Bangkok

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon *** (please read the description at the end of this article) is the Thai name for this crazy and lively city that never stops with surprises and diversity. Bangkok is the capital and largest city in Thailand, located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River, which is also an important transport route. This metropolis is home to more than 8 million people and the suburbs to more than 14 million people.

Welcome to Friesland, Netherlands..

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands. It actually was a part of the ancient and larger region of Frisia which included the coastal region along the south-eastern corner of the North Sea. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, Germanic people who speak Frisian, a language group closely related to the English language. It extends from the north-western Netherlands across north-western Germany to the border of Denmark.

The AWP back in Portugal

I surf because…

… it's how my heart tells my to live.

I used this phrase from the Billabong advertisement because it’s an accurate description of this sport and lifestyle. This year on our Portugal Surf Trip we changed to Shortboards, began to catch the first better waves, had a couple of the worst wipeouts ever and on our adventure we were accompanied by our windsurf guru Kahuna Kiki, Irina, and in the other car Tamara and Trevoro.
This year we accomplished our surf trip to Portugal in our usual style, which includes a ton of suicidal wipeouts, waves from 2 to 4 meters, two broken boards in the first two days, with car burglaries and a robbery at the beach, lost luggage, bumps in the car door, purchase of a new board which in the end was broken in transport by AirFrance. Also, we were almost late for all planes, including that we missed the only plane for which we came on time and waited at the gate for 4 hours, the plane from Paris to Zagreb. The mystery remains. And it seems that a 100 people boarded the plane beside us and we did not even notice.
Yet despite all these situations, the important moments in the water remain, those breathtaking moments, the energy, the flow of the ocean, all the wonderful things that breathe and live in it and beyond. Because of that this is the king of all sports.

Karadeniz, along the Black Sea..

After a couple of weeks of terrible dry heat in central Turkey and the horrible humidity in the southwest, this area is a surprise and, finally, a little refreshment. The sky is often gray, the land is green and rich, it’s touristicly exploited only for locals, foreigners are rare, people are more conservative, the scenery is unbelievable, the coast is dramatic, full of cliffs and hidden coves.

Through the southwest..

The time has come for some bitches, ehm, I mean beaches and some nice Mediterranean climate. This place has beautiful blue water, idyllic hidden coves, long sandy beaches, tourist destinations, yachting tourism and old ruins from the time of ancient Lycia.
In the southwest, we visited the coastal part of Antalya to Fethiye and went a little inside and around the city of Denizli and Pamukkale, in the place of white cascades and shallow pools as one of the natural wonders of Turkey.

Cappadocia

This place is one of the best I've ever been in. Cappadocia is the name of a historical region in central Turkey, Central Anatolia. According to the information that I found, Cappadocia spans about 400 km east-west and 250 km north-south which makes it bigger than Croatia. The unrealistic view of this region resembles the lunar surface and is made by volcanic eruptions millions of years ago, formed by erosion and rain, and arranged as a warm home through years and years by countless nations. There simply isn’t enough time to get bored of Cappadocia, and there is no text or image, film or any other medium for you to describe this magical land.

Istanbul

The life story of this city that is historically known as Byzantium, Istanbul and Constantinople, and was the former capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, gave him the title of a city made for everyone and the European Capital of Culture of year 2010. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, its cultural and economic center inhabited by about 10 million people which relates only to the area covered by tram, bus and subway. The city is huge, and sometimes a little dirty, but beside the history and culture there is “something” which creates a special sense of pure adventure and impression, and this makes you want to experience and soak up everything this place offers. It has rhythm.