemic arrived in our lives, it's uncertainty. Although the pandemic situation is getting better and we can see some light at the end of the tunnel, it is difficult for us to make long-term plans due to the changing...

    1 , 4 years ago
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    First day in Madeira - part 2

    My first day in Madeira – part two In the last article, I told you about the process of applying and almost not applying for my Erasmus in Madeira. I explained how hectic it was to get there when I had a night to pack everything for those (in origin) four months from...

    0 , 5 years ago
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    I climbed a volcano - part two

    I climbed a volcano - part two In the last post I introduced briefly Guatemala and its main volcanoes. I have mentioned that when you want to climb a volcano, you have to do it with a guide. My Asian acquaintance from Taiwan called Kiki and I "hired" a guid called Neri...

    0 , 5 years ago
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    I climbed a volcano - part one

    I climbed a volcano! My Guatemalan adventure - part one There are not that many active volcanoes in the world, however, in Gutemala, there is not only one but many. I left for Guatemala in June 2019 (this summer) and I spent my time there mostly working. Although, there...

    0 , 5 years ago
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    Roadtrip Finland: Part One

    Oh Finland! You cannot quite compare with the beauty of Norway's deep fjord valleys and it's spectacular white water but you are worth a visit! I hadn't quite got my Scandinavian geography right when I decided to roadtrip Finland immediately after Norway ... still need...

    1 , 6 years ago
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    Festival Season

    There is no better place to start than with a twisted ankle, a bike and a 4km downhill ride to town. Oh and let’s not forget the rain – summer West-Norwegian rain. Summertime in Europe is the season of festivals. Outdoor celebrations of sunshine, abundance,...

    1 , 6 years ago
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