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What do people normally do in December? Well, besides rushing out for Christmas presents, of course:) Planning the future year, what else! If you’re currently in the middle of choosing a new exciting destination to discover in 2017, here I am with my calendar of the best places for each month of the year. Because the right weather is obviously at least 50% of your good emotions while traveling. Who wants to spend beach holidays hiding from the rain, or skiing in a nasty dirt instead of a fluffy snow? So the perfect approach to planning a travel is to always start from checking the high season.

Sometimes you only need a tiny jewellery casket, decorated by a talented artist, to understand how huge and epic Russian culture is. Unfortunately, less and less people now know that even Moscow suburbs are a powerful centres of traditional Russian crafts. Fedoskino with its caskets, for example, used to be a great attraction for tourists from all over the world and country and now every sale is worth a celebration for local masters. But we are the only ones who are able to keep those amazing folk crafts alive! So why not to spend one day visiting some museums if you occasionally find yourself on Moscow?

Backpacker is a tourist, who travels cheap and ignores tourists’ agencies.

Everything in New Zealand is quite new to us, everyday is full of surprises and discoveries. But if I still can imagine how it’s possible to apply for and receive a bank card in 15 minutes, that people fix their cars before selling them or that you can’t rent a house if the number of square meters is smaller than a number of your family members (or a landlord would pay fines), the fact that their’s way new culture of traveling and now boarders for people from over the world will be definitely way harder to digest. Here is one of the most amazing and unusual experiences I’ve ever had!

You can’t even imagine how happy I become after the comments like “What a luck it is to always travel with a photographer” on a photos from my solo trips:) Yes, many of my Instagram (@thestylejungle) pictures I do by myself. And now I want to share my experience, ideas and even mistakes. Because there is nothing better, than looking through the perfect, authentic photos after the journey.

A few years ago our travel photos were mostly nature or architecture captures. And we had no idea why were they so far from the vibrant, alive photos of our favourite photographers. Within the years we figured out that people in pictures are a key to success! Because they turn a regular sunset into a special one and show how big the mountains really are by simply standing nearby.

So what are your options during traveling solo? Does it mean you won’t get any memorable photos? No way! Here are my lifehacks.

We all think of the vacations in warm countries as of a journey not less than a week long. This number of days are just enough to relax at the beach as well as join a couple of tours and finally start a photospam on Instagram. But what if you only have 3 days to explore Morocco? Is it worth the long flight? Yes, you should definitely try it and now I’m gonna show you, how to see everything in such a short period of time.

We’ve often been told, that we’re so lucky to share the same passion to travel. Honestly, I have no idea how can someone not share a passion to travel not share his soulmates passion, because what can be more valuable, than living the same special moment together with a person who thinks like you and sees the world like you. You know, I trully do think that within the time the partners of female travelers become an important part of their blogs. And I’m not saying about those “+1” travel situations, but about being in a spotlight or even growing bigger, than a founder (like it happened with our profiles in Instagram). Don’t you thibk so? Well, than just have a look at those wonderful couples, who inspire us to always travel together!

Impossible to visit Paris without observing it from the Eiffel Tower or be in Venice and not to swim through its channels on a cute gondola. There are a lot of cities where those classical routes are a must. But there are also such places on Earth, that are worth visiting not because of their sights, but firstly because of the unique atmosphere, welcoming locals and their stories, long walks, tasty food and a brand new reality. Lots of them are situated in European countries like Italy, Spain or Portugal, but today I’m going to tell about only five, that we have visited in person.  

My dear English-speaking friends! I’m really sorry for not translating this article, but just have a look at its length – it’s probably a new world record! I’m afraid it’s beyond my abilities and patience:) But the stories about outstanding road trips across our beautiful planet are so inspiring, that I will definitely pay for a translation one day. And in a meantime you can use Google Translator just to get the main idea. Sorry again!

Пожалуй, нет лучшего способа познать новую страну, чем путешествуя по ней на автомобиле. Чем больше нетуристических и честных людей, мест и событий, тем с большей уверенностью можно сказать – да, здесь я был. А не отметился:) Почти два года назад мы проехали 7 000 км по России на нашем тогда еще Peugeot и с тех пор поняли, что автопутешествия – это навсегда. Дорожная романтика: кофе в бумажных стаканчиках, незапланированные остановки на фотогеничных полях, города, которые начинаются со спальных пригородов и, мелькая разноцветными лоскутами, вдруг превращаются в известные достопримечательности, неизменная робость перед незнакомым стилем вождения в новой стране – все это щекочет нервы, заставляет мурашки ажиотажа и восторга бегать по коже, все это вспоминается потом домашними вечерами с улыбкой и неизменным предвкушением новых приключений.

Я попросила четверых своих знакомых, за плечами которых невероятные дорожные маршруты, рассказать, что, где и как стоит увидеть этим летом из окна своего авто (или даже – через руль велосипеда!). Итак, Калифорния, Португалия, Финляндия и марш-бросок из Москвы в Лондон. Поехали?

I’m pretty sure, it’s impossible to not miss snowboarding during the summer period after only 5 or so winter months. Well, personally I definitely failed even after visiting 3 different ski resorts in 2016:) Luckily, there is no need to wait, because you can also return to the snowy mountains even in summer. First of all, thanks to the glaciers, that are located in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and other countries. And secondly, because when it’s summer in here, on the other hemisphere of Earth is a perfect winter. In my opinion, a feeling of actually going into the winter and not only into a cold weather, makes this experience even more exiting. So where to go for summer skiing and snowboarding?