Natural Born Vagabond™ https://naturalbornvagabond.com Follow your dreams... Sat, 03 Jun 2023 06:36:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://naturalbornvagabond.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-NBV-1-32x32.png Natural Born Vagabond™ https://naturalbornvagabond.com 32 32 noFollow your dreams... Salalah – Oman Radtrip https://naturalbornvagabond.com/salalah-oman-radtrip/ Mon, 22 May 2023 19:51:26 +0000 https://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6719 A trip to Salalah can be done very quickly by plane from the UAE. However, we opted for a scenic coastal route from Abu Dhabi, which takes approximately 21 hours of driving one way. We crossed the border in Al Ain and then took a rest day in Muscat before continuing further south on the […]

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]]> Around Taiwan on a bicycle https://naturalbornvagabond.com/around-taiwan-on-a-bicycle/ Sat, 20 May 2023 13:20:06 +0000 https://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6694 The idea of a Taiwan trip has been on our mind for quite some time. We have heard from many sources about the great food culture, the friendliness of the people, and the natural beauty of the island. Each time I looked into travelling to Taiwan, a bicycle tour kept coming up. That is because […]

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]]> noThe idea of a Taiwan trip has been on our mind for quite some time. We have heard from many sources about the great food culture, the friendliness of the people, and the natural beauty of the island. Each time I looked into travelling to Taiwan, a bicycle tour kept coming up. That is because […] The post Around Taiwan on a bicycle first appeared on Natural Born Vagabond™.The idea of a Taiwan trip has been on our mind for quite some time. We have heard from many sources about the great food culture, the friendliness of the people, and the natural beauty of the island. Each time I looked into travelling to Taiwan, a bicycle tour kept coming up. That is because […] The post Around Taiwan on a bicycle first appeared on Natural Born Vagabond™.Asia, Recent Articles Paris, city of lights https://naturalbornvagabond.com/paris-city-of-lights/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:25:45 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=3829 After spending our “pre-wedding honey moon” in Paris in 2011, we had a chance to discover for ourselves why the French capital is known as the “city of lights”. Believe it or not, one of our highlights while spending a month in deuxième arrondissement in Paris was to see “Midnight in Paris” (directed by Woody […]

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]]> Almaty — the apples capital of the World. https://naturalbornvagabond.com/almaty-the-apples-capital-of-the-world/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:25:04 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6564 They say that region surrounding Almaty is a “mini Kazakhstan”. Geographically has it all: mountains, steps, desert canyons and rivers. It’s seems to be a perfect destination to start an adventure with Kazakhstan, the beautiful. For the first time we travelled to Almaty, former Kazakhstan state capital, in September 2016 on occasion of the Kazakhstan […]

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]]> Land of roses and copper-coloured mountains https://naturalbornvagabond.com/land-of-roses-and-copper-coloured-mountains/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:44:50 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=5886 Fascinated by the Berber culture and curious about all things Moroccan, we head for a wedding of our dear friends all the way to Marrakesh. The lovely couple planned an impeccable destination wedding in a country of roses. We had a chance to experience the city through their eyes, as we followed carefully planned itinerary almost […]

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]]> The Missing Chapters — Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina https://naturalbornvagabond.com/the-missing-chapters-sarajevo-bosnia-herzegovina/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:30:06 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6588 ‘What’s up with you Balkan people? I’ve never got a chance to study your countries: at school, all my teachers skipped the chapters about you saying your history is too complicated…’ I looked expectantly across the puzzled gazes of my students who came from all over the ex-Yugoslavia. Despite the recent conflicts between their countries, […]

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]]> Bloody Thore https://naturalbornvagabond.com/bloody-thore/ Sun, 02 Jul 2017 17:32:45 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6574 Recently we had a visitor passing through Montreal on his round-the-world trip. We first met the traveller, Thore, on a trek to the peak of Kilimanjaro (read full story here) back in 2012. Thore previously was working in Hong Kong before he decided to see the world on a year-long adventure living out of his […]

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]]> Tatra Mountains in watercolours. https://naturalbornvagabond.com/tatra-mountains/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:55:40 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=3051   Lesser Poland is a southern region of Poland rich in history and culture. My favorite part of this area are the Tatra Mountains, which are the highest of the Carpathian Mountain range. A romanticized vision of the Podhalan region, near the Tatra Mountains and its inhabitants, is a significant part of the Polish national ethos. The beloved mountains are featured in art, poetry, theater and countless folklore tales. One of […]

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]]> Jebel Shams — “Mountain of the Sun” https://naturalbornvagabond.com/jebel-shams-mountain-of-the-sun/ Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:34:56 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=6521 Beautiful trekking path near the Jebel Shams (“Mountain of the Sun”) plateau in Oman — reaching a height of 2,997m at Qarn al Ghamaydah — offers spectacular views of Wadi An Nakhur, locally referred to as the “Grand Canyon of Arabia”.  A “United Nations trekking squad” (Canadian, German, Korean and Polish) went to explore the rocky Hajar Mountains of the Arabian Peninsula. In […]

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]]> Toast and jam — nightmare of a caucasian traveller https://naturalbornvagabond.com/toast-and-jam-nightmare-of-a-caucasian-traveller/ Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:54:32 +0000 http://naturalbornvagabond.com/?p=5884 2015 was the year of Ceylon in my calendar. That year I went to Sri Lanka on two different occasions. The first trip was inspired by my new hobby: natural colour gemstones. This new passion led me to spend a rainy July in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle, where I immersed in a 10-day-long lapidary course […]

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