The Travels of Päivi and Santeri

Vegetarians, nudists, herbs-smoking rastas and hippies in the Russian Rainbow gathering in Karelia, Russia in 2006.

Visiting friends and Santeri's old colleagues from SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd. in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.

Photos of visiting family and friends in Europe.

Satirical tourism guide for Brazilians teaching how to cheat and rip off tourists. Based on real life experiences all over Brazil.

A photo blog of visiting Dracula's castle in Transsilvania, Brasov, Romania. https://nomadtravelbooks.com/photogallery/photo/south-europe-romania-italy-spain/531/pho.webp This is really dangerous. Continue only if you are absolutely sure you know what you are doing. Some higher forces are watching every click you make.

Photos of visiting our old friends in Buenos Aires after being in New Zealand for a while. Of course there were parties again.

Bolivian people are used to carrying anything from groceries to children in their backs like human backpacks. The border between Chile and Bolivia is in 6000 meters and air was quite thin. We saw a group of Norwegian tourists in the border queue fainting from altitude sickness. They recovered after having some coca tea. It's a good medicine for altitude sickness, but unfortunately not a drug. It had no effect on us.

The flight marathon:18 take-offs and landings, 35 hours of flying and 50 hours in airports within five days.

Cheviot is a small village of only 400 people located in the South Island of New Zealand. We lived there a few months with some 40 000 sheep. Tim & Heidi who we met in South Africa had invited us over.

These photos are about our wedding anniversary in Sydney, Australia. The following review was originally posted to Lonely Planet’s thorn tree forum, but it has expired. The photos related to that review are at the end of the story.