11 travel essentials

Lydia breaks lovingly down for you her 11 most essential ways to grant you a true rewarding journey (off the beaten tracks). It's not easy to push out of once comfort zone. To do it alone in a foreign place, especially if you are a women and like me quite often feel out of place is crazy hard. Yet, the reward to find your trails is IMMENSE. Happy trails??

Wishes at the Western Wall

"I reach into my bag and pull up a note, its says: 'ΑΓΑΠΗ και ΕΥΤΥΧΙΑ, για όλη την οικογένεια μου – και εμένα!' I fold the note and awkwardly try to tuck it into the filled cracks of the wall..."

Photography – En route in Provence

photography by Lydia, ©Lydiasplanet Jakten på den perfekta stranden i Provence-Cote d'Azur och utforskandet av Provence hjärta, har tagit sin början. I och med att jag satt mig i bilen och börjat köra västerut från Nice. Första bilderna från Saint-Tropez och landskapet utmed vägen norr om motorvägen.     A bientôt = See you soon […]

Photography – Enclosed by Jungle

photography by Lydia, ©Lydiasplanet Draperade i frodig grönska. På en avlägsen kulle i centrala Java, en övergiven tupp-formad hälsoklinik. Tempelruiner utmed stigen i Monkey Forest, på Bali. Och gryning över stuporna på det heliga buddhistiska Borobudur, på Java.     /Lydia ©Lydiasplanet

the ART of doing Nothing

As a young teenager I came across the book with the enticing title: “the Art of doing Nothing”. Like a dehydrated child in a windswept African desert, I picked it up and gently started sipping it's pages...