A glimpse into my journey around the world – where I share pictures, personal travel stories, experiences, and thoughts that promise relatable content with a touch of travel advice and destination information.
Do you realize how insignificant you are? You are just one person. Living in one country. On one planet. In one Solar System. In one galaxy – in a universe of billions of them. Around for only a short while. Whether you live to be 50 or even 100 years old, when you take everything…
After spending 48 hours in Somalia’s war-torn capital, Mogadishu [see post: 48 Hours in Mogadishu], I was off to Addis Ababa via Nairobi to pick up a visa and meet the rest of the Untamed Borders group. I arrived at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in the evening of Monday, April 2, 2018. Although tourist…
Staring out of the window, at the horizon, my thoughts slowly started to drift away into the cloudy abyss. Hovering in the trippy state between wakefulness and slumber, I was quickly brought back to consciousness by a tap on my shoulder. After spending a day in Djibouti visiting the lowest point in Africa at Lake…
Excited. Nervous. But, ready to go! I was about to spend the next three weeks visiting the lowest point in Africa at Lake Assal in Djibouti, wandering the streets of Somalia’s war-torn capital Mogadishu, hiking Erta Ale in the hottest inhabited place on Earth (the Danakil Depression), feeding hyenas with my mouth in Ethiopia, visiting…
Note: This post was published in March 2018. On April 6, 2019, Istanbul Ataturk Airport officially ceased operations. All commercial flights were transferred to Istanbul’s new airport [see post: The New Turkish Airlines Lounge]. With flights to over 110 countries from Istanbul, Turkish Airlines has been one of my go-to airlines for quite some time…
