Sometimes you're just travelling for sun, sea and relaxation. Sometimes you want a little more. Or it just happens to be a bit more, because you meet exciting people or visit interesting places. Which destination has changed your life the most?
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Several travel magazines have listed the hottest destinations for 2012 - and the destinations vary greatly depending on which magazine you ask. However, it is a bit exciting to look at the rather interesting suggestions. What do you think of the proposed destinations?
Read moreDue to the floods in Thailand, I have to write about travelling and risk perception. The floods are approaching the centre of Bangkok and many Bangkok residents are leaving the city. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against non-essential travel to Bangkok and 26 provinces in the country. Despite all the disaster news, lots of Swedes are travelling to Thailand these days. How does our risk perception really work?
Read moreThe cold and darkness has just arrived and (from bitter experience) you know that it will stay for a while. More and more conversations on the internet are starting to appear in the form of "I want to go away for a week in January. Where should I go to get sun and warmth without having to travel so far?". Well, that's such a semi-impossible equation (given that we live bizarrely far north). Here are some suggestions from us. What are your best tips?
Read moreWhat do you know about Kazakhstan? Yesterday we went on a taxi journey that made us curious about this exciting country in the East. Countries that no one usually goes to awaken the spirit of discovery and make us easily excited. It's too far to take the car, but could we take a plane and backpack?
Read moreWe were abroad for more than five weeks this summer, and it goes without saying that some bills are bound to come in during that time. We tried to anticipate some of them, to avoid reminder fees and other hassles, and contacted some companies in advance.
Read moreWe are home after 5 and a half weeks in Europe. It's hard to collect the impressions... We have visited six countries this summer (two of which were new to us) and one way to summarise the trip is to briefly describe our feeling from each country. Here you go!
Read moreWe are travelling with the campervan through six countries with three different currencies. Today we have exchanged some cash in these currencies. Here are our tips for managing money when travelling by motorhome. Do you have more tips?
Read moreHere's a to-do list for the holidays, i.e. a list to go through before you are travelling. Is it necessary? Not necessarily, but it can be useful to make sure you don't miss anything. Plus, it's easier to relax on holiday when you know that 'you're in control at home'.
Read moreWe are constantly reminded that anything can happen, at any time, when we least expect it. Now a suicide bomber has blown himself and at least 14 tourists to death in the Café Argana in Marrakech's Djema el Fna square.
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