Two degrees off the Arctic Circle – by Christos Koukelis

A photographic exhibition by Christos Koukelis with landscapes of Iceland inaugurated in London yesterday, 12 July 2012. The project “Two degrees off the Arctic Circle” was created during September 2011 when the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM) invited Christos Koukelis to a month-long artist residency in Reykjavik. Starting from the capital, Koukelis embarked on a 1400km (840 miles) journey…

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Climbing Mount Everest: chronicle of an ongoing mission 2012

PaulaTrendsets is proud to present today one of its most exciting travel articles ever. We followed the day-by-day chronicle of an ongoing mission to reach the peak of Mount Everest on the Himalayas. George Andreou, one of the members of the mission, will be the first Cypriot to reach the highest mount peak of the world. Quite an important achievement…

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New Year’s Eve in the Indian Desert

PaulaTrendsets.com introduces guest blogger Elpis Chrysovergis, who shares his experience from a magical New Year’s Day celebration in the middle of a desert. “Spending New Year’s Eve in Thar Desert of Rajasthan (world’s 9th largest subtropical desert) is one of the most memorable moments of my life. We were a group of 18 people from 10 different countries. After riding…

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Discovering Skopelos Island; what touristic guides won’t tell you

Most of you may recall Skopelos as the island where Meryl Streep shook her bon-bon in “Mamma Mia – The Movie”. Despite the fact I have family in the island from the part of my aunt Liana’s husband, I hadn’t been there since I was, eeek, like, 6 months old. I returned to Skopelos last Monday for a brief 3-day holiday with…

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Lunch by the sea

One of the places I keep in my heart with much love and happy childhood memories is the village of Ayia Marina in Fthiotis, Greece. Only 15kms away from my hometown, Lamia, Ayia Marina has been a paradise of summer fun plenty of fish taverns ever since my grandmother was in her 20s. Although it’s not famous for the best sea or considered the…

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