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Waterfalls, Fondue for One and the Best Chocolate I’ve Ever Eaten Destination
Switzerland · April 2026

Waterfalls, Fondue for One and the Best Chocolate I’ve Ever Eaten

Three days through Zurich, Lucerne and the Bernese Oberland. The waterfalls will rearrange your priorities.

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Surfing the Eisbach: The Wave Hidden in the Heart of Munich Destination
Munich, Germany · April 2026

Surfing the Eisbach: The Wave Hidden in the Heart of Munich

A river wave in a city park. No ocean required. And this spring, after months of silence, it came back just in time.

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Prague in April: What Nobody Tells You City Guide
Prague, Czech Republic · April 2026

Prague in April: What Nobody Tells You

Three days in Prague during Easter. The castle, the market, the bridge at sunset and two moments I did not see coming.

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Montenegro: The Adriatic’s Best Kept Secret Destination
Montenegro · March 2026

Montenegro: The Adriatic’s Best Kept Secret

295 kilometres of Adriatic coastline, a UNESCO-listed medieval city, a bay that will stop you in your tracks and mountains that drop into the sea. Nobody talks about what’s next door.

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7 Islands, 2 Weeks, One Backpack: Island-Hopping the Philippines Asia
Philippines · April 2025

7 Islands, 2 Weeks, One Backpack: Island-Hopping the Philippines

Cebu, Siargao, Boracay, El Nido, Coron, Manila. Two weeks, seven stops, one backpack and no plan beyond the flights. The Philippines is overhyped in parts and genuinely extraordinary in others.

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Japan in Sakura Season: Why Everyone Is Right and You Should Go Anyway Asia
Japan · March 2025

Japan in Sakura Season: Why Everyone Is Right and You Should Go Anyway

Yes it’s crowded. Yes it’s worth it. And yes, the food is exactly as good as they say.

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Vietnam: South to North in December Asia
Vietnam · December 2022

Vietnam: South to North in December

Ho Chi Minh City, the Mekong Delta, Hoi An, Da Nang, Ha Long Bay, Hanoi. Four stops, one country, and a sunset I was not expecting.

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Bali Beyond the Clichés: What It Actually Feels Like to Live on the Island for a Month Asia
Bali, Indonesia · October 2022

Bali Beyond the Clichés: What It Actually Feels Like to Live on the Island for a Month

The temples, the surf, the chaos, the quiet. A more honest picture of the island everyone thinks they know.

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