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🇵🇪 Story · Peru

Peru: Machu Picchu, Cusco and the Sacred Valley

The Inca heartland, the short breath. Romain's notebook: Cusco's perfect stones, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu at dawn, Rainbow Mountain and the Uros floating islands on Titicaca. Coca leaf against the altitude.

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By Romain · June 15, 2026 · 7 min read

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🇿🇦 Story · South Africa

South Africa: Cape Town, the Kruger and the Garden Route

From fynbos to savanna: Table Mountain, the Big Five in the Kruger, the Garden Route and the grave memory of Robben Island. Malik's story across the rainbow nation, load-shedding and all.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇷 Story · Costa Rica

Costa Rica: volcanoes, rainforest and pura vida

The country with no army that bet on nature: the Arenal volcano, the Monteverde cloud forest, sloths and two oceans. Camille's diary, slowed right down with eyes on the canopy.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇪 Story · Ireland

Ireland: Dublin, the Cliffs of Moher and Connemara

A trad session that never quite ends: Dublin's pubs, the Book of Kells, the Cliffs of Moher battered by the Atlantic, Kerry and wild Connemara. Nora's story, between tea, drizzle and music.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇴 Story · Norway

Norway: the fjords, the Lofoten and Bergen

A country built sideways: Bergen's wooden wharf, the Geirangerfjord, the red cabins of the Lofoten and a green ripple in the sky. Sarah's notebook — and like Iceland, your EU plan works here (EEA).

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇳 Story · China

China: the Great Wall, Xi'an and Shanghai

From the Forbidden City to the Great Wall, Xi'an's terracotta army to Shanghai's neon, Guilin's karst peaks to Chengdu's pandas: Léa's journey through China — and the real story of the Great Firewall and staying connected.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇰🇭 Story · Cambodia

Cambodia: Angkor at dawn, the weight of Phnom Penh and the pace of the Mékong

Sunrise over Angkor Wat, Bayon's stone faces, Ta Prohm swallowed by the jungle, Siem Reap as a base, then the grave memory of Phnom Penh. Inès's story, at the pace of the Mékong.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇬 Story · Madagascar

Madagascar: baobabs, lemurs and the stone tsingy

An island-continent like nowhere else: the Avenue of the Baobabs at sunset, the singing indri at Andasibe, the stone tsingy and roads that take their time. Yann's notebook, where 90% of the wildlife lives only here.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇫🇮 Story · Finland

Finland: Helsinki, Lapland and the saunas

The land of a thousand lakes and the sauna: design-led Helsinki, Lapland and its aurora, nights of steam and the silence of the forests. Hugo's tale of ice, Nordic calm and respect for the Sami people.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇱 Story · Chile

Chile: Atacama, Patagonia and Easter Island

The longest country on Earth, from desert to glaciers: Atacama's clean sky, the granite towers of Torres del Paine and the moai of Rapa Nui. Thomas's notebook from one extreme to the other.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇸 Story · Iceland

Iceland: the Golden Circle, the waterfalls and the aurora

Land of fire and ice on Route 1: the Golden Circle, waterfalls you walk through, black sand, the glacier lagoon and, in winter, the aurora. Hugo's tale — and yes, your EU plan works here (EEA).

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇴 Story · Colombia

Colombia: Cartagena, Medellín and the Coffee Country

Romain's notebook, salsa in his ears: Cartagena's Caribbean ramparts, Medellín's reinvention, the giant wax palms of the Cocora valley and the coffee of Salento. A country rewriting its own story, in colour.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇰🇷 Story · South Korea

South Korea: Seoul, Busan and Jeju Island

Tradition and hypermodernity in the same subway car: Seoul's palaces and the hanok lanes of Bukchon, Busan's colorful Gamcheon village, and volcanic Jeju Island. Léa's notebook, in one of the most connected countries on Earth.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇿 Story · New Zealand

New Zealand: Fiordland, Queenstown and Maori culture

From Queenstown to Milford Sound, bungy jumps to the geysers of Rotorua: two islands, every landscape, driving on the left and respect for living Maori culture. Thomas's notebook, between fjords and dead zones.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇦 Story · Namibia

Namibia: Sossusvlei, Etosha and the Skeleton Coast

The world's oldest desert by 4x4, tank full: the red dunes of Sossusvlei, the dead acacias of Deadvlei, Etosha's waterholes and the fog-bound Skeleton Coast. Sarah's notebook, where the signal truly runs out.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇿 Story · Tanzania

Tanzania: from the roof of Africa to the Indian Ocean

The great migration in the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, Kilimanjaro earned pole pole, then spice-scented Zanzibar and the memory of Stone Town. Malik's story, from the savanna to the Swahili alleys.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇴 Story · Bolivia

Bolivia: the Salar de Uyuni, La Paz and Lake Titicaca

The roof of the Andes, breath running short: the giant mirror of the Salar de Uyuni, La Paz hanging in its bowl with its cable cars, the grave history of Potosí's Cerro Rico, Lake Titicaca and the Isla del Sol. Romain's notebook, between altitude, coca leaf and dead zones.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇮 Story · Slovenia

Slovenia: Ljubljana, Lake Bled and the Soča Valley

The small green country between Alps and Adriatic: Ljubljana's dragons, the island on Lake Bled, the Postojna caves and the emerald Soča. Hugo's story, from the car-free centre to the peaks, EU data in his pocket.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇳 Story · Senegal

Senegal: Dakar, Gorée Island, the Pink Lake and the Sine-Saloum

Teranga at full volume: the mbalax energy of Dakar, the grave silence of Gorée Island and its House of Slaves, the Pink Lake whose colour comes and goes, and the Sine-Saloum delta by pirogue. Malik's story, between memory, baobabs and open-handed hospitality.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇳 Story · Mongolia

Mongolia: the steppe, the Gobi and nights under the ger

The land of the eternal blue sky: endless steppe, the Gobi desert, nights in a nomad's ger, and Ulaanbaatar in contrast. Thomas's notebook, where the signal truly runs out.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇱🇦 Story · Laos

Laos: Luang Prabang, the Mékong and the 4000 Islands

The country that takes its time: Luang Prabang's temples at dawn, the slow boat down the Mékong, the turquoise falls of Kuang Si and the 4000 Islands down south. Inès's story, at the speed of the river.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇪🇪 Story · Baltics

The Baltics: Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius — three capitals, three souls

North to south down the Baltic: medieval, hyper-digital Tallinn, Riga's Art Nouveau, baroque Vilnius. Three distinct countries, a history to hold with care, and EU data that never once dropped.

June 15, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇬 Story · Singapore

Singapore: Marina Bay, the hawker centres and the futuristic gardens

The city-state that fits in a day and overflows with worlds: the Marina Bay skyline, the Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay, and above all the hawker centres where the best meal costs four dollars. Léa's story, between concrete, jungle and good bites.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇦🇹 Story · Austria

Austria: Vienna, Salzburg and the Alps

Vienna's cafés and palaces, Mozart's Salzburg, Hallstatt on its lake and the snowy Tyrol. Hugo's story, a Sachertorte and a waltz later, with EU data that follows you the whole way.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇼 Story · Taiwan

Taiwan: Taipei, night markets and the gorges of Taroko

A dense, delicious island with a bubble tea in hand: Taipei 101, night markets that never sleep, Alishan oolong, Jiufen's lanterns — and an honest look at Taroko Gorge since the 2024 earthquake.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇹 Story · Bhutan

Bhutan: the Tiger's Nest, the dzongs and Gross National Happiness

The last Buddhist kingdom of the Himalaya has to be earned: the Tiger's Nest clinging to its cliff, the fortress-dzongs, Thimphu without a single traffic light, and a country that measures its happiness. Thomas's notebook, where travel is won step by step.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇯🇴 Story · Jordan

Jordan: Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea

The great desert story: the Treasury at the end of Petra's Siq, the red sands of Wadi Rum under the stars, and floating weightless on the Dead Sea. Malik's notebook from Jordan.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇿 Story · Czechia

Czechia: Prague at dawn, Český Krumlov and the pilsner

The empty Charles Bridge at first light, the Astronomical Clock, the castle and St. Vitus, then Český Krumlov curled in its river bend. Hugo's tale of Bohemia in stone and foam, a pilsner in hand.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇭🇺 Story · Hungary

Hungary: Budapest, Its Baths and the Danube

Two cities in one across the Danube: hilltop Buda, Pest and its glowing Parliament, steaming thermal baths and the ruin bars of the old Jewish quarter. Nora's tale, between goulash and hot water.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇴🇲 Story · Oman

Oman: Muscat, turquoise wadis and the Wahiba desert

Thomas's notebook in quiet, gentle Arabia: Muscat's Grand Mosque, the turquoise pools of the wadis, the Wahiba dunes and the fjords of Musandam, in a country of disarming hospitality.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇾 Story · Malaysia

Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Penang and the Jungle of Borneo

Three worlds in one country: KL's Petronas Towers, the street food and street art of George Town, and Borneo's jungle with its orang-utans. Léa's story, between wok and canopy.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇺 Story · Cuba

Cuba in slow motion: Havana, Trinidad and the Viñales valley

1950s American cars, colonial cobblestones and tobacco fields: Romain's tale of an island that lives in song — and the honest truth about a connection you have to earn.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇺🇿 Story · Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara and the Silk Road

The blue heart of the Silk Road: Samarkand's Registan at sunset, the madrasahs of Bukhara, the walled museum-city of Khiva. Inès's notebook beneath the Timurids' turquoise domes.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇻 Story · Maldives

Maldives: the atolls, the diving and the local islands

More than a postcard lagoon: Yann's water notebook on the lowest-lying country on earth. The overwater bungalows and world-class diving (manta rays, whale sharks), but above all the local islands — finally reachable now that you no longer have to sleep in a resort.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇳 Story · India

India: the Golden Triangle, Varanasi and the great vertigo

Delhi, the Taj Mahal at Agra, pink Jaipur, then the ghats of Varanasi on the Ganges: Léa on a country you don't visit but pass through — and the SIM sorted before landing.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇭🇷 Story · Croatia

Croatia: Dubrovnik, Split and the Lakes of Plitvice

Dubrovnik's orange ramparts, Split's living Roman palace, the turquoise waterfalls of Plitvice and the ferries to the islands. Hugo's story, between white stone and Adriatic water.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇭 Story · Philippines

Philippines: Palawan, Bohol and 7,000 islands

El Nido's turquoise lagoons by bangka, Palawan's underground river, Bohol's chocolate hills and tarsiers. An island notebook where the signal fades the moment you cast off.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇱 Story · Poland

Poland: Kraków, Warsaw and the weight of memory

A Poland richer than its clichés: Kraków's vast medieval square, Auschwitz-Birkenau visited in silence, Warsaw rebuilt stone by stone, pierogi and vodka. Nora's story, between gravity and pure delight.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇪 Story · Georgia

Georgia: Tbilisi, the Military Road and the cradle of wine

Sarah's road trip at the crossroads of Europe and Asia: Tbilisi's wooden balconies and sulphur baths, the Military Road to Gergeti church under Mount Kazbek, and 8,000-year-old qvevri wine. European but outside the EU — local eSIM, and dead zones up in the mountains.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇩 Story · Indonesia

Indonesia: Java, Borobudur and the archipelago beyond Bali

The Indonesia Bali hides: Borobudur in the dawn mist, Bromo's smoking crater, Ijen's blue sulphur fire, the Komodo dragons. A slow tale across an archipelago of 17,000 islands.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇱🇰 Story · Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: the Ella train, the tea and Sigiriya rock

From the open door of a train winding through tea plantations to Ella, Inès threads together Sigiriya rock, the Kandy temple, Yala's leopards and the whales of the south. One compact, intense island.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇵 Story · Nepal

Nepal: Kathmandu, the Annapurna and the roof of the world

Kathmandu's maze of temples, sunrise on Machapuchare from Pokhara, and the Annapurna trek, one foot in front of the other. Thomas's story, where silence and dead zones are part of the journey.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇳 Festival · India

Holi in India: Unrecognisable and Happy Under the Colours

From the Holika Dahan bonfires the night before to clouds of gulal on the day itself in Mathura and Vrindavan: Camille's account, pink-stained and joyful, with the respect a Hindu festival deserves — and her phone kept safe.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇳 Festival · India

Diwali in India: the festival of lights

In Jaipur, Léa lives Diwali from the inside: rows of diyas kindled at dusk, rangoli on doorsteps, sweets pressed into your hands and an honest word about the firecrackers. Five days of light, family and open doors.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇭 Festival · Thailand

Loy Krathong and Yi Peng: Thailand's lanterns of light

Two festivals of light on a single night: the flower-and-candle krathongs you float down the river, and the paper lanterns rising over Chiang Mai. A story told between water and sky.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇳 Festival · China

Chinese New Year: the Spring Festival, the world's biggest family dinner

Firecrackers, red envelopes, lion dances and the largest human migration on Earth: Sarah tells the Spring Festival, from the family reunion dinner to the lanterns that close fifteen days of celebration.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇺🇸 Festival · New Orleans

Mardi Gras in New Orleans: beyond Bourbon Street

Krewes, floats, purple-green-gold beads and king cake: my Mardi Gras lived away from Bourbon Street, on the avenues where the network buckles under the crowd but the party never lets go.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇪 Festival · Cusco

Inti Raymi: The Festival of the Sun Above Cusco

Every June 24, at the southern winter solstice, Cusco revives the Inca festival of the Sun. Romain's account at 3,400 m: the procession to Sacsayhuamán, Quechua chanted aloud, and a network buckling in the crowd.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇧 Festival · London

Notting Hill Carnival: London in Caribbean Colours

Europe's biggest street carnival: sound systems, soca and calypso, feathered costumes and jerk chicken on every corner. Nora's story, between a Caribbean community's memory and the network trap of a post-Brexit London.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇫🇷 Festival · Nice

Carnival of Nice: under the confetti and the flower battles

Two weeks in February, one of Europe's biggest carnivals on the Promenade: giant papier-mâché floats, mimosa thrown into the crowd, the King set alight. Hugo's story, confetti in his collar.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🌅 Photo · Sunrises

The most beautiful sunrises in the world

Camille gets up before the crowds: Angkor lighting up and doubling in the water, balloons over Cappadocia and Bagan, the Bromo crater in the mist. The traveller's finest hour — and how to catch the light instead of just hoping for it.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
👥 Photo · Beyond the crowds

Skip the crowds: over-instagrammed spots and their alternatives

The dream photo, without the crush. Why some spots get swamped, what it costs the places and the people who live there, and quieter alternatives that are just as beautiful. Travel better, not just tick a box.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
📷 Photo · Smartphone

Nailing your travel photos with a smartphone

No DSLR required: light, composition and a couple of settings are enough to transform your travel photos. The simple, concrete guide to making beautiful images with the phone already in your pocket.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🛣️ Photo · Road trips

The world's most spectacular roads

The Great Ocean Road, Iceland's Route 1, Norway's hairpins, the Amalfi Coast: Hugo lines up the road-myths where the journey beats the destination and every bend is a photo.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🤝 Photo · Portraits

Photographing people while travelling, with respect

The best travel photos are faces — but behind every face is a person. Malik shares his ethic of the portrait: ask, build a link, refuse the human zoo and poverty porn. And why respect always makes the better picture.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🎨 Photo · Colour

Markets and alleys: the most photogenic places

Nora chases colour: the blue of Chefchaouen, the souks of Marrakech, the lanterns of Hoi An, the façades of Burano. Where a lane becomes a painting — and how to photograph it without crowding the people who live there.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🌆 Photo · Skylines

Skylines and lookouts: photographing cities from above

Victoria Peak, Sugarloaf, Lisbon's miradouros, New York rooftops: Sarah takes the high ground and waits for the blue hour, that short window when a city lights up against a sky that is still deeply blue.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🧘 Photo · Presence

Put the phone down: travelling without photographing everything

Inès loves photography, which is exactly why she makes the case for sometimes putting the camera away. The paradox of capturing everything yet living none of it, and the honest irony, from an eSIM seller, of choosing when to switch off.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🎒 Backpacking · Asia

Backpacking Southeast Asia: the classic banana pancake trail

Léa traces the legendary backpacker loop — Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam: night buses, the Mekong slow boat, land borders and the famous banana pancake trail. The great shoestring trip that teaches you to travel.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🎒 Backpacking · Gear

The perfect backpack: what to pack (and what to leave behind)

The honest, tested list: a bag that carries well, quick-drying clothes, the small kit that saves a day, and all the « just in case » you never unzip. Lay it out, take away half, weigh the bag.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
💸 Backpacking · Budget

Travelling on a small budget: sleep, eat and move for less

Hugo shares the art of stretching your money without missing the good stuff: dorms and shared kitchens, street food, overland transport, the quiet seasons and going slow. Cheaper, and often truer.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🛏️ Backpacking · Hostels

Youth hostels: the traveller's handbook

Pick the right dorm, sleep through the snorer, keep your stuff safe and meet people without trying: Inès demystifies the hostel, the best base camp a solo traveller can ask for.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🏔️ Backpacking · South America

Backpacking South America: the gringo trail

Peru and Machu Picchu, Bolivia's salt flat, Argentine and Chilean Patagonia, Colombia: three months backpacking the gringo trail. Altitude, twenty-hour buses, flipped seasons, vast distances — and total freedom.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🌱 Backpacking · Work exchange

Working as you travel: WWOOFing, volunteering and work exchanges

Camille traded a few hours of work for room and board: organic farm, hostel, local project. How it works, what it really gives you — and the visa caution you can never skip.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🧳 Backpacking · Light

Travelling light: the art of the cabin-only bag

Sarah goes cabin-only now: one 40-litre bag, no carousel wait, no checked-bag fee. The capsule wardrobe, the compression cubes, and an honest look at when the hold still wins — without giving up what matters.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🧭 Backpacking · Beginner

Your first backpacking trip: the beginner's guide

Thomas, a longtime backpacker, talks to the first-timer: where to start, how not to mess it up, and why a little fear is completely normal. The big leap, demystified — book the first night, go to fewer places, and trust the road to carry you.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🍜 Food · Asia

Southeast Asian Street Food: My Tour of the Stalls

From Bangkok to Hanoi to Penang to Saigon, the best meal of the trip costs next to nothing, right at the kerb. Léa on the steaming stalls: how to pick one, what to order, and how to eat without fear.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🥘 Food · Latin America

The markets of Latin America, the belly of the trip

Romain wanders the mercados of Mexico City, Lima, Cusco and Colombia: pyramids of unknown fruit, ceviche and tacos al pastor at the comedor, juices pressed to order. The market as a country's best cantina and its best geography lesson.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
☕ Food · Coffee

Coffee around the world: from espresso to cà phê sữa đá

Nora follows the bean: a standing espresso in Italy, an Ethiopian ceremony, thick Turkish coffee, Vietnam's iced cà phê sữa đá. Same bean, a thousand rituals — and as many ways to slow down.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🥗 Food · Veggie

Eating vegetarian (or vegan) on the road, without the struggle

Inès, a vegetarian on the move, shares her honest map: India, the Mediterranean, Buddhist Asia and Ethiopian fasting days where it's a feast, the invisible pitfalls (fish sauce, stock, gelatin), and the key phrases that save a meal. No preaching, just what works.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🍳 Food · Breakfast

Breakfast around the world

Sarah collects first meals: Asia's hot savoury bowl, the generous American plate, Italy's standing cornetto. How a country wakes up says a lot about it — never ranking, just tasting.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🍷 Food · Spain

Tapas, pintxos and sobremesa: how to eat the Spanish way

Hugo decodes the Spanish rhythm: grazing bar to bar standing up (the tapeo), the toothpick-pinned pintxo in San Sebastián — you count the picks for the bill — and the sobremesa that stretches the meal into conversation. Eat late, eat slowly.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
👨‍🍳 Food · Classes

Learning to cook while travelling: cooking classes

Camille brings home recipes instead of magnets: the market with the teacher in the morning, the wok or the tagine in the afternoon, and one dish you'll actually remake at home. From Chiang Mai to Marrakech, the most honest way to understand a cuisine.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🍽️ Food · Health

Eating local without getting sick: the honest guide

Taste everything without paying for it all night: water, ice, raw food and the habits that work. Traveller's tummy isn't inevitable, and the busy cooked-to-order stall is often your safest bet.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
📶 Guide · Safety

Public WiFi while travelling: the real risks, and how to protect yourself

Evil twins, open networks, booby-trapped portals: an honest look at what's actually risky on public WiFi, why HTTPS already protects most of what you do, and why landing with your own data changes the game.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
⚠️ Guide · Safety

The classic traveller scams (and how to outsmart them)

Fake taxis, touts, fake police, the « free » bracelet, rigged ATMs: Romain shares the scams he's seen or half-fallen for, and the calm habits that defuse them. No paranoia, no looking down on locals.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🧭 Guide · Safety

Travelling solo as a woman: free and safe

Inès, a solo traveller, shares the light, concrete habits that let her relax more, not less: trusting her gut, sharing her location, night transport, where to sleep. Empowering, never scary.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
📱 Guide · Safety

Losing your phone abroad: the emergency plan

I once spent ninety seconds sure my phone was gone. Here's the full plan: what to set up calmly before you leave, and the exact order to follow on the day so you stay safe and connected.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🔒 Guide · Safety

Protecting your digital data while travelling: a traveller's cybersecurity guide

Unique passwords, two-factor authentication, VPN, backups and the right habits: the simple moves to set up before you leave so a sketchy wifi never walks off with your email or your bank.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🆘 Guide · Safety

Travel emergencies: numbers, embassy and insurance

The kit you hope never to open: the emergency numbers that actually work (112, 911, 999, 000), what an embassy can and can't do, and what travel insurance really covers. To react fast and right if a day goes sideways.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
📲 Guide · Network

Keeping a backup line: dual SIM and eSIM

Keep your usual number for the bank's texts and cheap local data thanks to dual SIM. Hugo walks through, step by step, how to end the « cut my plan or pay roaming » dilemma for good.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🔋 Guide · Safety

Battery, theft, water: actually protecting your phone on the road

A dead or stolen phone means no connection and no photos. Yann shares his field-tested fixes: keeping the battery alive all day, staying dry, and keeping the phone out of a thief's reach.

June 14, 2026 · 8 min read
🇧🇷 Festival · Rio

Rio Carnival: the Sambadrome, the blocos and the street

Four days before Ash Wednesday, Romain follows Rio's drums: the judged Sambadrome parades, but above all the free blocos that swallow the city whole, in sweat and glitter.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇩🇪 Festival · Munich

Oktoberfest: Munich's Wiesn, of Maß mugs and tents

The world's biggest popular festival, told at mug height. Hugo untangles folklore from marketing on the Theresienwiese: brewery tents, the litre Maß, Tracht and «O'zapft is!».

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇭 Festival · Thailand

Songkran: Thai New Year and the Great Water Battle

Soaked to the skin in Bangkok and Chiang Mai: Léa's account of Songkran, from the gentle dawn rituals over elders and Buddhas to the joyful water-pistol chaos of the afternoon.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇽 Festival · Mexico

Día de los Muertos: altars and memory in Mexico

In Oaxaca, Sarah learns to see death differently: marigold-laden ofrendas, pan de muerto and candlelit vigils. A celebration of memory, not a macabre festival.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇯🇵 Festival · Japan

Hanami in Japan: a week beneath the cherry blossoms

Camille chases the « cherry blossom front » from Tokyo to Kyoto to catch full bloom, that one fragile week. A slow tale of fleeting beauty, picnics under the petals, and learning to be present before it all falls.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇹 Festival · Venice

Venice Carnival: masks, alleys and lagoon mist

February in Venice: Inès's solo tale, from the baroque masks of Saint Mark's to the silent calli in the mist. And why, even on an EU plan, the crowd chokes the network.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇪 Festival · Ireland

Saint Patrick's Day in Dublin: Ireland in green

The 17th of March in Dublin, beyond the cliché: the big parade, a heaving Temple Bar, trad sessions in back-room pubs and a city turned green. Thomas's account, and a network drowned by the crowd.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇪🇸 Festival · Valencia

Las Fallas in Valencia: fire, firecrackers and ninots

Nora's run through Valencia in March: towering ninots, the 2pm mascletà that rattles your ribcage, and La Cremà, where the city burns its own masterpieces. Gunpowder, flowers and churros.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇭🇰 Story · Hong Kong

Hong Kong: the skyline, the dim sum and the green islands

Léa's Asian notebook: Victoria Peak, the Star Ferries, morning dim sum and the trails of Lantau. And, after the mainland, the relief of an open internet.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇪 Story · Montenegro

Montenegro: a fjord, Venetian walls and the Durmitor peaks

From the fjord-like Bay of Kotor to the canyons of the Durmitor, five days in a tiny country of huge contrasts — with a real network trap: it pays in euros, but it sits outside the EU/EEA.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇾 Story · Cyprus

Cyprus: divided Nicosia, Paphos and the Troodos mountains

Aphrodite's island between two worlds: a capital split by the Green Line, the Roman mosaics of Paphos, the painted churches of Troodos and the halloumi. Nora's notebook — with an honest network nuance between the EU south and the north.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇹 Story · Malta

Malta Solo: Valletta, Mdina and the Island of Gozo

A honey-coloured archipelago in the heart of the Mediterranean: baroque Valletta, the silence of Mdina, temples older than the pyramids, Comino's Blue Lagoon and Gozo. Inès's solo notebook.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇸 Story · Bahamas

Bahamas: Nassau, the Exumas pigs and the Out Islands

Seven hundred islands and an impossible blue: Nassau's forts, the swimming pigs of the Exumas, the sandbars and the quiet of the Out Islands. Yann's coastal notebook, between boat and shallow water.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇨 Story · Seychelles

Seychelles: granite, water and slow time, at the pace of the ferries

A slow-travel tale from Mahé and the Victoria market to Praslin's primeval forest and coco de mer, and the pink granite boulders of Anse Source d'Argent on La Digue. Decent signal on the three islands, thinner on the small isles and at sea.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇮 Story · Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan, Grand-Bassam and the Yamoussoukro basilica

A notebook from lagoon-bound Abidjan — maquis, coupé-décalé and attiéké: Grand-Bassam's faded colonial past, the outsized Yamoussoukro basilica, and how to stay connected outside the EU.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇩🇿 Story · Algeria

Algeria: Algiers the White, the Roman cities and the Sahara

An off-piste notebook from the biggest country in Africa: the tiered Casbah of Algiers, the Roman ruins of Timgad and Djémila, the bridges of Constantine, then the vast Sahara where the signal goes quiet.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇿🇲 Story · Zambia

Zambia: Victoria Falls, the Zambezi and the walking safari

Yann's outdoor notebook: Mosi-oa-Tunya and its spray at Livingstone, the birthplace of the walking safari in South Luangwa, and the Lower Zambezi by canoe — where the network fades into the bush.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇦 Story · Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: AlUla, the tombs of Hegra and the desert

A country newly open to tourism: the Nabataean tombs of Hegra at AlUla, the Edge of the World near Riyadh and old Jeddah. Malik's desert-and-history notebook, between pink sandstone and silence.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇷🇸 Story · Serbia

Serbia That Never Sleeps: Belgrade, Novi Sad and the Balkans

Electric Belgrade, the fortress of Novi Sad, rakija and the hills of Fruška Gora. A vibrant Europe — but outside the EU, where « roam-like-at-home » won't follow you.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇭 Story · Ghana

Ghana: Accra, the Cape Coast castles and the Ashanti kingdom

The gateway to West Africa, taken slowly: Accra's energy, the grave memory of the Cape Coast and Elmina castles, the Kakum canopy and the Ashanti pride of Kumasi.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇬 Story · Nigeria

Nigeria: Lagos, Afrobeats and the energy of a giant

A Lagos notebook — Balogun markets, Shrine nights and plates of jollof: the raw energy of West Africa's giant, and how to stay connected when the power keeps cutting out.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇮 Story · Nicaragua

Nicaragua: colonial Granada, Ometepe and the volcanoes

Romain's Latin American notebook on a budget: colonial Granada and its islets, Ometepe and its two volcanoes on Central America's largest lake, León and volcano boarding, Pacific surf. Solid signal in town, moody on the water.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇭🇳 Story · Honduras

Honduras: the Maya stelae of Copán and Roatán's reef

From the Maya world to the reef: the carved stelae and hieroglyphic stairway of Copán, then diving Roatán on the Mesoamerican barrier. Sarah's notebook, echoing her Maya roads.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇩 Story · Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Dhaka, the rivers and the Sundarbans mangroves

Thomas's off-grid notebook in a country made of water: Old Dhaka's tide of rickshaws, the Sadarghat river terminal, the Sundarbans mangroves and the endless sand at Cox's Bazar.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇦🇺 Story · Australia

Australia: Sydney, the Outback and the Great Barrier Reef

A country-continent measured in flights: Sydney Harbour, the Great Ocean Road and its Twelve Apostles, the red of Uluru, the Cairns reef. Driving on the left, absurd distances, and vast dead zones across the Outback.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇷🇼 Story · Rwanda

Rwanda: Kigali, the gorillas and the land of a thousand hills

Malik's African notebook: a clean, quiet Kigali, the 1994 memorial met with gravity, tracking mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, and switchback roads above Lake Kivu.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇺 Story · Mauritius

Mauritius: turquoise lagoons, jagged mountains and tea country

Beyond the resort: the Belle Mare lagoon and the memory of Le Morne, the mountains and Chamarel's Seven Coloured Earth, Bois Chéri tea, Grand Bassin and the Port-Louis market. Good signal on a small island, thinner inland. Camille's slow-travel tale.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇫🇯 Story · Fiji

Fiji: islands, soft corals and the slow Pacific rhythm

Three hundred-odd islands, boats between the Yasawas, snorkelling over soft corals and kava in the village: Yann's coastal notebook, where going offline is part of the trip.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇦🇿 Story · Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan: Baku, the Caspian and the fires of the Caucasus

Where Europe frays into Asia: Baku between walled old town and towers of fire, the Caspian, Gobustan's mud volcanoes, the burning hillside of Yanar Dag and Sheki in the Grand Caucasus — in quiet echo of neighbouring Armenia.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇳 Story · Tunisia

Tunisia: from the Tunis medina to the gates of the Sahara

Nora's notebook, from the Mediterranean to the sand: the Tunis medina, the ruins of Carthage, the blue and white of Sidi Bou Saïd, El Jem, Kairouan, then the deep south toward the dunes.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇼 Story · Botswana

Botswana: the Okavango by mokoro, Chobe and the Kalahari

A slow safari on water and in the savanna: the Okavango Delta poled by mokoro, the elephants of Chobe, the meerkats of the Kalahari — and long offline days, on purpose.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇹 Story · Guatemala

Guatemala: Antigua under the volcanoes, Lake Atitlán and Tikal

The Maya world, Guatemala side: cobbled Antigua under the Volcán de Agua, Fuego erupting seen from Acatenango, Lake Atitlán's villages by lancha, Tikal above the jungle. Solid signal in town, moody the moment you hit the highlands.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇦🇲 Story · Armenia

Armenia: Yerevan, the monasteries and the Caucasus

A week on the switchback roads of one of the world's oldest nations: pink-tuff Yerevan beneath Ararat, monasteries carved from the rock, the Wings of Tatev and high Lake Sevan.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇪 Story · Belgium

Belgium by the plate: Bruges, Ghent, Brussels by train

The flat country by table and by rail: medieval mornings in Bruges, student nights in Ghent, the gold and mess of Brussels. Abbey beers, fries with mayo, waffles and pralines, between thirty-minute trains.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇩🇴 Story · Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: colonial Santo Domingo, beaches and merengue

From Santo Domingo's colonial heart, where the Americas began, to Punta Cana's beaches and Samaná's whales: Camille's slow-travel tale, paced by merengue. Solid signal in town, moody inland.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇦 Story · Panama

Panama: between two oceans, from the canal to San Blas

Romain's Latin American notebook: the Miraflores locks, the colonial Casco Viejo of Panama City and the off-grid silence of the San Blas islands, on this narrow bridge between two Americas.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇾 Story · Paraguay

Paraguay: Asunción, the Jesuit ruins and the Gran Chaco

Solo through one of South America's least-touristed countries: Asunción's faded grandeur, the UNESCO red-stone Jesuit missions, the vast dry Gran Chaco — and a signal that fades the moment you leave the cities.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇺🇾 Story · Uruguay

Uruguay: Montevideo, Colonia and the quiet coast

Montevideo's rambla at dusk, the cobbles of Colonia del Sacramento, the beaches of Punta del Este and José Ignacio, maté everywhere — and one off-grid night at Cabo Polonio. Yann's coastal notebook.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇪🇨 Story · Ecuador

Ecuador: high-altitude Quito, the middle of the world and the Galápagos

Quito at 2,850 m, one foot in each hemisphere at the Mitad del Mundo, then the Galápagos and the Amazon: fine signal in the city, thin or gone the moment you head into the wild.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇯🇲 Story · Jamaica

Jamaica: Kingston reggae, Negril beaches and the Blue Mountains

Three trips in one: Kingston played out loud, Negril's Seven Mile Beach, and a hard-earned sunrise on Blue Mountain Peak. Solid signal in town, thinner up the mountain.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇩🇪 Story · Germany

Germany: Berlin, the trains, and history on its sleeve

Berlin's Wall and its nightlife, a hop to Bavaria or the Rhine, and Deutsche Bahn caught between its punctual legend and very real delays. Plus what to know about connectivity.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇧 Story · United Kingdom

United Kingdom: from London to the Highlands, well fed

London markets, pubs and museums, then the train to Edinburgh and a taste of the Highlands. Plus the post-Brexit trap: your EU roaming often no longer covers the UK.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇸🇪 Story · Sweden

Stockholm and its archipelago: ferries, Gamla Stan and design

Inès leaves Finland for Stockholm: ferries across the archipelago islands, the alleys of Gamla Stan, design and nature, and a near-cashless country where your phone is your wallet.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇳🇱 Story · Netherlands

The Netherlands: Amsterdam by bike, along the canals

Amsterdam by bike along the canals, a train hop to Rotterdam and Utrecht, spring tulips — and a connection so good you forget it. Camille's slow-travel tale across the Netherlands.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇺🇬 Story · Uganda

Uganda: the gorillas of Bwindi and the source of the Nile

Tracking gorillas in Bwindi takes a permit booked months ahead, Jinja where the Nile begins, golden savanna — and honest coverage: fine in Kampala, dead zones in the forest.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇭 Story · Switzerland

Switzerland by panoramic train: Alps, lakes and punctuality

The Glacier Express and the Bernina, turquoise lakes and trains to the minute. But beware: Switzerland is outside the EU/EEA, so European roaming doesn't cover it. Why an eSIM truly earns its keep here.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇦🇷 Story · Argentina

Argentina: from Buenos Aires to Patagonia's glaciers

Tango and asado in Buenos Aires, then the far south: Fitz Roy from El Chaltén and the Perito Moreno glacier. Huge distances, internal flights, and an honest take on signal.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇰🇪 Story · Kenya

Kenya: safari in the Masai Mara and the great migration

From Nairobi to the Mara, from game drives to wildebeest crossings: an unhurried safari, M-Pesa in hand and the signal coming and going.

June 14, 2026 · 7 min read
🇵🇹 Story · Portugal

From Lisbon to Porto: Portugal in slow motion

Trams and miradouros, pastéis de nata and fado nights, the slow train along the Douro and a surf detour to the coast. A week spent climbing Portugal without rushing.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇪🇸 Story · Spain

Andalusia by AVE: Seville, Córdoba, Granada

Three Andalusian cities linked by the AVE high-speed train, tapas in the shade, and the Alhambra ticket you must book early. Plus an honest note: in the EU, roam-like-at-home often has you covered.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇮🇹 Story · Italy

Rome, Florence and Tuscany taken slowly

Two weeks for three places: Rome on foot, Florence and its Uffizi, a stretch of Tuscany at the pace of slow trains. Art, aperitivo, markets — and just enough signal.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇲🇽 Story · Mexico

A Yucatán road trip: cenotes, Maya ruins and long roads

Two weeks behind the wheel between Chichén Itzá, Tulum, the cenotes and Mérida. A peninsula you don't rush — and a signal that comes and goes.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇪🇬 Story · Egypt

Egypt: the Nile, the pyramids and a taste of the desert

From Cairo and Giza to a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan and the edge of the Sahara — a trip where the signal follows the river and fades into the sand.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇹🇷 Story · Turkey

Istanbul astride two continents, then on to Cappadocia

From the Bosphorus to Hagia Sophia, then a long hop to Cappadocia's balloons: Léa on a week spanning two continents, signal in hand.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇧🇷 Story · Brazil

Brazil: Rio, the beaches and the long road

Copacabana at dawn, Sugarloaf, a flight down to the Iguaçu falls: a coast kid's notebook on a country the size of a continent.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇻🇳 Story · Vietnam

Vietnam north to south, by train and scooter

The Reunification line north to south, the Hải Vân Pass through the train window and mountain loops by scooter: 1,700 km of a country that never sits still.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇬🇷 Story · Greece

Island hopping the Cyclades: ferries, wind and signal

Two weeks of ferries between Naxos, Paros and Milos, the meltemi rewriting the timetable and the signal that leaves at sea: the art of changing your mind gracefully.

June 13, 2026 · 7 min read
🇨🇦 Story · Canada

Working holiday in Canada: first winter in Montreal

Landing in Montreal in January on a one-way ticket: the structural cold, apartment-hunting by message, and the eSIM that bridges the gap before a local line. A first-winter story.

June 12, 2026 · 8 min read
🇺🇸 Story · USA

Road-tripping the American West: connected between two deserts

Two weeks in a van between Los Angeles and the parks, honest dead zones, and data that always comes back at the first motel: a story in desert widescreen.

June 11, 2026 · 7 min read
📶 Guide · Data

How many GB do you really need for your trip?

Maps, stories, video calls, hotspots: what each habit really burns, three traveller profiles, and the silent traps that drain a data plan.

June 10, 2026 · 5 min read
🇹🇭 Story · Thailand

Bangkok–Chiang Mai by night train

A sleeper berth, a swaying carriage and dawn over the northern rice fields: Thailand's night train, or the art of slow travel without losing the thread.

June 8, 2026 · 7 min read
✈️ Guide · Budget

eSIM, local SIM or roaming: the real cost of data abroad

Your carrier's travel pass, a kiosk SIM card or an eSIM installed before departure: an honest comparison of all three — including when roaming is enough.

June 5, 2026 · 6 min read
🇪🇺 Guide · Europe

One month across Europe on a single regional eSIM

Eight cities, six countries, zero SIM swaps: what a regional eSIM really changes on a big European itinerary — and when your home plan is already enough.

June 1, 2026 · 8 min read
🇲🇦 Story · Morocco

Getting lost in Marrakech (and finding the network again)

In the medina, getting lost isn't an accident: it's the whole point. A weekend between Jemaa el-Fna, the souks and a riad door nowhere to be found at midnight.

May 26, 2026 · 6 min read
🇮🇩 Story · Bali

Backpacking Bali: 3 weeks almost offline

Three weeks of rice terraces, warungs and scooters, with one simple rule: data is only for when it saves the day. Spoiler: it did, more than once.

May 19, 2026 · 7 min read
🇯🇵 Story · Japan

7 days in Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and my quest for the perfect signal

Landing alone in Tokyo at 10 p.m. and being connected within 30 seconds: a seven-day story through Shibuya, Golden Gai and the torii of Fushimi Inari at sunrise.

May 12, 2026 · 6 min read

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