Author: Beáta Matuszka
World trip preparation
3 easy steps to change your life and take that “big leap”
Changing your life is very scary, I get it. It was also very scary for me, took quite some months, if not years to decide whether I really want this or not. In the end, we did it: we quit our jobs, left for 3 years of world trip… and well, in the end Covid-19 […]
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Quarantine stories
How to get free degrees during quarantine
Our world trip didn’t go as we planned, in the 8th month the coronavirus hit the world. But after the first shock, we tried to make the best out of it, this is how we ended up having free degrees during the quarantine! We show you how can you still do it during the summer […]
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Asia
Stories
Geishas and maikos
The world pandemic made us stay in Japan, thus maybe it is also just a perfect time to learn a bit more of the Japanese culture. In the first weeks we are staying around the Kansai region. We arrived here a week earlier than the cherry blossom, so got plenty of time to find the […]
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Tips and tricks for low budget trips
Plane ticket rental
Usually when we go somewhere on a holiday, we purchase a return flight (they are even cheaper for oversea flights, if we don’t take a low-cost carrier), but what if we travel longer, for instance in Southeast Asia, and we are not sure what our next destination is or how long we want to stay […]
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Asia
Stories
The rainforests of the Malaysian peninsula
In the first 1,5 years of the world trip, we are spending around 6 months in tropical, lush countries, and since we prefer nature to the concrete jungles, it is obvious that we planned to go to rainforests. Our first try was in India, where it is safer to get a guide. In Kerala we […]
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World trip preparation
Planning a world trip
And the idea was born We don’t even remember when did the first spark come. We were already travelling for years alone, with friends or with the NGO where our positions required us to travel, for shorter or longer period. Then we met each other and since we lived in different countries for almost 3 […]
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World trip preparation
How to select insurance for a world trip?
In the past months, we have spent days trying to find the insurance fitting our needs during our world trip. First, we heard about the option of having insurance for a trip longer than 90 days with World Nomads, but then friends mentioned Round the world flight‘s insurance, True Traveller and Chapka. Besides, they were also […]
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Europe
Practical information
How to discover Oslo during a cold weekend
There are a lot of cities where we can have a quick visit for a weekend – mainly due to the favourable flight schedules since many of these towns would require more days preferably. Oslo is one of them, this was my second time here and I still feel that there is still a lot […]
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Europe
Practical information
How to plan a trip to winter wonderland in Iceland – if you can
Ooops… But you can still try to, let us help you with that! Topics covered in this post: Flight ticket Accommodation How to get to the city? How to get around? Car rental Organised trips Food Hidden perks Useful apps and websites Extremely useful websites Flight ticket First of all, it is important to check […]
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Asia
Practical information
Transsiberian after: the big Mongolian getaway
Important information on how to organise “the Transsib after: the big Mongolian trip” based on the trip made in August 2016 How did we start the preparation We were taking a more than 2-week-long trip from Saint Petersburg to Baikal lake, finishing it by coming back to Irkutsk after around 4 days next to Baikal […]
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