Author: Maria Angelova
Maria is a 20-something traveling disaster roaming the world. She’s crazy about mirto from Sardinia, speaking in foreign languages (even if she can't, actually mostly if she can't!) and studying fortune-telling. She is one of the founders of 203challenges.com and, god forbid, its editor-in-chief.
3 simple ways to make friends with Cambodians
Cambodia could easily be called the one-dollar country; almost everything offered to you as a tourist on the street costs a dollar. But dealing with p [...]
Go trail running on a route full of Macedonian legends
If you love running and haven't visited the tiny Balkan state of Macedonia yet, here is the perfect chance to enrich your life with a new destination, [...]
7 strange places to spend the night (real stories)
Even if you seem like a completely normal person, there comes a time when you get sick and tired of sleeping in a clean bed with a fluffy pillow and y [...]
The Ear of Dionysius in Syracuse – a spot (not) to whisper your secrets
From the 'Unusual things to do in Sicily' series.
Even if you whisper your secrets while you're inside the Ear of Dionysius in Sicily (in Italian: Or [...]
Where to stay in Thailand: floating bungalows, tree houses & more
A country that sees 30 million tourists a year won't have trouble offering you places to stay of any kind. While the specific places will depend on yo [...]
It’s proven: this is the surprising secret to a happy vacation
We've all been there – you're work-free and schedule-free, but everything seems bland and pointless. You can't help but wonder how all that pre-vacati [...]
11 facts about the Eiffel Tower you probably didn’t know
Once upon a time most Parisians hated the Eiffel Tower, imagining that it would start to lean and eventually fall over the Louvre or Notre Dame, smash [...]
The Italian wine town of Bolgheri is a Tuscan dream come true
In Tuscany, a museum town dedicated to wine is like something straight out of a dream.
Visiting a wine museum or winery in Tuscany is one of the highl [...]
10 lessons from Buddhism to guide you when you travel
You don't need to be a Buddhist to borrow some spiritual wisdom and integrate it into your (traveler's) life.
As traveling itself is one of the best [...]
Anghelu Ruju: visit a fairy house in Sardinia
The challenge: visit a fairy house in Sardinia and create your own fairy tale
My favorite attractions are those that don't have a red rope to keep yo [...]