Backpacking - Nomad Travellers

Free accommodation: 15 Strange places where I slept for free without a tent

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Wednesday, 08 January 2014 10:00; Written by Davide Vadalà

Sleeping in the Golden Temple, Amristar

While travelling on a budget sometimes things can go wrong or different than expected, ending up sleeping somewhere unusual at night. Others times it might be just one's will to experience things from a different point of view. Below a selection of 15 strange places where I slept for free during my trips, without a tent. No need

Who is behind this travel blog? An insight into the life of two gypsy travellers

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Wednesday, 18 December 2013 20:57; Written by Davide Vadalà

Davide and Oti, off duty

We recognized that while we write many articles in our travel blog about places that we visit, we say how amazing they are, we upload photos, and we tell you how to go there, we never say anything about us, and more than that we rarely put photos of the gypsy travellers in action! So we thought about making up for this mistake

Kumbh Mela in India: Hindu religion and traditions in Haridwar

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:34; Written by Davide Vadalà

That's why a number of people estimated between 30 and 70 millions, attended the last Kumbh Mela in 2010, arriving from all over India and from abroad. Part of them arrived by foot, after long pilgrimages. 1Pilgrims-Kumbh Mela Haridwar India 2010 6318

This year took place in Allahabad, India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious gathering of the world attracting tens of Millions of Hindu pilgrims each time. If you want to know where these millions of people are sleeping, about the "parties" after the prayers, and who are this ash-smeared naked people, keep reading my

A freezing experience at the Ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Saturday, 20 October 2012 18:42; Written by Davide Vadalà

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Every Year in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland not far from Kiruna, is build an ice hotel that can accommodate more than 100 people, made completely of ice, the first one of this kind in the world since 1990. Every year a new structure is build in December and different artists are called to realize the rooms and suites, all different

20 Incredible jobs I saw in India: life seen from another point of view

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Saturday, 20 October 2012 18:02; Written by Davide Vadalà

Willing to send your kids at school by school bus? No problem, in New Delhi there is a human bus! This man is taking on his bicyle-rickshaw over 10 kids to carry through the dusty roads. incredible jobs in India 2011 2041 09-07-10

If you think you have a boring office job, sitting full time behind a desk, 40 hours a week, and you are willing to spice up your life, then you should move to India! Creativity is the key, and you can invent your own job, or improvise something with the little resources available. Browse through these photos showing incredible

Human transportation and porters in Nepal and in the Annapurna Circuit

Details: Category: Photo Stories; Published: Friday, 19 October 2012 20:58; Written by Davide Vadalà

Even kids are not exempt from this common destiny: they are taught since they are child to carry "loads" on their backs, or in this case the younger sister. 009Porters-Nepal-human-transportation

In Nepal private transportation is not common and paved roads can be counted on the fingers of one hand. That's why humans still do most of the work, carrying weights even in difficult situations. In the cities or in the Himalaya it makes no difference, "porters" are always seen around with the weirdest loads in the back