Sleep less, dream more stories

Guest travel writers share their stories on uncommon sleeping places and circumstances they’ve encountered during their travels.

Sleep less, dream more – (Almost) breaking the rules: sleeping on...

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Claudia Tavani was Panama-bound and decided to take a sailing boat. This way she wouldn't miss the beautiful San Blas islands. However, she never...

Sleep Less, Dream More – Sleeping in a Tree House

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I decided to sell up, and to go and world-school my son. People thought I was crazy. Now sleeping in a Tree House perched...

Sleep Less, Dream More – A night in a Long Neck...

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After 3 days of intense trekking in the Thai jungle, Illia and Nastia arrived at one of the long neck tribe villages. Here they experienced...

Sleep Less, Dream More – Over-the-Water Bungalows in Paradise

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View from over the water bungalow.
In mid-2013, while travelling through Guatemala, I met a fellow Aussie gal, who in turn met an American beau. We all became travel buddies,...

Sleep Less, Dream More – On a Boat without Engine

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I'd never thought I'd sleep on the Baltic Sea, neither had any of my travel companions. But there we were, unpacking on an engineless...

Sleep Less, Dream More – Sea, Storm and a Sleepless Night

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We had just weighed anchor a few hours earlier in Miami Beach and 3,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean was all that lay ahead between...

Sleep Less, Dream More – The Spooning Bus

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It didn’t take long to come to the understanding that taking a long-distance bus in Laos meant one thing conclusively. You were going to...

Sleep less, dream more – The Night Train through Thailand

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Our journey exploring Southeast Asia began in Thailand. We started in Bangkok, took a side trip to Koh Chang and then returned to Bangkok....

Sleep Less, Dream More – Met By Moonlight on the Crete...

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Hiking anywhere presents its own set of rewards and challenges compared to normal backpacking, and difficulties picking a place to call home for the...