If you are spending your time in Slovenia and love to kayak, a trip across the Karavanks just north of the border is, in my opinion, worth it. We did it on one prolonged weekend, with the go… Read More

After a very busy summer of 2019, we finally had a chance to take a week off and fly to Iceland to do a crazy camping experience there. Our initial goal was to travel there a bit earlier, al… Read More

At the end of April 2019, we used one prolonged weekend to circle the Parenzana trail with mountain bikes. Parenzana is today a bike trail that follows the old railway route that connected t… Read More

Dolenjska – a region of Slovenia, besides Prekmurje, which is, in my honest opinion, highly underrated by Slovenians and foreigners alike. If everyone visits the Gorenjska region with… Read More

Kayaking on Soča river While Slovenia possesses a number of beautiful rivers, one of the undeniably most famous ones is Soča, or Isonzo as Italians would call it – the emeral… Read More

Note: This is a guest post by James, a fellow blogger at TrekSumo, on his hike across the frozen surface of Lake Baikal.  How hard can hiking be? After all, it’s nothing more… Read More

A paradise for mountain bikers of all abilities, Slovenia offers trails of all kinds: from easy gravel road uphills to technical singletracks, from downhill and freeride style bike parks, th… Read More

Slovenia has a number of ski resorts, and many of them boast lift-assisted bike parks for quite a few years already. Despite not being as known as the resorts in Austria, Italy or France, Sl… Read More

Since one of the main goals of our travels here at Sliva is doing action outdoor sports, with the time, a collection of apps popped up on my smartphone – and those apps have proven use… Read More

Besides the more difficult hikes that also include skiing or snowboarding on the descent, the country of Slovenia offers also a number of beautiful winter treks that are perfectly safe avala… Read More

“Why on Earth did we want to travel here?!” was our first thought when we were observing Puno from the bus. Out of the bus, the city seemed pretty scary, there was a lot of half… Read More

In the shadows of Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy, Slovenia may not get that much of an attention as a skiing destination. No wonder, Slovenian large ski resorts are g… Read More

If you are looking for a location to base yourself for a mountain bike holidays in Slovenia, look no further than Ruše. Less than 1 hour proximity of 3 bike parks (Mariborsko Pohorje… Read More

I first visited Bordeaux back in 2014 as a stop on my surf-trip to Lacanau area. But it was not long after that, at the end of the year 2015, that with Urska we moved there to work for 3 mon… Read More

Slovenia has plenty of tracks for mountain biking throughout the whole country. We won’t be making things promotional, however, but will write one important fact straight: a large part… Read More

Would like to do minimalist camping with a minimum amount of equipment and don’t know where to start? You’re on the right place I have put together some minimalist camping tips… Read More

When Tjasa and Jan, authors of the blog post series about their road trip, cruised around the southern part of Portugal, I sat on the plane and flew there on a 10-day visit. The main purpose… Read More

Being high on the idea of light travel from the hostel hopping times, both of us (Urska and Matic), and each of us on our own, developed a habit of traveling with hand luggage only. Not carr… Read More

If you are hiking with the tent, where the tent provides you with the shelter, you may want to be a bit more picky with your equipment. Here go some experience-based observations and suggest… Read More

There is this big lake Balaton in Hungary, which has a similar vibe like Croatian, or some other seaside. Actually, in the times of Cold war, when some of the counties including Hungary were… Read More

In november 2017, we had an opportunity to visit a friend of ours who lives and works in Western Australia, to be more precise, in the region of Margaret River. If you are a wine l… Read More

Some hints for a light camper in Western Australia As described in our 10 days itinerary on the south of Western Australia, we did a bit of camping in Western Australia. By trying to follow… Read More

Malaga is one of those beautifully livable cities. I lived there for a few months in the beginning of 2015 and it definitely is the city that has it all: a vibrant city life and a nice histo… Read More

In November, during our trip to Australasia region of the World, our first stop in Australia was Perth. The only big city in Western Australia, Perth seemed somehow a special city to us. We… Read More

If you fly with Singapore Airlines (which indeed is kick-ass airline, we liked it a lot), or some other airline that has a base in Singapore, you will probably have some layover time. Well… Read More

As a part of our journey in Australasia, we visited the city of Sydney. Here is our 3 days itinerary (the recommended part), and a few things we discovered. Our itinerary was kind of buildin… Read More

Prior to going to Bali in the rainy season, we did quite a bit of research on the Internet about various topics. Many of the advice on the forums actually didn’t hold true, but some in… Read More

As you know we have spent 3 weeks in Peru, and because we wanted to see as much as possible in limited amount of time, we had to opt for different transport options. The way we are, we alway… Read More

Some time passed since we visited Peru. It was a travel packed with hiking, good food, and exploring ancient Inca ruins. I was not so interested in the latter part initially, but once there… Read More

Our complete road trip itinerary in New Zealand included the whole Southern island and Northern island, except an area above the Auckland, due to the lack of time. In this blog post, I&rsquo&hell…Read More

At the end of our trip around New Zealand, we visited Auckland. Our visit in New Zealand’s largest city with more than 1.5 million inhabitants was relatively short – 3 days short… Read More

Our trip on the North Island followed more than 2 weeks of traveling on the South Island. Since both of us prefer nature, wilderness and bushwalks, we knew that the North Island will be more… Read More

By the south part, we mean regions of Otago, the south of the island, and Fjordland area. We spent only roughly a week in the whole area, and it was way too little. Due to the distances, we… Read More

As a part of our trip to New Zealand, we visited the Southern Alps on the South Island of New Zealand. I must admit that we were looking forward to it a lot, as we traveled the flat coastal… Read More

We started our journey around New Zealand in Christchurch, where we landed. And we finished our journey on the south Island in Picton, where our ferry departed. In this post, let me group th… Read More

While I enjoyed my summer holidays on one of the Greek island, I couldn’t go without eating delicious traditional Greek food and beverage. Going to Greece is a special culinary ex… Read More

This summer I had an opportunity to spend a relaxing week on Rhodes island. My goal was to rest and reenergize, which includes lying on the beach, swimming, and reading books, but after 3 da… Read More

Read the 3. part of adventure novel “Translucent civilization” here. Diego was standing on Waynapicchu and looking at Ana and Jim running around the Machu Picchu, looki… Read More

Note: This is a guest post by Tjaša and Jan, a young couple from Slovenia on a road trip across Europe. They started their journey on 1st of July 2017 from Radenci, Slovenia and… Read More

Note: This is a guest post by Tjaša and Jan, a young couple from Slovenia on a road trip across Europe. They started their journey on 1st of July 2017 from Radenci, Slovenia and headi… Read More

Read the previous part of adventure novel “Translucent civilization” here. Jim suggests to Ana that they move to a higher part of the ruins, where most of the tourists are s… Read More

First, a full disclaimer: I am not a vegan, but I traveled with a vegan Urška – so we ate in vegan restaurants. We did, however, pretty much agree on all of the aspects describe… Read More

Note: This is a guest post by Marie Nieves, from the blog High Style Life, on her Best summer destinations for surfers in Australia. You can find Marie on Facebook or follow her on Twit… Read More

Read the first part of adventure novel “Translucent civilization” here. The woman from the hostel was very friendly, she even helped Ana and Jim call the taxi and bargained… Read More

When we were traveling around Peru, we traveled with Cruz del Sur bus company twice. The first time we took a day bus from Cusco to Puno, while for the 2nd time we decided for a night bus wh… Read More