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Locals consider Lenno to be a boring, perhaps sleepy, town. However, Lenno can add a couple of gems to your trip to Italy or lake Como. Adding to that, it's a perfect town to spend your day. Here's why: 1. Villa del Balbianello Lenno hosts the popular Villa del Balbianello that is famous...
A walk through Brienno If you are planning a trip around lake Como in Italy, you will most definitely come by Brienno. Brienno lies on a small strip of land at the foot of steep hills that rise fiercely behind this town. As Brienno is only a 20 minute drive...
Villa del Balbianello is a villa located in Lenno, Italy, on the tip of a romantic peninsula with a beautiful terraced garden overlooking lake Como. The villa is popular among tourists as the villa has a rich history and it has been featured in several films, including A Month by…
A deserted beach with only the sounds of the sea and wildlife coming together is the perfect combination for a good morning. The sun started to warm up the earth and the warmth of sun-rays reached our hammocks and blankets. With no sense of time we were awakened by the…
Koh Yao Noi is a perfect island to camp out and sleep in a hammock as there it is not too overcrowded by tourists and the beaches haven’t been taken over by big resorts yet. If you rent a motorbike from a local or from a shop, you can easily…
Between the undoubtedly famous places Phuket and Krabi lie a group of islands in between that are less known. The two main islands are Koh Yao Noi and Koh Yao Yai, with Noi being the smallest but the most ‘developed’. The difference between Noi and Yai is that the island…
We got out of Phang Nga and set a goal to be sitting on the beach by the evening. We fixed a ride on the main road, direction of Krabi, and got off as you need to reach the pier going to Koh Yao Noi. This is a road off…
After a successful hitch-hike from Khao Sok to Phang Nga, we landed in Phang Nga town mainly to check out Phang Nga Bay. Phang Nga town is mostly used by tourists as a gateway to the bay or as a hub when traveling to places like Phuket or Krabi. The place is…
Why Phang Nga bay is not really that great (but just nice) Somehow we thought it would be possible to stay somewhere at the beach around the bay and enjoy waking up amidst the beautiful lime-stone rocks. It turned out Phang Nga city is not at the beach/bay at all and…
