Switzerland: Truemmelbach, Lauterbrunnen’s hidden mountain waterfall

Lauterbrunnen waterfall

You are on a summer holiday in the Swiss mountains… and it is raining. Two grandparents, two parents and two  kids locked up inside for the day isn’t going to end well… but the options for escape are limited. However, Voyagista has a plan and it involves more precipitation: A visit to a powerful waterfall cascading through the […]

Discovering the mysteries of Chinese medicine

Guangzhou market

In Guangzhou, there is a famous market where you can find anything you need to cure your ailments based on Chinese medicine practices: sea horse, insects, deer antler, snake, turtle, giant mushroom, starfish… and many more dried ingredients we couldn’t recognize when we visited.  It was a very interesting place and I really enjoyed the […]

At the top of New Zealand: Northland

cape reinga

A benefit of being married to a Kiwi is that I get to visit New Zealand at a leisurely pace, discovering one area each time we go down under… This New Zealand summer we toured Northland, more specifically the “Far North” of Northland on the North Island. As the name suggests it is the top […]