I’ve been meaning to write this blog for well over a year, and finally managed to get it done:
bigworldsmallsasha.com/2025/12…
It's about my whole journey of writing and publishing my book (all the sweat and tears it took + how much I earned in the end), as well as a few other updates about what I've been doing over the past few years and where we'll likely head next.
Thanks to everyone who's been there for me throughout this journey! I appreciate you all 💛
My Book Release – and Other Ultra-belated Updates
I released my book in 2024 but never got around to writing a blog about it, so here it is— (better late than never, right?) In a nutshell, the book explains my story of traveling around the world for the past 15 or so years with little money (and it …Big World | Small Sasha
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Sotres, Asturias: videos.trom.tf/w/7wo6HXbkj86AT…
Sotres is the highest village in the Picos de Europa National Park. A bit tricky to get here on the narrow winding road, but well worth the trip! Sotres is so beautiful that in 2024 it got an award from the princess of Asturias 😄 It's also famous for its blue cheese and is the starting point of some spectacular hiking trails in Picos de Europa.
#spain #travel #motorhome #RV #Europe #Asturias #vanlife #vanlifeeurope
Sotres - a wonderfully beautiful town in the mountains
Can you believe this is not Switzerland? We went for a day to this beautiful place just to see how it is. Sasha also found an abandoned villagge and some cute cows. Picos de Europa is now on fire, and it is such a shame because it is a wonderful natural place.
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The Cares Trail, Picos de Europa National Park: videos.trom.tf/w/iyEMCZAfNjNZH…
An amazing pathway carved into towering limestone cliffs high above a turquoise river, connecting two small villages in the mountains of León and Asturias. This trail makes you feel so small, yet contaminated with awe. We found goats, waterfalls, tunnels, and snowy peaks in the distance. A truly spectacular trek.
#motorhome #travel #Europe #Spain #vanlife #RV #nationalparks #mountains #nature #hiking
Cares Trail - The best place we visited
If there is one place that we liked the most, it was the Cares Trail in Picos de Europa. Amazing trail between huge mountains. You feel so small, yet contaminated with awe. We found goats, little waterfalls, and saw snowy peaks. This is a place we must go again to!
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From the province of León, Spain- A big bench, a beautiful drive, great free motorhome parking, and amazing hiking :)
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#motorhome #travel #Europe #Spain, #vanlife #RV #hike #hiking #mountains #rocks
The most beautiful place we parked at
Acebedo - close to the Picos de Europa, beautiful parking place, great hiking, so relaxing and wonderful. This is the number 1 best motorhome parking spot for us. We also got to experience how it is to be fully offgrid when half of Spain was without electricity we did not notice a thing, having solar panels and satellite internet. We could probably survive a zombie apocalypse :).We hope to get back to this place!
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There's only one thing worse than having too many people in critical positions of power, that don't understand Root Cause Analysis; and that's too many that do, and STILL choose abuse of power.
It's one thing in burning fossil fuels, following a major revolution like the Industrial Revolution. It's another to have a clear path to graduating the burning application, and continuing to burn it, put future generations at risk, for the sake of more profit.
And the longer this continues; the more expendable our species is.
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Some photos from another amazing cave in Spain: Cuevas del Aguila, just west of Madrid.
This one looks quite unique as the harder iron-rich rock in the cave is of a much darker, redder color than the bright white speleothems made of calcium carbonate. Well worth the 11 euro tour!
Here is our video about it-
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#Cave #caves #cavescience #travel #spain #RV #motorhome #geology #europe
Cuevas Del Aguila - a wonderland :)
This cave looks so out of this world. The white of the calcium combined with the "rust" of the rock make up for a unique landscape. Very memorable! We paid 11 Euros each for the tour and it was well worth it.
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Visiting some small Spanish villages and doing haircuts in the motorhome-
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It saves a bit of money (and allows @Tio to avoid having to talk to people 😁)
This is in San Esteban del Valle, Castile and León
#RV #motorhome #travel #europe #spain
Giving each other haircuts in the motorhome, in this beautiful place :)
We parked in San Esteban del Valle, in a little village in the mountains. We stayed for 5 nights. Amazing views, great motorhome place. We also gave each other haircuts, ate paella, and went for some little hikes.Oh, and we also tried to avoid as much as possible the weird religious celebration called Easter. Speaking of that we recommend the documentary Praying For Armageddon - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
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This one's from April in La Guardia de Jaén, Andalusia- videos.trom.tf/w/fwAQqRhVcE3tc…
A very pretty little village with great views and a nice motorhome parking area with free services. The only problem was that a group of men sang loud flamenco music right next to our motorhome as we tried to sleep 😄 So we left to a parking area near the Peñarroya Castle. Made a cheesecake and had a nice time there 🙂
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Found a super nice place to park for a few nights in Andalusia - videos.trom.tf/w/uhyeLjNiFgL3B…
Los Bermejales Reservoir, Spain
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Alone at the lake...just relaxing
How beautiful it is to find these secluded places in nature. We parked so close to a lake....mountains in the distance. Super quiet. Just the 2 of us basically camping for several days. Nothing eventful, just an example of how this motorhoming life can be at times: relaxing. Nothing more, nothing less.Pantano de los Bermejales :)
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The most amazing cave- videos.trom.tf/w/hNQGWL9YRHyQ2…
The Cave of Nerja, in southern Spain, is absolutely enormous and was inhabited by humans thousands of years ago. Explorers have found cave paintings, human bones, and evidence of cave hyenas living in the cave around the same time as humans. The Nerja Cave also holds the largest stalactite in the world, measuring around 32 meters.
This was such an amazing experience for us, it is hard to show the immensity and uniqueness of this cave in a video or photos. We were also able to get in there for free as they give free tickets away every weekday at 9:30am. cuevadenerja.es/en/
#cave #caves #travel #Spain #nature
Inicio - Cueva de Nerja
Purchase your online ticket at the best price and avoid queuesadmin (Cueva de Nerja)
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The trail “El Chorro - Las Buitreras Lookout - Convento Peak” is described as “an experience similar to the famous Caminito del Rey without the crowds and the need to get an entrance ticket”... but is that the truth?
Here’s my experience and take on this beautiful 8.2-km loop trail overlooking the El Chorro gorge- videos.trom.tf/w/rohi7CzpDDmBg…
#Spain #travel #hike #nature #mountains #Trekking
Sasha Solo Hiking above Caminito del Rey
Sasha went for a hike above the Caminito del Rey to see how it compares with the main, and paid for, Caminito del Rey hiking that we both did. She got to see some cool eagles, nice high peaks, and beautiful views. And put her life at risk a little bit :D.
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El Caminito del Rey, in the south of Spain, was once considered the most dangerous hike in the world. Now it has been repaired and rebuilt with nice little walkways that give you a spectacular view of the steep and narrow gorge in El Chorro. Well worth a visit! This was one of the most amazing places we came across while traveling Spain in our motorhome.
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#travel #hike #hiking #Spain #nature #gorge #motorhome #RV
Caminito Del Rey, once the most dangerous hike in the world....
This was the best place we visited so far, an amazing hike through a wonderful canyon. This hike was considered one of the most dangerous in the world up until 2015 or so, when they rebuilt it all to make it safe. The views are spectacular. Hard to showcase that in a video....but we did our best :).
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Gobantes, Málaga, on our way to the famous Caminito del Rey hike in the south of Spain: videos.trom.tf/w/j5wZUdhrLwhLc…
We found some amazing places to park our motorhome, but one spot was very tricky to get out of. This was the biggest challenge for our Tortuga (motorhome) so far 😁
We also did the laundry again, bought a lot of groceries for our little fridge, and went for a nice hike around the area.
#motorhome #RV #vanlife #astrophotography #travel #Spain #Europe
We almost didn't get out of this beautiful place
We went to the famous Caminito Del Rey in the South of Spain. But before we had to do the hike, we stopped for a few days in some near-by beautiful places. On particular was very nice, but almost impossible to get out. This was the most challenging for our Tortuga (motorhome) so far. We also did the laundry again, bought some food, and went for a nice walk around the area.
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Here we stayed at Castillo de Setefilla, Andalucia for a few nights and managed to capture the core of the Milky Way: videos.trom.tf/w/h4sbDdKroLKuo…
We also sealed off our motorhome to protect it from water infiltration, and overall spent some 5 amazing days in this beautiful place.
Capturing the core of the Milky Way for the first time! With a phone.
We let the phone capture the night sky for 8 hours straight and managed to capture the Milky Way for the first time ever!We also sealed all of our motorhome to protect from water infiltration, and overall spent some 5 amazing nights in this beautiful place, Castillio de Setefilla!
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Some more photos from Cerro del Hierro, Sierra Morena Natural Park.
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#nature #travel #geology #rocks #Spain
How we do astrophotography with an old phone?
Cerro del Hierro, a very nice place where we stayed for a few days and were able to capture perhaps the most amazing nigthsky timelapse. Us, a bench, and the rest of the universe. And we explain how we do these photos/timelapses.We were also invaded by goats and Sasha went for a small hike between the beautiful rocks.
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Here we took some photos and timelapses of the night sky using an old phone:
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This is in Cerro del Hierro, in the Sierra Morena Natural Park. We stayed here for a few days and were able to capture perhaps our most amazing night-sky timelapse. Us, a bench, and the universe. And we explain how you can do this easily (if you have the right software on your phone).
We were also invaded by goats and I went for a small hike between the beautiful rocks.
#astrophotography #night sky #nature #rocks #motorhome #vanlife
How we do astrophotography with an old phone?
Cerro del Hierro, a very nice place where we stayed for a few days and were able to capture perhaps the most amazing nigthsky timelapse. Us, a bench, and the rest of the universe. And we explain how we do these photos/timelapses.We were also invaded by goats and Sasha went for a small hike between the beautiful rocks.
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Terrible...
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Humans have divided themselves into tribes, groups, beliefs, genders, kinds, colors, etc.. In fact we are all the same, part of the same wonderful story of evolution. Of an universe that evolved into us and many other things.
So far there is little to no sign of intelligence on this planet.
#gaza #israel #palestine #palestinians #war #usa #starvation #famine #un
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The same is true of yeast however.
Religions are insane but politics is just secular religion.
I think we gain sanity when we stop trying to force unity.
We found a super nice motorhome area with services (including electricity) for 6 euros/night, but getting out of there was a bit tricky:
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I also found some donkeys and nice scenery in the hills surrounding Fuente del Arco :)
The best paid parking? And can we get out?
Fuente De was a surprisingly good paid parking. Just 6 euros for parking, water, and electricity. But when we tried to get out we realized that the only way out was uphill and near a big hole that was not there when we parked. It was really difficult to get the motorhome out of there... But we really liked that place in terms of motorhome parking.
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Llerena, Extremadura, in the rain: videos.trom.tf/w/sDJEbPp1R2g1n…
We had really bad weather for almost all of March this year. In this video we stumbled upon an event called “La Matanza” in Llerena, the south of Spain, but it felt like we were at some Eastern European Christmas markets 😄 Also, @Tio hates crowds and can't indulge in cheese and wine, so these kinds of events are not for him ☺️
Tio hates crowds!
We decided to stay in Llerena for a market/festival thing. It was quite crowded in the motorhome area and even more crowded where the event was. Tio hates crowds :). But Sasha loves wine and cheese. So we had an ok time overall :). But we try our best to void the crowds.
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