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Privacy Is the New Luxury
The first thing we give away is never our name. It’s our silence. We trade it willingly—tap by tap, scroll by scroll—until the quiet corners of our lives are filled with blinking notifications and invisible observers. Somewhere between posting our breakfast and tracking our steps, privacy stopped being a right and became a relic. Something quaint. Something expensive.
By luna hart2 months ago in Wander
The EXplorer
I am a follower of all things Travel and Adventure, my eyes light up at the discovery of a new flight route to Armenia, A camel trek in the Western Sahara or a Windsurfing trip in Naxos. I sometime discover information about destinations so far removed from any known tourist guides that I cannot even pinpoint them on the world map without tracing the steps of previous explorers with some kind of obsessive desire to find the answers. The thought of the unknown is what drives my spirit of adventure, I leave scribbles and notes in diaries about trips and ideas far into the future, even if they are not viable or I never embark on them, but each idea is what inspires and motivates me to keep taking those steps to find what is over the horizon.
By Malachai Hough2 months ago in Wander
Why Visit Everest Base Camp
If you’ve ever seen a photo of the Himalayas and felt something stir inside you, you’re not alone. Everest Base Camp (EBC) is one of the most famous places on Earth, and there’s a good reason why.
By Amyr Adk2 months ago in Wander
Lighting Up Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian’s Wall runs across the North of England, stretching 73 miles from coast to coast, to guard the wild north-west frontier of the Roman Empire from the savage Scots.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 months ago in Wander
Bracing Beauty
The Quiet Vitality of a Winter Landscape Winter is often portrayed as a season of sleep, a time when the natural world retreats into a state of suspended animation. However, to stand in the middle of a snow-covered forest is to realize that winter is actually a season of intense, focused vitality. It is a period defined by the unique relationship between the cold, the terrain, and the water that binds them together.
By meerjanan2 months ago in Wander
The Genius Idea of Stopovers in Warsaw
Normally I aim to spend anywhere from two to three hours between connecting flights at international airports before moving on promptly to my final destination. In the adventure my wife and I undertook, we had a stopover in Warsaw of a whopping seven-and-a-half hours **during the day**. There is no way any airport is so good to spend that much time there during the day, so we were definitely going to see the city. But was it worth it? Could we see something and get back to our connecting flight without being frazzled?
By Richard Soulliere2 months ago in Wander
10 Years ago... Snowboarding
10 Years ago I had my final ride in Freeride snowboarding, the sport I had given much of my early adulthood too, I had reached a semi professional level, sponsored by a European freeride snowboarding company, and I spent the most of my winters touring across Europe to compete in the Freeride World Tour.
By Malachai Hough2 months ago in Wander
Driving from North to South in Portugal
When my friends and I decided to book a trip to Portugal, we had a hard time choosing where we wanted to go. The choice between a city trip in Porto or Lisbon, or spending a week at the beach in Algarve was a hard one to make. Instead, we decided to cover it all. Cities, small fishing villages, and many opportunities for swimming in the atlantic ocean. We spent 10 days in Portugal and we visited in September. I recommend bringing warmer clothes alongside your swimgear and summer clothes at this time of year. Below you'll find our itinerary with tips and tricks along the way.
By E DM2 months ago in Wander
Forget the Snow: Why Your Next New Year’s Should Be an Aussie Summer
If you grew up in the Northern Hemisphere, New Year’s Eve probably makes you think of thick coats, scarves, and trying not to freeze while you wait for the clock to strike midnight. But down here in Australia, we do things a little differently. December 31st is right in the middle of our summer. So, instead of hot cocoa, we’ve got cold drinks. Instead of snow, we’ve got sand.
By Kate Brownell3 months ago in Wander
Six Fishing Holes America Forgot (But the Fish Didn’t)
There are two kinds of fishing in America... The first kind is loud. It comes with branded hats, social media angles, sponsorship decals, and an audience. It happens on lakes everyone already knows, at times everyone else has marked on their calendar. It is efficient, optimized, and frequently filmed.
By The Iron Lighthouse3 months ago in Wander
Echoes of the Solitary Reaper
Amid the golden waves of ripened grain, Beneath the vast, unending sky, She moves alone across the sunlit plain, A figure framed where earth and horizon lie.
By Farhad3 months ago in Wander
New Year’s in Tbilisi
New Year’s is huge here. Georgians celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7, so the New Year’s is the first in the string of holidays. The Old New Year is celebrated as well on January 13, a good remnant of the secular Soviet tradition.
By Lana V Lynx3 months ago in Wander