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Chontacuros in El Puyo, Ecuador: Discover the Food of the Amazon Jungle.
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Chontacuros in El Puyo, Ecuador: Discover the Food of the Amazon Jungle.

ByElena Murdaca October 26, 2025June 7, 2026

The Amazon forest has been for all my life one of my dream destinations. In 2021, I finally got a sprinkle of it. I’m in Puyo, Ecuador, that is considered…

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Umlani Bushcamp, Timbavati: How I found my Favorite Safari Lodge in South Africa
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Umlani Bushcamp, Timbavati: How I found my Favorite Safari Lodge in South Africa

ByElena Murdaca September 27, 2025June 7, 2026

The first time I went to South Africa, I skept the Kruger National Park. I was focusing on diving and that was the only thing I did for 10 days….

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Hiking on the NiederHorn, Switzerland: Everything You Need Before You Go
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Hiking on the NiederHorn, Switzerland: Everything You Need Before You Go

ByElena May 14, 2025June 7, 2026

I meet Noé at the and the other 2 participants on the starting point of the adventure, the cable car station at Beatenbucht at 10.00. To arrive there I had…

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An Expected Extra Day in Cape Town: How To Turn A Denied Boarding Into A Blessing
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An Expected Extra Day in Cape Town: How To Turn A Denied Boarding Into A Blessing

ByElena May 8, 2025June 7, 2026

At the beginning I am pissed off. « No, this is not happening! It cannot be true ». The lady at the check-in counter is announcing me the flight is overbooked and…

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The Elephant Rock: Saudi Arabias’ Most Iconic Natural Wonder
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The Elephant Rock: Saudi Arabias’ Most Iconic Natural Wonder

ByElena April 17, 2024June 7, 2026

I contemplate this massive rock that has the shape of an elephant. It is carved by the wind. Otherwise said, it is carved by the caresses of God. I’m sure…

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A Taxi Ride Through AlUla: The Driver that Changed My Trip
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A Taxi Ride Through AlUla: The Driver that Changed My Trip

ByElena April 15, 2024June 7, 2026

The phone rings in my villa. It is the reception. « Madam, your taxi is waiting already 15 minutes ». « What do you mean 15 minutes? Wasn’t the reservation at 16.50? » « No,…

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Seoul to Busan by Train: The Guide to Korea’s High Speed Rail
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Seoul to Busan by Train: The Guide to Korea’s High Speed Rail

ByElena Murdaca August 5, 2023June 7, 2026

Michelle, Ylenia and myself arrive finally in Busan after an extenuating trip, from Geneva to Frankfurt and from Frankfurt to Seoul. As if a 15-hour flight were not tiring enough,…

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Jeju Island. Korea: The Islands of the Gods.
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Jeju Island. Korea: The Islands of the Gods.

ByElena August 3, 2018June 7, 2026

My dear friend had returned to Korea in December 2016 and for me it was a big loss. We managed to keep in contact and see each other during working…

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Casa Oman in Ras al Hadd: The Most Magical Guesthouse on the Arabian Sea
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Casa Oman in Ras al Hadd: The Most Magical Guesthouse on the Arabian Sea

ByElena January 31, 2014June 7, 2026

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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An Italian in Ras-al-Hadd: The Unforgettable Story of Iapo the Omani
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An Italian in Ras-al-Hadd: The Unforgettable Story of Iapo the Omani

ByElena January 31, 2014June 7, 2026

I was flicking through my Facebook account, when the pictures posted by Klo attracted my attention. Klo is one of my college friends, we studied Russian together. Those picture displayed…

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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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