Journal

The MANDRA Team

Trip planners & occasional storytellers

We plan the routes, drive the vans, and write down the parts of the trip that stuck with us. Usually it's not the parts we planned.

Articles by The MANDRA Team

We start at four in the dark, complain about the alarm for an hour, and then the towers turn orange and nobody says anything for a while.

Twelve people, one route, and a lot fewer logistics than you might think. Here is the actual reasoning behind it.

Less than you think, arranged better than you'd guess. A short, honest packing guide from people who've done the laundry runs.

The MANDRA TeamFebruary 9, 2026