Viñales and Las Terrazas – Green, Quiet, and Far from Havana
Part of: Cuba – A Country That Doesn’t Quite Move Like the Rest of the World After a few days in Havana, heading out to Viñales Valley feels like someone has turned the volume...
Monthly Archive: February 2026
Cuba – A Country That Doesn’t Quite Move Like the Rest of the World
Cuba is not the easiest country to understand. Not because it’s complicated—but because it doesn’t behave the way you expect. I started in the west. Green landscapes, quiet places, and a pace that felt...
Madrid, why not go here instead of Barcelona?
I know many countries have competition between the capital and the second city. That is very much the case in Spain as well. We have the same in Norway between Oslo and Bergen, and...
Kunya-Urgench and Merv – Silk Road Cities, Mostly Forgotten
Towards the end of a journey through an unfamiliar country, you inevitably start reflecting a little. The trip had begun abruptly in Ashgabat—a surreal city of white marble, empty streets, and police officers standing...
