Ivan Kralj

If you love elegant architecture and cultural heritage, the stroll through the UNESCO-listed historic center of Bordeaux is practically stepping into a period drama. The living museum comes with 18th-century buildings, wide boulevards, and postcard-worthy squares. Make sure to snap photos of iconic landmarks such as the Bordeaux Cathedral and the Place de la Bourse. Get more info on the Southern France's best assets on the link in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Photo by: Tiphaine Sauveur #bordeauxcity #bordeauxmetropole #bordeauxfrance #bordeauxmaville🇫🇷 #southoffrance🇫🇷 #southernfrance #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

The South of France is one of the most charming parts of the Mediterranean Europe. French Riviera, also known as Côte d’Azur, is its poster child. If you want to explore this part of France, head to Pipeaway's overview of places you shouldn't miss - the article is linked in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Photo by: Julius Hildebrandt #southoffrance🇫🇷 #southernfrance #frenchrivieraplaces ##côtedazur #azure #mediterraneanlife #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

We can all get better at traveling, especially when it comes to minimizing our carbon footprint. Learn how to make a difference for a healthier world by following the simple steps linked in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Photo by: Y S, Unsplash #carbonfootprint #greentravel #responsibletourism #travelgreen #sustainabletravel #climateactionnow #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway 52 w

The global theme for Earth Day 2024 was “Planet vs. Plastics”. We produce 380 million tons of plastic per year and recycle a measly 9%! Even on islands that are supposedly banning plastic bags, you can find bananas (out of all fruit!) wrapped in individual plastic wrappers. Why are we so oblivious in front of this plastic pollution? Learn more about what the tourism industry can do to not be the contributor to the problem - read the article linked in the bio!👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @ovolicki #plasticsucks #plasticwaste #plasticpollutes #earthday2024 #earthdayeveryday #kohsamet #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

Happy Earth Day! Love your home. Celebrate the planet wih a collection of 100 best Earth Day quotes and slogans on Pipeaway - the link is in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @ovolicki / Midjourney #earthday2024 #earthdayeveryday #earthdayiseveryday #happyearthday #earthdayquotes #earthdayslogans #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

The first time I noticed the AI Facebook trend with fabricated travel content taking off was in September 2023. Only a year after modern text-to-image diffusion models appeared on the scene, they entered the mainstream but were far from refined. The not-really sophisticated image of “vacation in Santorini“, with poorly mimicked Greek architecture connected by waterslides, was clearly made in the infancy of the image generator’s development. The architecture didn’t make sense, stairs led nowhere, people were just skin-toned blobs… Yet, shared on the Facebook page A World of Luxury Travel, the post attracted nearly a million likes, more than 58 thousand comments, and over 84 thousand shares. In the comments, the links would lead to shady websites, with low-quality AI-generated content and high-yielding advertising space. Learn what you need to know about how scammers and spammers use AI to fool you - Pipeaway's article is linked in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: AI #santoriniisland #waterslides #waterparks #artificialintelligence #scammers #fraudawareness #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

Another concept that made Facebook sink into an AI craze is those posts telling you to "close your eyes 70%", so you can see "the magic". Squinting made people find Jesus in anything from waterfalls and beaches to skies and even fruit stands. Social media users who are willing to comment "amen" under these images which they observe as a mysterious act of God are the perfect victims of an elaborate scam network. Learn how these omnipresent Facebook frauds operate on the link in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: AI #ai #fraud #facebooklife #jesusculture #scammer #godisreal #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

From Iran, via Greece, to Switzerland, fake AI images such as these are spiraling out of control on Facebook. What's behind this social media trend trying to convince us that master architects, humans and nature, created places that are so otherworldly harmonious? Are they just trying to hypnotize us? Read everything you should know about AI flooding your Facebook feed on Pipeaway; the link is in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: AI #artificialintelligence #scamalert #scammers #fraudalert #fraudawareness #facebooklife #mappingtheextraordinary #pipeaway

This is another image shared by the Facebook page Slovak Travel falsely presenting a paradise resort in the Maldives. This place doesn't exist. It was just an AI creation used to lure people excited by exotic destinations to "win" prizes and share sensitive personal data in yet another Facebook scam. “Wow, absolutely beautiful. I can hear the waves and smell the fresh ocean breeze”, commented Natalie under the same image appearing on the Maldives Islands page too. The post gained 262 thousand likes and countless comments from impressed Facebook users. Meta's popular social network is swamped with images of places and people that never existed. So what kind of scheme is behind that? Find out in our investigative article linked in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: AI #tropic #tropicalisland #villadesign #artificialintelligence #ai #scamalert #scammers #scammed #fraud #fraudalert #fraudprevention #fraudster #fraudawareness #frauds #facebooklife #maldivesresorts #maldivesisland #maldiveslovers #maldivestrip #maldivesbeach #maldivesinsider #maldivesmania #maldivesparadise #visitmaldives #mappingtheextraordinary #practical #pipeaway

Bora Bora? Thailand? Slovakia? :) Depending on who you ask, this image could represent anything, anywere. And yet, it is a mere collection of pixels arranged with Midjourney, by an "AI artist/architectural designer" Maria Dudkina, also known as @sunt_mrr. As she puts it herself, “I am creating a world that can exist”. Well, blueberry beds and iceberg villas might disagree, but... Without evaluating the quality of this as "art" or "architectural design", it is a fact that images like this one are being (mis)used by spammers and scammers, especially on Facebook, to lure unsuspecting victims into schemes they would never benefit from. Learn what you need to know about the flood of AI pictures in social media (especially Facebook) on Pipeaway; the link is in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @sunt_mrr #boraboraisland #thailandtrip #thailandinstagram #jamesbondisland #tropic #tropicalisland #poolvilla #pooldesign #infitnitypools #villadesign #artificialintelligence #ai #scamalert #scammers #scammed #fraud #fraudalert #fraudprevention #fraudster #fraudawareness #frauds #facebooklife #mappingtheextraordinary #practical #pipeaway

Did you see the newest public art in Glasgow, representing that Bored Oompa Loompa in what was described as a meth lab of Willy's Chocolate Experience? Well, if you did, it only happened in the online realm. Just like the Scottish fiasco Wonka event, which heavily relied on AI, this statue in the heart of Glasgow is also a creation of artificial intelligence - it doesn't really exist. Alan Livie shared his mockery creation in the Travel Scotland Goals, a Facebook group known for joking with fake news. This is the same group where that April Fools' Day joke about the relocation of the London Eye to Scotland originated! But beyond just pure entertainment, there are also Facebook users who don't use AI to make others laugh. Learn about the sinister side of AI Facebook pictures in our latest deep dive on Pipeaway - the link is in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @alanlivie #humorous #artificialintelligence #ai #oompaloompa #oompaloompamemes #methlab #willyschocolateexperience #willyschocolateexperienceglasgow #willywonka #willywonkaandthechocolatefactory #fraud #fiasco #facebookmeme #facebooklife #facebookgroup #glasgowlife #glasgowcity #glasgowart #scotlandlove #mappingtheextraordinary #practical #pipeaway

Bubbles - the visible sign that we're breathing in the undersea. Well, just moments after the first photo, and moments before the second photo was taken, there were 30 seconds of sheer panic. I couldn't breathe. It was my first scuba diving ever and it taught me several lessons. One of them is to not approach dangerous situations lightly. On the occasion of Pipeaway's seventh blog anniversary, I detailed the episodes where I wasn't the smartest person in the room. Check out my riskiest adventures on the link in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Photos by: @ovolicki #bloganniversary #travelmemories #worldtourists #dangerdays #dangerdanger #dangerzone #dangerfield #risktaker #safetytips #safety_first #safetyculture #seaporn #traveldeeper #scubadive #divinglife #diving_photography #scubadivers #scubalife #divelife #undersea #seaphotography #scubaphoto #scubalove #naxos_island #naxosgreece #greecetravel #aegeansea #mappingtheextraordinary #personal #pipeaway

In the countryside of Kampong Chhnang, a port town on the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia, I've seen cows so thin that their shadow-trowing ribs almost made them look striped like zebras from a distance. And I still made the mistake of spending an entire day riding a bicycle through these dry fields and ending up - dehydrated. Read about my misadventure in the Cambodian outback as well as other situations where I endangered my health and life on Pipeaway - the link is in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @ovolicki #bloganniversary #travelmemories #traveladventures #worldtourists #dangerdays #dangerdanger #dangerzone #dangerfield #risktaker #safetytips #safety_first #safetyculture #cowlove #cowappreciationday #cowstagram #dehydration #kampongchhnang #cambodiatravel #cambodia🇰🇭 #mappingtheextraordinary #personal #pipeaway 1 d

When I visited Plovdiv, the oldest city on the European continent, I was greeted by cloudy and rainy days. Luckily, it wasn't slippery when I visited the Monument of the Red Army “Alyosha”, in this Bulgarian cultural capital. However... I did experience the worst side of the rainy weather when I slipped on a staircase and ended up with peeled skin, a hurting butt, and a heavily bruised elbow. Read the full story (and see the pics - well, not of the butt) of the aftermath of my risky acts on the link in the bio!👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @ovolicki #bloganniversary #travelmemories #traveladventures #worldtourists #dangerdays #dangerdanger #dangerzone #dangerfield #risktaker #safetytips #safety_first #safetyculture #alyosha #redarmy #plovdiv #plovdivbulgaria🇧🇬 #bulgariatourism #bulgariatravel #mappingtheextraordinary #personal #pipeaway

This is the view from Gheralta Mountain in Ethiopia, where Tigray Churches have been built at the most unexpected places. My mountain guide forgot to bring the rope to take us down the shortcut he envisioned, making me literally pray for our lives. Not sure if we have to thank divine intervention or luck, but somehow we made it. I survived to tell the story, one of seven travel tales capturing adventures that have put my life in jeopardy. Read all of them on the link in the bio! 👆 @pipeaway.project _____________________________________ 🚢***mapping the extraordinary*** _____________________________________ Image by: @ovolicki #bloganniversary #travelmemories #traveladventures #worldtourists #dangerdays #dangerdanger #dangerzone #dangerfield #risktaker #safetytips #safety_first #safetyculturen #landscapephotos #mountainadventures #mountainscapes #mountainhiking #gheralta #gheraltamountains #gheraltarockchurches #tigraychurches #tigray #ethiopia🇪🇹 #mappingtheextraordinary #personal #pipeaway