Hello my fellow travellers! Our last day in Amsterdam is at an end. We started it by saying goodbye to Nikola who continued to France where she's going to study for a few months. After a hearty breakfast consisting of Turkish pizza and sodas we went out to keep exploring Amsterdam, seeing the parts we didn't visit yesterday. We started this sightseeing tour with the Saint Nicholas Basilica which we only saw from the outside before, Ante remained outside though while I went inside. It has a really amazing set of paintings showing the final ordeals of Jesus Christ, well worth checking out! Afterwards we went to the National Maritime Museum where we saw the replica of a 17th century East India Ship (aptly named Amsterdam) which is quite stunning, sure it isn't the HMS Victory ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! Today we arrived in beautiful Amsterdam! With me on this trip I have my long time friend but first time travel partner Andreas, called Ante. It's my pleasure to introduce him to this blog and it will be interesting to see how he fares with my intense style of travelling! We didn't really make any specific plans for this trip. Visit the Red Light District, eat a 'funny brownie' (which I've now learned is called a 'space cake'), check out Anne Franks house and the National Museum. Don't get killed or robbed in the process (man did I have a wrong impression of the Red Light District). Yeah that pretty much covers our loose plans for this journey into the land of red lights, weeds and tulips. I expect I will enjoy ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! Today we went into Espargos, the capital city of Sal, it's a quite small and quiet place really. There's no hustle and bustle here, no tourists, no stress and no sellers. Just everyday people getting on with their everyday lives, such a thing is always a pleasure to see as it feels more genuine, nothing put on spectacle to suit a tourists camera or envision of what the destination should be like, only reality. Getting there was interesting though, as we approached the minibuses we stopped in a clothing shop where Lisa found a dress she was interested in. I came inside for a while to act as taste/moral support but after a while I went outside as it wasn't quite my venue. When I looked over at the minibuses it seemed ... read more

Hello my fellow travellers! Today has been a nice and calm day. Me and Lisa has pretty much just been laying around and reading all day. We did take a stroll down to the pier (dodging around the two main streets as best as possible to avoid all the sellers) to check up about going over to another island but it turns out that it costs almost as much as the whole trip combined which is just insane. We did however go down to the people that organize the glass bottomed boat tours and booked a tour on the Neptunus for tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to it even though it was a bit pricey. After we had booked our underwater adventure we sat down in a quiet restaurant and just reflected on events so far. ... read more

Hello again my fellow travellers! Today me and Lisa took a great tour of the island of Sal. We went by a minibus so we were a small and manageable group. Our guide picked us up at our hotel and then we went by a couple other hotels until the whole group was together, around eight people I think. The tour began with Monte Leão, the lion mountain, which is located in the Murdeira Bay and it is a beautiful spot. According to our guide it is the most photographed spot on Sal, I don't know if it's true but it might be. We sat down here for a while and just enjoyed the view. The waters around here are swarming with urchins, the whole seabed is littered with them. From there we went to the ... read more