A lovely day in Wanaka
What a day! I decided to leave Queenstown and hitchhike. Somewhere. Ideally to Wanaka but I was ready to be taken anywhere nice depending where the drivers would go. …
Hitchhiking across Malaysia
I came to Malaysia without having a plan to hitchhike. It didn’t even occur to me I would start hitchhiking. …
How I hitchhiked 5000 kilometres across Australia
OK. Not 5000, but 4993. How could I have missed the 5000 km milestone? Well, with the short detours that I wasn’t able to include I definitely exceeded it. …
Why do I enjoy travelling by train so much?
I have a thing for trains. I’m a train traveller. I love it. I’m writing this article while being on a train from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. …
Hitchhiking to Naryn
I was headed from Song Kul lake back to Kochkor yesterday. By car with the yurt owners. But the idea of going to Naryn was on my mind all day. …
A day trip to Geghard Monastery
On my second day in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia I decided to get out of the city for a day and visit Geghard monastery. Little did I know when I got up how that day would turn out. …
Vietnam – a long story short (or not)
I flew to Vietnam at the beginning of August. The first step to start exploring the country was to obtain visa on arrival. Technically, I wasn’t entitled to getting visa on arrival as I didn’t meet the specified conditions. …
Biking down the Death Road
One of the best days while travelling in Bolivia was the one when I went on a bike ride down the Yungas road, also known as the Death Road or, in Spanish, Ruta de la Muerte. …