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Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

January 31, 2016March 28, 2016 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Nature, Photography, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic, arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden

Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a

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Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Japan, Life in India, Life in Sweden, Literature, Nature, Photography, South America, Swedish Tourism, Top Ten, Travelling army, asia, atacama desert, aurora, bolivia, bosnia, bucharest, caribbean, chile, china, colombia, dracula, edinburgh, estonia, europe, fuji, gotland, Greece, holi, iceland, iguassu, iguazu falls, india, isle of skye, istanbul, japan, Jökulsárlón, kleftiko, lapland, machu picchu, mary king close, mostar, Mumbai, new york city, northern lights, NYC, ogmore, ogmore beach, ogmore by sea, parque tayrona, peru, qatar airways, romania, rurrenabaque, san blas, scotland, skye, sri lanka, stari most, sweden, taj mahal, tallinn, terracotta warriors, udaipur, unawatuna, valparaiso, visby, wales, waterfalls, xi'an, yamuna river, zostel

I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when

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The Highs and Lows of Searching for the Northern Lights

March 7, 2014April 13, 2014 Europe, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden, swedish lapland

"An obsession consumed me, and the more I saw, the more I wanted"Relentless blasts of icy wind grasped at the exposed skin of my cheeks, the only flesh not covered in layers of wool and

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Searching for the Northern Lights in Iceland

December 1, 2013November 17, 2017 Europe, Nature, Travelling aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, nature, northern lights, reykjavik

Driving deeper into the Icelandic wilderness the excitement on the bus was tangible: the atmosphere quickening with anticipation at every twist of the winding road. People clutched their cameras and stared at the opaque blackness

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