On a sunny Sunday morning we leave the hotel sooner than usual because, after two cold and windy days, it looks like finally we’ll be blessed with some warm hours in Moscow. We plan to leave the center of the … Read More
Most people, trying to figure out Moscow, imagine it grey, rainy and crowded. It’s all true. The buildings appear often as a whole with the grey sky and riding on a car in this town requires a good deal of … Read More
Close your eyes and imagine the charm of Paris, the elegance of Turin, the beauty of Venice and the appeal of Moscow. Put them al together in the same picture, add some crepuscular light and a bit of poetry, and … Read More
Some time ago, looking at the planisphere to find a new destination for my next journey, I ended up pointing at a peninsula in the Russian Far East: Kamchatka. This remote corner of Asia was isolated until 1991, when the … Read More
Lake Baikal, beside being the deepest lake on Earth and containing four fifth of all sweet waters on the planet, it’s especially relevant to shamanism because of the island called Olkhon, one of Earth’s five most important energetic places. The … Read More
If there is one thing never missing on the Trans-Siberian Railway, that’s companionship. Actually, I already read and heard about how meeting new travel companions is the real experience on these trains, more than passing over thousands of kilometres through … Read More
After preparing for months, here I am on the plane. The first stop is Moscow. Thinking about what would come next, especially about Mongolia, Tibet and Nepal, I didn’t have great expectations for my journey’s first days, and anyway not … Read More