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Ever feel like you need a vacation but don't have the time or budget for one?

I recently spent an overnight staycation near MOA, and honestly, it was the perfect reset. What I loved most was realizing that you don't always need an out-of-town trip to recharge.

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If you're from Metro Manila, what's your ideal weekend reset? I'd love to hear your staycation recommendations and favorite spots near MOA. ✨

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One of the most unique places in Skardu is the famous Sarfaranga/katpana Cold Desert, where you can witness sand dunes surrounded by snow-covered mountains at the same time.

It honestly feels unreal when cold winds, desert views, and majestic peaks all come together in one place. During winter, the desert sometimes gets covered with snow, making the whole landscape look like something from another world.

Whether you love adventure, peaceful landscapes, camping, photography, or simply nature..,Skardu’s Cold Desert gives a completely different experience from anywhere else in Pakistan.

This is the kind of beauty that makes Gilgit-Baltistan unforgettable 🇵🇰🏔️

The route: down through the Italian lakes, along the Croatian coast, a stretch through Montenegro, into Greece, and finally into Turkey to ride some genuinely untouched Aegean coastline empty coves, no crowds, no influencers, just clear water and silence.

Here’s the thing nobody tells you about a trip like this: it’s not about the destination. It’s about pulling over on a whim because a bay looked too good from the highway, unloading the board, and having water nobody else has ridden that week. You can’t do that with a suitcase and a boarding pass.

If you’ve been sitting on a “someday” road trip idea efoil, kayak, bike, whatever forces you onto the road instead of a plane this is your sign. The forced slowness is the feature, not the bug. Europe’s coastline from Italy to Turkey is absurdly underrated when you’re not just flying over it.

Happy to answer questions on routes, border stuff, camping/parking spots, or where the best untouched water actually was if anyone’s planning something similar next summer.

Surfing Woonona Beach, NSW, located north of Wollongong

https://youtu.be/puJYE9QoKww

At #15 on The Guardian’s 100 best novels of all time, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick sails readers around the world in a nearly endless pursuit. Along the way, he paints a vignette of the Pacific: “…for here, millions of mixed shades and shadows, drowned dreams, somnambulisms, reveries; all that we call lives and souls, lie dreaming, dreaming, still…”

Enjoy a brief passage of pure poetry from Melville at Destinationality (a free resource organizing classic literature passages about great destinations)

Here's a little travel essay I wrote about Meteora, the shooting location for the finale of For Your Eyes Only. Hope it's a good read!

https://fortnightlyreview.substack.com/p/dispatch-from-greece-bond-over-meteora

Six weeks. One road trip. Countless coastlines. This summer I drove and efoiled my way across Italy, Croatia, Turkey, and Greece — hugging the sea, exploring lakes, and letting Google Maps guide the route. I booked most stays 2–3 days at a time through Booking.com and Trip.com, calling a few hotels directly when I found hidden gems. It wasn’t an expensive trip — just a smart one. And an unforgettable one!

Board info: I am a real fan of Audi Aerofoils and enjoying it for more than 2 years without any issues!

2 endurance batteries with a fast charger is great for a road trip around the European coasts