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Korea 2023- Pachinko
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Korea 2023- Pachinko

ByElena Murdaca March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

It has been a well-established ritual of mine for some years now to prepare for a trip by reading novels from the destination I am about to visit. If I…

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South Africa 2025 -Umlani Bushcamp- The New Year.
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South Africa 2025 -Umlani Bushcamp- The New Year.

ByElena Murdaca March 22, 2026March 22, 2026

It is my last day at Umlani Bushcamp.  I’m not sure why the fate wanted me to start and finish the year in South Africa. One year ago, I was…

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Bahrain 2025 – Kardabab Beach Grills. The dinner
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Bahrain 2025 – Kardabab Beach Grills. The dinner

ByElena Murdaca January 25, 2026January 26, 2026

You can’t say you were in Bahrain if you don’t taste Bahraini food.  That’s why I ask Hossam to bring us to a local place for dinner.  He’s doubtful. “Are…

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Bahrain 2025 – Manama- By the beach
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Bahrain 2025 – Manama- By the beach

ByElena Murdaca November 29, 2025November 30, 2025

I’m sure it’s because of the hat. As in the book « The lover » by Marguerite Duras. She’s wearing a male hat and this is what attracts his attention. I’m wearing…

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Oman 2024 – Ras Al Hadd – Fishing with Grezzolo
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Oman 2024 – Ras Al Hadd – Fishing with Grezzolo

ByElena July 29, 2024November 30, 2025

We decide to make good use of our last day in Oman and we book a boat trip with Grezzolo. The boat trip includes dolphins (possibly) fishing (almost certainly) and…

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Oman 2014 – Ras-al-Hadd – Casa Oman
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Oman 2014 – Ras-al-Hadd – Casa Oman

ByElena January 31, 2014October 19, 2025

Casa in Italian means « home ». Casa Oman is a magic place. When I went to Oman for the first time, in 2014, Casa Oman was a single building. A simple…

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Avatar, the way of the water.

The way of the water has no beginning and no end.
The sea is around you and in you,
The sea is your home, before your birth and after your death.
Our hearts beat in the womb of the world,
Our breath burns in the shadow of the deep,
The sea gives and the sea takes.
Water connects all things, life to death, darkness to light.

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