The Essence of Traveling ● Your travel blog for authentic and unique travel content

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A creative platform showcasing authentic & unique travel content

essays ● travel tips ● Guides ● Photography

The Essence of Traveling ● Your travel blog for authentic and unique travel content
Logo of the travel blog The Essence of Traveling. This travel blog features authentic and unique travel content such as compact travel guides and itineraries, travel tips and how-to guides, travel essays, and authentic perspectives about destinations from all around the world. The Logo shows a black circle on white background with artistic fonts writing the phrase 'the essence of traveling' in black colour.
A creative platform showcasing authentic & unique travel content
essays ● travel tips ● guides ● photography

Hi there! I’m Mareike from The Essence of Traveling, my travel blog where I love to create unique travel content. Discover travel tips and how-to guides on topics you won’t find elsewhere, find authentic perspectives about traveling the world in my essays, read about special destinations, or explore my compact travel guides.

Photo of Mareike, the creator of the travel blog 'The Essence of Traveling'. This unique travel blog features compact travel guides and itinaries, unique travel tips and how-to guides, travel essays and authentic perspectives about destinations from all over the world. The Photo shows Mareike, she is smiling into the camera. She wears her long blond hair open. She wears a black shirt and accessories like a silver necklace and a dark blue hairband. In the background, there is a shack with surfboards and a pink wooden house.

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essays

Welcome to the essay collection. Find essays that address the colorful potpourri of travel and get insights into my personal travel life.

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destinations

This is the destination collection. Discover authentic perspectives about unique places I have explored. Let’s travel together!

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travel tips

Check out these useful and unique travel tips and how-to guides to find access to topics not that common on the internet or that nobody talks about.

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Photo of Mareike, the author of the travel blog The Essence of Traveling. This travel blog features authentic and unique travel content such as compact travel guides and itineraries, travel tips and how-to guides, travel essays, and authentic perspectives about destinations from all around the world. The photo shows Mareike sitting on the ground and looking at the right corner of the picture. She wears her long blond hair in a ponytail. She wears an orange shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers. She sits between four succulents. The wall behind her is a shining pink color. On the wall, there is a neon sign saying 'Oaxaca te amo'.
Logo of the travel blog The Essence of Traveling. This travel blog features authentic and unique travel content such as compact travel guides and itineraries, travel tips and how-to guides, travel essays, and authentic perspectives about destinations from all around the world. This logo of 'The Essence of Traveling' is showing the phrase written in artistic black letters on white background.

Hi! I’m Mareike, world traveler and content creator, and this is my creative platform presenting essays, photography and travel tips from all around the world. I’ve traveled to over 70 countries and crossed some unusual places and adventures off my bucket list. Have fun exploring this site!

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