I love being a traveler. As far as money can take me and time and fear of flying allow me to go… I send postcards from every place I visit. I have…
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Fear of flying!
I travel quite a lot for a normal person, however, I poop myself out of fear when I get close to the moment of flying! My tummy hurts, my heart beats in…
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When RICHARD GERE slaps on your shoulder!
I never thought I was a lucky bastard, yet it seems that I really am. After I rubbed shoulders with Tom Hanks at the premiere of “Inferno” in Florence, now I have…
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GREENLAND – go, dogs!
When something gets into my head, that’s pretty much it! I never stop! On my birthday, I wanted to go on a dog sledding tour. And, at the end of March, the…
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Cinque Terre – Rescue in Riomaggiore!
You go on a vacation in Cinque Terre, Italy, you are in a relax mode and all of a sudden, an unforeseen event makes you active again. Journalistic reflex or maybe just…
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TIBET (5/5) – a few stories and a few hundred pilgrims
The most sacred place in Tibet is behind me. The Jokhang Temple, considered the “heart of Tibet”. I came here three times to see the pilgrims. For a tourist like myself, the…
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The forbidden experience in the Emirates – Omega fake!
Does anyone know? Does it still happen for people to buy fake trade mark products from a car’s trunk? I have lived that only once, a lot of years ago, when I…
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TIBET (4/5) – on yak back to the Everest…
Holy Mother of God! Not even in my worst nightmares have I went to the place I am going to today: one of the most important sacred lakes in Tibet, that is…
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The lavender fields – “naphthalene” in its beautiful form…
To me, the small pouches with a smelling powder from the wardrobes of my childhood or the modern liquid version of the lavender solution are simple naphthalene. Bleah! Yeah, I know there…
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TIBET (3/5) – the spectacle of the monks
I know about Buddhism as much as any normal person who has not studied the history of religions… So I go full of enthusiasm towards two of the most important monasteries in…