GoBeyond Stories
Stories from the world of GoBeyond. Insights, personal experiences, weather forecasts, last-minute trip recommendations and much more.
Freeriding above the fjords – skiing, surfing, and sauna in Lofoten
An interview with Albert Gáspár, GoBeyond tour guide
The Happiest Man on Earth Lives Alone in the Arctic Wilderness
Finnish Lapland is one of the last untouched wilderness areas in Europe, where most of the land has remained uninhabited since ancient times. Here, you are more likely to encounter reindeer than people.
High altitude zone unpatrolled – you ski at your own risk
Few places in the world hold the same mythical allure as La Grave, a tiny French village of just 700 souls beneath the towering La Meije. This isn’t your polished ski resort with well-marked trails and bustling après-ski bars.
If you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes!
Once you understand that all you need for a really good adventure, apart from the essentials, is flexibility, you can feel at home in any campervan, wherever you are in the world. Even if it means braving gale-force winds and torrential rain. Iceland is the place to step out of your comfort zone.
I marveled at it in National Geographic, now I experienced it with freeride skis
I found the freedom I was looking for in freeride skiing, a level of freedom no other sport had ever given me. It showed me just how far the boundaries of human comfort zones can be pushed.
Sake tasting in Japan, followed by eight-hour days of fresh powder runs
In the restaurant next to the ski slopes, you won’t find steamed dumplings or spaghetti bolognese on the menu—instead, it’s ramen, tonkatsu, and, of course, mochi everywhere you look.
Panama Is Much More Than Just a Canal
For most people, Panama is synonymous with the Panama Canal, a fact that marketers working on the country’s image may have anticipated when they chose the slogan “mucho mas que un canal,” or “much more than just a canal.”
Raw sea urchin as an afternoon snack? Why not!
Shared meals have an essential community-building aspect. Especially when it is preceded by cooking together: as well as being the most cost-effective option, it has become one of our favourite team-building activities for trips and retreats over the years. Not to mention the opportunity to get acquainted with the local culture through the flavours.
Island-hopping on the Philippines
I really love remote tropical destinations undiscovered by tourist hordes, so a trip to the Philippines was an experience of a lifetime for me.
Surfing teaches you to overcome fears, practice patience, and respect nature
Surfing has always been on my bucket list.
Our First Motorcycle Tour in Tanzania
We were eagerly awaiting a new adventure and had been on the lookout for a motorcycle destination where we could escape the European winter for summer. That’s how we set our sights on Tanzania, East Africa’s largest country, which offers far more than just the white sandy beaches of Zanzibar—it’s a place with endless surprises.
Motorcycling through the Himalayas
There are places in the world that are best explored by motorcycle. But what about the world’s most dangerous road? In the summer of 2009, I visited Ladakh, the northernmost province of India, for the first time. Due to its towering mountains and untouched Buddhist culture, many call it “Little Tibet.”
This was the first Balkan Rally
Over seventy participants took part in the four-day race, which led all the way to the Bay of Kotor. Winners were chosen in four categories by the jury and the participants themselves.
Riding a motorbike is like breathing for me
With a little exaggeration, I could say that it means everything. I know it sounds kind of clichéd, but it's the truth. I've tried to move it down the list, tried to walk away from it, but fate has always drawn it back to me. What could I do, I accepted it.
Time travel in the yurts of nomadic Mongolian families
Sleeping in the yurts of nomadic Mongolian families can send you back in time.
Civil war taxi rides and a boutique hotel inside a volcano
This is how this unique travel agency delivers your daily adrenaline shock.