I have landed on the Big Island, Hawaii at night, during a hurricane watch and without my luggage. I had traveled for 30 hours and KLM decided I only needed my luggage until Amsterdam. And left it there. In KLM’s defense, I had only one hour layover in Amsterdam and it seems this is too…
Besides traveling and photography, my passion is to climb volcanoes. I was pretty excited with my volcano lineup so far, amongst which Cotopaxi in Ecuador was ranking as number 1, being also the tallest I’ve ever climbed. But this year I topped it all off when I went on Mauna Kea, the tallest mountain in the…
I sat with my camera, both of us quiet, content only to look at the travelling sun blasting its last rays in a plethora of colors on the Hawaiian sky. The night was warm, the waves chatty as were the hotel guests on the terrace sipping mai tai and watching the tiki torch flames dancing…
The road to Ravello is winding, hot, busy and it takes me from Amalfi beach 350 meters up on the hill, in a symphony of scooter horns and Guarda dove stai andando!! shouts (watch where you’re going!). The Tyrrhenian Sea is accompanying me for most of my drive with its blue waters almost touching the sky and this…
The road to Capri is blue and salty. I start the journey from the charming town of Amalfi and I’m being told it takes about 2 hours to reach the island. Being the boating fanatic that I am, 2 hours seems a bit short for me to admire the rugged landscape while gently being rocked…