A legend has it that a Venetian, known as Marco Polo, was asked at his deathbed to admit that all the stories of his life and travels were just a bunch of fairy tales. He answered: I've told you less than a half of what I've really seen out there.
A travelogue concludes a journey, finishes it and makes it complete. Travelogue is not just a way of writing down our impressions; it is a creative transformation, transforming all that we have seen, experienced and learned into something new and unique, something that can be shared.
So far, only a handful of our travelogues have been translated into English - we are hoping this will change in the near future. Here is the current list of our travelogues available in English.
I was recently approached by the Afghanistan Analysts Network from Kabul (AAN for short). The occasion was the news that Czech zoologist Daniel Jablonski decided to examine the forgotten collection of...
A writer from a small country, of course, looks towards the big nations, towards France, Germany, the UK... He fantasizes about countless editions...
The first time I traveled the 125 kilometers, it was cold, it was October and there was a fair, and I went unprepared, so I dragged Les Miserables...
One day I was sitting at my laptop, getting bored at home and looking randomly at Google Maps, when something interesting caught my eye: I noticed a...
A mustached border officer in a leather jacket gently drinks his morning coffee under a huge picture of Bashar Al Assad, at the Lebanon-Syrian...
Through the frosty plane windows, the scenes that I had cultivated intensely in my mind in the previous months began to materialize: the largest...
Birds barking like dogs, lizards pollinating from flower to flower, herbs that have decided to become huge trees. Learning about the islands as...
On the first of January 2019 I left my steady job in Glasgow and got on a plane. Three months later It was March 2019. I had no idea where to go or...
“I wish to stop being Borges”
- Borges
The journey – thankfully, not mine – begins in central Iraq. The protagonist turns twenty when his...
In the southern part of Iran, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari districts (Persian: Ostān-e Chahār-Mahāl-o Bakhtiyārī), lives a very special and little...
The village of Berdut lies at the very end of the road that ends abruptly when it reaches a dense jungle. This 300-strong community is the home of...
Travelers: Vasko, Alexandra, Nenad, Lazar
Date: December 2011/January 2012
"- Sheikh Adi is a dangerous den! – the captain said....
– I’ve heard there is a wall there – I said.
– What wall? – Husam replied. – It's all just propaganda. There is no wall.
I asked him about...
Bosnia's second city punches above its weight culturally, from a street-food-led backlash that kicked out McDonald's to the fateful night Lenny...
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of a cemetery? Contrary to the usual depiction of the cemeteries, the Merry Cemetery...
Hong Kong is not just one of the most populated cities in the world but also a city with the biggest number of Michelin star restaurants per square...