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Pieds dans l’eau on the West African coast: Les Almadies
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Pieds dans l’eau on the West African coast: Les Almadies

ByElena Murdaca October 1, 2026October 1, 2026

It’s mid-June 2026, and I have just arrived in Senegal for a two-day event in Dakar. I consider this my first real time here, because when I came in February…

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Calabrian Bergamot: The Citrus That Saved My Trip to Crete
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Calabrian Bergamot: The Citrus That Saved My Trip to Crete

ByElena Murdaca August 9, 2026August 9, 2026

I’m addicted to it. It may come in Earl Grey, the Aqua Allegoria of Guerlain, as essential oil or liquor, I never have enough of it. Even Cire Trudon, the…

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Miles and More Silver Status: my honest take on frequent flyer perks (and why I want gold next)
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Miles and More Silver Status: my honest take on frequent flyer perks (and why I want gold next)

ByElena Murdaca July 5, 2026July 5, 2026

Well, yes, I have to admit it. With a mix of shame and arrogance, I acknowledge I got upgraded to the Olympus of the frequent flyers.  Since 2022, I have…

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Seoul Olympic Park 1988: History, Emotions and Travel Tips
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Seoul Olympic Park 1988: History, Emotions and Travel Tips

ByElena Murdaca June 16, 2026June 17, 2026

The Olympic Park is the first place we visit when we arrive in Seoul from Busan, where we spent our first week in Korea. It’s also quite far from the…

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Shark Diving in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: A Wild Underwater Paradise.
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Shark Diving in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: A Wild Underwater Paradise.

ByElena Murdaca June 7, 2026June 7, 2026

When I went to Brazil for the first time, in 2016, I didn’t have a chance to go to Fernando de Noronha to dive. That wish stayed with me for…

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St Sulpice, Switzerland:  A Quiet Lakeside Village With a Room Full of Dreams
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St Sulpice, Switzerland: A Quiet Lakeside Village With a Room Full of Dreams

ByElena Murdaca June 6, 2026June 7, 2026

I stare at the guy, he’s staring at me. I study his eye, piercing me. His tattoos, on his noise, his neck, his chest, his shoulders. He looks young, his…

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Celebrating in Rio de Janeiro: The Best Birthday Adventure in Brazil
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Celebrating in Rio de Janeiro: The Best Birthday Adventure in Brazil

ByElena Murdaca May 31, 2026June 7, 2026

I always wanted to celebrate my birthday in summer. Though I enjoy very much being an Aries born at the end of March, I always felt the regret of not…

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Liveaboard Diving in the Bahamas: how to Prepare for the Aquacat.
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Liveaboard Diving in the Bahamas: how to Prepare for the Aquacat.

ByElena Murdaca February 22, 2026June 7, 2026

It’s all ShinMi fault. Once decided I would go to Bahamas for diving, I recalled that she had dived there a few years ago, so I turn to her for…

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Muharraq The Pearl Museum, Bahrain: A UNESCO Journey Into the Pearl Trade.
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Muharraq The Pearl Museum, Bahrain: A UNESCO Journey Into the Pearl Trade.

ByElena Murdaca February 8, 2026June 7, 2026

Bahrain is a large exporter of natural pearls.  The technic to “raise” pearls was imported from Japan, but before it, fishermen would just fish the oysters from the sea. Tons…

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Night Walk in Mindo Forest: Ecuador’s Magical Wildlife Experience
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Night Walk in Mindo Forest: Ecuador’s Magical Wildlife Experience

ByElena Murdaca December 22, 2025June 7, 2026

Mindo is in the Sierra region, i.e. the mountain one. Two and a half hours drive from Quito, more or less.  Nature in Ecuador is beautiful and wild wherever you…

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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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