Pedro Ivens

What non-touristy beaches can I visit in Portugal? the Vilar da Amoreira River beach in Pampilhosa da Serra, Portugal is not touristy and you can enjoy a very calm river beach in a very beautiful place. Portugal is an amazing country to visit, but most people will end up visiting Lisbon, Porto, or Algarve. In this article I would like to talk about places in Portugal most people will probably never know about, particularly, the Vilar da Amoreira river beach. This is not a traditional beach, but more of a a swimming pool in a river! It is located near the village "Pampilhosa da Serra" and it is two and a half hours drive from Lisbon and Porto. Once you get there, it is usually easy to park the car in the organized parking lot (with marked parking spaces!). This a beach built in a very calm area on the margin of the Portuguese river "Zêzere" and it consists on a floating device that allows water in, thus creating a very safe swimming pool with the water from the river...

Is it possible to travel with a 16 liter Fjallraven Kanken as your only bag? Yes it is. This is actually my preferred method for travelling. I will explain how I do it.  How to make the 16 liter Fjallraven Kanken backpack viable as your only travel? To be able to travel with a small bag in general, and with a 16 liter bag in particular, such as the Fjallraven Kanken, there are 3 main aspects I always consider to achieve this. These are: doing Laundry, picking clothes with similar colors, and adjust to weather forecast. Do take a look at my article where I explain my technique to travel only with a small bag  here .   1. Do laundry To make a 16 liter backpack work as our only bag we will not be able to fit a lot of clothes inside our bag, so we will need to pick only a few outfits. Thus, the only way to make this work is to wash the few clothes we take every night or every other day. I usually take advantage of showering every night and wash my clothes then. Firstly, befo...

 Is the 16 liter Fjallraven Kanken good for travel? Yes. It is excellent for traveling as personal item in an aircraft and also excellent as your only bag, if you can pack light.   What are the benefits of traveling with the 16 liter Fjallraven kanken? Although this is a trendy backpack, there's more to it than just the looks. I really like taking the 16-liter classic Fjallraven Kaken on my trips for 5 main reason: 1. Shape The boxy shape of the backpack allows for a perfect space occupation which maximizes storage. Curvy backpacks may look sleek and aerodynamic, but do not allow us to maximize space, while a boxy shape allows every corner of the backpack to be used. In the picture below I included a visual example of what I mean.  The rectangle on the left , is similar to the classic Fjallraven Kanken backpack: a boxy rectangle. The blue area represents the space we can occupy inside the backpack. The picture on the right represents a backpack that has the same rectangl...