Guatemala: two weeks among volcanoes
2024-12-12
Guatemala is well known for good quality coffee, cocoa, marvellous clothes, interesting (although dark, at moments) history and volcanoes. And it was the volcanoes that convinced us to go to Central America for holiday. Hiking Acatenango, with a view at active Fuego, will forever stay in our memories.
Hiking to the Weisshornhütte via the Alaska Trail
2024-08-20
Snow-capped peaks of four-thousanders, green pastures, cute towns and... chocolate. Switzerland is hard to beat in terms of hiking destinations in Europe. This year, with a group of friends, we decided to go for an overnight hike to one of the mountain huts to enjoy nature and the company.
Micro adventure: Three days bikepacking in the Pyrenees
2024-05-14
Not all adventures need to be long. Last week I decided to ride in three days a 220 kilometer loop in the Pyrenees, linking some of the places I wanted to cycle for a while. It was my first solo adventure and this is how it went.
Gravel cycling on famous white roads in Tuscany
2024-05-08
Tuscany has been on my cycling radar for years: famous white gravel roads marked by cypress trees, endless rolling hills with vineyards on slopes, cute old towns and (obviously) delicious cuisine.
Coronallacs: Hiking route around Andorra
2023-08-15
In August I hiked the longest trail in my life so far: Coronallacs in Andorra. The route links all four manned shelters in the country. It is divided into five stages, totalling almost 100 km and over 6000 m of elevation gain. It features 20 lakes, countless mountain passes and goes around the entire country.
Weekend gravel cycling in Menorca
2023-05-29
Wednesday evening, Port of Barcelona. We are ready for a ten hour long ferry ride. After locking the bicycles, we try to make ourselves comfortable in the seats and get some sleep. We have four days in Menorca ahead of us. According to the forecast they will be very windy, cloudy and rainy.
Camí de Ronda. Two-days hike along Costa Brava
2023-04-16
Camí de Ronda is one of the most popular hiking trails in Catalonia. The standard route aligns (partially) with GR 92 and follows Costa Brava, starting in Begur and ending in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Together with Jola we walked the 32 km part of it on April weekend.
Cycling to the Adriatic Sea: from Budapest to Trieste
2022-09-15
This year I went for a bike touring trip for the first time. Together with Ania and Kajtek, we cycled from Budapest via Balaton Lake, Őrség, Maribor, Bled and Postojna to Trieste. The route was 700 km long (mostly following the EuroVelo network), climbed over 5500m up and crossed four countries.
The North of Spain: Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country
2022-08-31
August is the hottest month of the year in Barcelona so this year we decided to escape the heat by heading north. The weather there is milder, grass always greener and rain happens even in the summertime.
Madeira. The Island of Eternal Spring
2021-12-15
Madeira drew my attention when we were planning our sailing adventure. Saturated green color, beautiful views and spring-like weather were inviting me and a short trip to Azores only encouraged me to put it high on the bucket list. Once the sailing trip was over I was sure that I need to visit it.
Autumn and winter in the mountains of Poland
2021-01-24
Once our one-year-long trip aboard s/y Moonshine was over I spent few months in Poland. Previous time I spent so much time at home was over four years ago - before I moved to the Netherlands. After four year I missed not only my family and friends, but also Polish mountains.
Gap Year. Part 3: Covid 19 and Sailing the Mediterranean Sea
2020-12-01
In two previous posts I told you about the great adventure I decided to start in 2019. Today I invite you to read the final part of my gap year update. In March we entered the Mediterranean Sea, the water was warming up and weather was more pleasant every day. And then the Covid 19 happened.
Gap Year. Part 2: from France towards the Mediterranean Sea
2020-10-20
This is the second part of my 'gap year' updates. In the first part I described how we sailed from England to France. Now it is time to leave France and cross the Bay of Biscay to later sail the Atlantic Ocean towards the Mediterranean Sea.
Gap Year. Part 1: Sailing from England to France
2019-11-11
In September 2019 together with a group of friends I decided to take a gap year. We bought a 36-feet long sailing yacht, repaired it and made it comfortable for living. This is the first of the series of posts about my gap year.
Goodbye Netherlands. 15 photos from last three years
2019-08-20
In just few days I am moving out of the Netherlands where I have lived for the last three years. During these years I met many wonderful people, made countless memories and, obviously, taken hundreds of photos. I had a look at my archive and selected 15 of my favourite pictures.
Patagonia. A road trip in Argentina and Chile
2019-04-02
Patagonia was one of my top dream destinations. Almost every day I was exposed to photos of amazing and unique landscapes, very different from anything I know. This year I finally travelled to Argentina and Chile to see these views myself.
Project 52. One landscape photo a week for a year
2018-12-31
In 2018 I decided to start my longest photography project so far: Project 52. Every week I was choosing and publishing the best landscape photo taken previous week. All together they create a collection of 52 photos which I present below with descriptions and conclusions.
Autumn in Belgian Ardennes
2018-10-22
Last weekend we decided with Jola to go for a spontaneous trip to Ardennes in Belgium. We hoped to see beautiful autumn. Right after work we rented a car and hit the road and after only few hours we arrived to Bouillon.
Iceland. One more time
2018-09-29
In 2016 I made my dream of visiting Iceland come true and for 7 days I was hitchhiking, camping in marvellous locations and photographing amazing landscapes. Since then I wanted to come back. This year together with Jola and Wojtek we planned a road trip to Iceland.
Canary Islands: Tenerife
2018-09-09
September is a great time for travelling in Europe. In most of the european destinations it is already past the high season, which means less crowds and moderate weather. This year together with Jola we decided to fly to Tenerife. After few days there I dare to say that it's a landscape photographer's paradise.
Portugal from South to North
2018-05-15
In the first week of May together with Jola we have travelled to Portugal. The trip gave us an opportunity to visit a new country and visit some friends studying in Lisbon and Coimbra. Such a short trip let us only touch the surface of this gorgeous country, but even this made me think that it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.
Holidays in Thailand
2017-11-29
After 16 hours and 10k kms in the air and 30 degrees celsius difference in the temperature, we have landed in Thailand. During two weeks we have seen north, center and south of the country, relaxing and taking photos.
One year in the Netherlands: a photo summary
2017-10-08
Last Tuesday marks a date of my first anniversary in the Netherlands. I decided to browse my hard drive and find some photos that I can share. I invite you to watch classic frames from the country of Rembrandt: windmills, tulips, canals, but also some less traditional frames.
Year 2016 review
2016-12-31
2016 is about to end. What a year was that for me! A lot of changes, fullfilled dreams and new challenges. Here I present the most important photograhic events during last year.
Hitchhiking in Iceland
2016-09-30
Hitchhiking on Iceland at the end of September? You guys are crazy! — Commented the first driver who gave us a lift. And yet, we did it – in 7 days with help of 28 wonderful drivers we traveled over 1150 km and we found that Iceland is as beautiful (and unpredictible at the same time) as it is described.
Malta & Gozo in February
2016-02-28
Wedding of Daenerys and Khal Drogo, Great Sept of Baelor, Pentos and King's Landing. It's hard to believe that all of these locations from Game of Thrones series were shot on archipelago that area is smaller than area of Cracow. See some photos from Malta and Gozo islands.
Sailing trip to Spain, Gibraltar and Morocco
2015-11-17
5400 km by plane, 1300 km by car, 250 Nm sailed, 600 km by train, several taxi courses and many kilometers by foot. During 15 days we visited 5 countries on two continents. I invite you to take this trip with us and see some photos!