In winter, no human is allowed inside Predjama Castle Cave, as it becomes a refuge for bats The exit of the Cave under ...

Spring is nature’s wake-up call. On March 28, 2017, I launched this blog during a hanami in Kyoto. Japan was one of the nicer stops on my journey to Phu Quoc, where I was attending a funeral of a ...

The correct answer is: four. And no, it’s not about you counting incorrectly. In Croatian, ‘lj’, the combo of the two letters, is indeed one letter. Well, for your first lesson in my native language, ...

Swords, sabers, and sledgehammers become piercing tools at Lim Hu Tai Su Shrine during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Watch at your own risk ...

In an era when Facebook is flooded with AI images, and we genuinely pause to ask whether the Cat Olympics might be real, it’s easy to dismiss heart-shaped lakes as just another deception designed to ...

It’s absurd. A fluffy Maine Coon struts down a diving board, somersaults into the air, and slices through the water with Olympic-level finesse. Welcome to the Michi Olympics, where AI-generated cats ...

Once a year, the city of Basel swaps its lab coats and precision watches for lightsabers, horns, and an alarming number of Super Marios. Wizards ride trams. Stormtroopers line up for coffee. Princess ...

Finns competing for Sweden. A Norwegian singing for Ireland. Austrians performing for Germany. The Czech Republic cheering on a Slovak. In a contest that’s technically about nations united in music, ...

The perception of a travel blogger’s life is often built on glamorous illusions. Since I started an intense global journey back in 2017, I’ve had my fair share of high-end stays. From wildlife lodges ...

George Town on Penang Island in Malaysia is a street art lover’s dream. But no mural steals the spotlight quite like Little Children on a Bicycle by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic. Since its ...

If you’ve ever experienced a Chinese New Year celebration, you know it’s long, lively, and loud. But for the Hokkien people, the 9th day is the grand crescendo of the 15-day event, a festival within a ...