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JAZ Aquamarine Resort: Hurghada, Egypt
Red Sea

JAZ Aquamarine Resort: Hurghada, Egypt

Feb 13, 2022 3 min read

JAZ Aquamarine Resort JAZ Aquamarine is a 5-star Resort, located in the Red Sea Governorate, Hurghada, Egypt. This time I would like to share a few photos of the JAZ Aquamarine Hotel and its surroundings, plus just a sneak peek of my solo trip to the Karnak Temple. Keep in mind, all of these photographs are unedited and these are all natural colors

Kokopelli festival in the famous Vinetu Village!
Klaipeda County

Kokopelli festival in the famous Vinetu Village!

Jan 5, 2022 1 min read

Vinetu village is an open-air museum, where history and legends come alive. Also, it is the home of some special people that I was blessed to meet almost three years ago. It was the end of the winter when I happened to pop up in the Vinetu village sauna for the first time. Mindaugas Timinskas and his wife Jurgita are the ones that started building

Journey around the world: Hungary & Romania
Hungary

Journey around the world: Hungary & Romania

Dec 28, 2021 14 min read

IMAGINARY LINE While the car moved slowly, I flew away to the realm of my imagination. On the top page of the notebook, I engraved letters I.R.A.N. At that point in time, Iran was the main goal of our journey. In order to reach it, some smaller steps had to be taken. For now, it was Hungary and Romania. The Slovak driver noticed my writings. He con

Samogitia: The land of fearless Warriors!
Lithuania

Samogitia: The land of fearless Warriors!

Dec 21, 2021 2 min read

Samogitia (lt. Žemaitija) is one of the ethnographic regions of Lithuania. The homeland of my dearest wife. The land of the fearless warriors and one of the most preserved dialects that even I struggle to understand after so many years living with a Samogitian girl. This is my second dearest place in the whole wide world, even after so many years o

What makes Linkuva unique: The charm of a 500-year-old Lithuanian town!
Siauliai County

What makes Linkuva unique: The charm of a 500-year-old Lithuanian town!

Apr 28, 2020 5 min read

HOME SWEET HOME! 9 long years have passed since I graduated from the Gymnasium of Linkuva and moved to Vilnius. At first, I kept coming back almost every weekend. By the end of the year, the number reduced to twice per month. The second year at university happened to be even more challenging. My trips home varied from 'once per month' to 'every now

7 days in Cyprus: Full road trip itinerary!
Cyprus

7 days in Cyprus: Full road trip itinerary!

Mar 5, 2020 20 min read

PERFECT CYPRUS ROAD TRIP ITINERARY! "To them, you are like an old suitcase without handles: pretty much unusable, but its a pity to get rid of you!" - told one middle-aged Lithuanian tourist to my dad. It has been a while since @Kamile and I traveled with a companion for the last time. My wife, my father Gintas and I: no strict schedule, only good

7 days in Jordan: How to travel if you are poor!?
Jordan

7 days in Jordan: How to travel if you are poor!?

Sep 6, 2019 34 min read

BACKPACKING IN JORDAN ON A BUDGET! Tell your wife, tell your mother, it's time to sell those beer cans and explore the world one place after another! Let's fill some passport pages, guys! Time to go to the land where Moses spent the last days of his life. Yes, I'm talking about Jordan and no, it was not named after the famous Chicago Bulls player M

30 days in Laos: Visiting world's most bombed country!
Laos

30 days in Laos: Visiting world's most bombed country!

Jul 13, 2019 27 min read

WHAT IS LAOS BEST KNOWN FOR? When we think of Laos, the first things that come to our mind are sticky rice, the mighty Mekong river and a countless number of Buddhist monasteries. On the other hand, It's well-known neighbor Vietnam is mostly associated with the Vietnam war, pain and suffering. Most people do not know that during those dreadful time

30 days in Iran: The land of misleading stereotypes!
Iran

30 days in Iran: The land of misleading stereotypes!

Jun 30, 2019 22 min read

IS IT SAFE TO TRAVEL TO IRAN? _Is it safe to travel to Iran? Can you travel to Iran as an unmarried couple? Can you backpack in Iran and how much will that cost? These are only some of the questions we had before our journey to the land once known as Persia. It took us several weeks to hitchhike to Iran all the way from the center of Europe, but wh