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Portugal : Porto & Douro Valley

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 6, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort Portugal 🇵🇹Sea / River / Waterbody travel

🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 Porto was the last stop in my itinerary. Porto is the second biggest city in Portugal. This place was the origin of port wine. It is also famous for its iconic bridges. In fact it is the only city in Europe which has 6 bridges. I stayed in Porto for 2 days. Weather was not at its best but there were intermittent clear sky. There are few unique charm to this city, Lello Bookshop with its amazing neo-gothic interiors (Harry Potter shooting happened here, it was Hogwarts library) . Then there…

Portugal : Lagos & Albufeira Region

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:June 10, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Luxury / Comfort Portugal 🇵🇹Sea / River / Waterbody travel

🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 I landed in Faro airport at 12 PM. Faro is the capital of famous Algarve region of Portugal. I booked my transfer to Vilamoura from Airport. Vilamoura is one of the finest resort towns in Porugal. However due to wet weather my boat tour was cancelled . I spend the day walking around town. Vilamoura is famous for its beach , resorts and million dollar yachts parked at the marina . Vilamoura Marina My next destination was Lagos. The town is famous for its old town, cliffs and Atlantic beaches. Still sea…

Spain : Andalusia region – Seville

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:June 4, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Landscape Luxury / Comfort Spain 🇪🇸travel

🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 Seville - Granada - Ronda Day -1 Seville Seville is the capital of Andalusia region. There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain, Andalusia is the most populous and 2nd largest by area. I missed my original flight to Barcelona so I had to knock off Barcelona and Madrid from my original itinerary and instead arrived Seville two days latter. First thing I noticed are orange trees, they are an integral part of the landscape. If you make the mistake (like I did ) of biting one of the oranges you will understand…

Gibraltar

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 29, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Spain 🇪🇸travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇮 🇬🇮 🇬🇮 Day 1 I started early from Ronda. It was 9.18 train to Algeciras from Ronda. Weather was not good , it was raining incessantly from morning. At Algeciras I had to wait for sometime to catch a local bus to La - Linea. From La - Linea bus stop it was 10 min walk to the border checkpoint and then another 15 mins walk to my hotel in Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a tiny patch of land (less than 10 Sq Km) still part of British oversees territory. It has its own…

Sisimiut : Driving a Snowmobile

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 13, 2017
Post category:Adventure Arctic / Antarctica City Europe 🌍Greenland 🇬🇱travel

🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 Snowmobiles have become the modern replacement of dog sled. This was roughly 4 hour excursion from the town. Snowmobiles are pretty easy to master because there is no gear ; its just brake and throttle. We first went to the top of Solbakken. This is a vantage point with a good view across the town. We also went to Aappilattorsuaq . Overall this was pretty cool experience.

Sweden & Finland: Stockholm to Helsinki

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 9, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Finland 🇫🇮Sea / River / Waterbody Sweden 🇸🇪travel

🇸🇪 🇦🇽 🇫🇮 Stockholm - Aland Island - Turku - Tampere - Helsinki

Norway: Bergen

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:May 9, 2017
Post category:backpacking City Europe 🌍Norway 🇳🇴travel

🇳🇴 🇳🇴 🇳🇴 The weekend gateaway started on a Friday night, around 2 hour flight from London Gateweek to Bergen. Bergen is city on Norways southwestern coast and 2nd largest city in Norway. The bergen airport is quite small and faraway from city but a direct bus from airport to city center takes us directly to Radisson Blue Norge. Next day was 30th April , incidentally Fjordkraft Bergen City Marathon (FBCM) was scheduled that day . The city was brimming with people with participants from all over the world. The day started taking a…

Ilulissat: Land of icebergs

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 24, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Greenland 🇬🇱Luxury / Comfort

🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 I was not originally planning to visit Ilulissat. There was no flight back from Sisimuit , so I decided to extend my stay and visited Ilulissat, glad that I did. This town is located approximately 350 KM north of arctic circle. This place is famous for Icefjord. It's a massive collection of icebergs that have calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier one by one. This is fastest moving glacier in the world (40 meters daily). This place is at its best during summer months, specially due to global warming glacier calving is a common phenomenon. We were…

Epic Trans-Siberian : St. Petersburg to Vladivostok Part – 1

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:April 5, 2017
Post category:Asia 🌏backpacking budget Europe 🌍Russia 🇷🇺

🇷🇺 🇷🇺 🇷🇺 St. Petersburg - Moscow - Kazan We checked in to our hotel in St. Petersburg after a four hour flight from London. This is one of the most beautiful cites in the world and also the 2nd largest city in Russia.

Haut Route Trek

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 8, 2017
Post category:Adventure Europe 🌍Hilly /Mountains Switzerland 🇨🇭Trek

🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 This is the Mountaineers' Route covering a distance of 180 Km from Chamonix valley in France to Zermatt in Switzerland. I arrived in Geneva and then transportation was arranged to Chamonix. That day we had an introduction ,equipment check and goodnight's sleep in cozy room. We had six people in our group - Randy and Ryan Maksymowich father and son duo from Canada, Chris Lennox, retired doctor from Scotland, Chris Parks and Rona Hodson British couple staying in New York . Our guide was Andy Perkins, a French national. Day 2 Montroc - Balme…