It was Thursday morning and I was having breakfast at the Hilton Salalah with three people I had not met before, but who I shared my favorite hobby with: collecting passport stamps. Taylor had been to 175 countries aiming to become the youngest and fastest woman to visit every country, Tay and Matt had already...Read More
Im only 15 countries away from reaching my goal, and in the next two months I will be making my way through some of the hardest countries in the World. What I mean by hard countries is that the visas are hard to obtain, the security situation remains fragile and poor infrastructure makes it hard to move around. … but...Read More
People told me that I was insane to go to Libya at this time, four years into the country’s brutal civil war, at a time where they dont issue tourist visas because of the situation. I had even been denied entry to Tunisia because of my intention of visiting Libya and it was just lucky...Read More
Marcus Aurelius Arch from 165 A.D Tripoli, also called Tarabulus in Arabic is the capital and largest city in Libya. The city was founded by the Phoenicians in year 700BC and because of its long history there are many sites of Archeological significance like the Roman gates that you will find next to popular cafés...Read More
Leptis Magna- the place I had been looking forward to the most on my trip to Libya. Its located in Khoms, 130km (81miles) East of Tripoli and I had to pass a total of eight militia checkpoints to get there from the capital. The name of the Roman city comes from Latin with Magna meaning...Read More
Sabratha was for me the highlight of my visit to Libya. I had been a bit concerned about going there before I went. By googling Sabratha you will get a lot of articles about the fightings that were going on there until about four months ago. Sabratha was afterall under ISIS control and was then...Read More
Right after Bodø I came to the building and monument marking the artic circle. Here there was a post office where you could get both your passport and your post cards stamped, together with a souvenier shop. On the way I also passed a unique place called “Marmorslottet” meaning the Marble Castle. It was a...Read More
I am currently traveling around Norway in a campervan to promote KILROY travels, stopping in the following cities: Fredrikstad: 27. august Skien: 28 august Arendal: 28. august Kristiansand: 29. august Stavanger: 3. september Haugesund: 4. september Bergen: 5. september Sogndal: 6. september Volda: 7. september Ålesund: 10. september Kristiansund: 11. september Trondheim: 12. september Bodø:17....Read More
Klumpen viewpoint in Namsos The Coastal Route (Kystriksveien, N17) from Steinkjer outside of Trondheim to Bodø in the North is said to be one of the most scenic drives in the World. In Brønnøysund you can stop for a hike up to Torghatten- a quite unique tunnel located 250meters above sealevel in a granite mountain...Read More
When you get to the sign saying Rauma Kommune on the National road 63 then you know you are in for a treat. From there you will have a descent into serpentine roads like nowhere else called Trollstigen. This drive leads you into the municipality of Møre og Romsdalen which is also famous for the...Read More
Looking in at the Geirangerfjord at night Geiranger is possibly the most famous of the Norwegian fjords. Also because it was the inspiration for the Walt Disney movie Frozen from 2013. To me, Geiranger is not the greatest. It is a small town made up mostly by restaurants, spas and hotels aimed at foreign tourists....Read More
The drive from Sogndal to Volda was also quite scenic, with the area around Stryn being my favorite. After I had finished my presentation in Volda I went for a 25km drive to a small city called Sæbø, which only has a church and a small shop but where young people have moved as it...Read More
Driving from the South you will first start seeing the clichee of Norway when you reach the Fjords in the municipality of “Sogn og Fjordane”. A fjord is created much like the deep valleys that I drove though, where glaciers from the ice age eroded the landscape and left huge inlets of water. Once you...Read More
Last time I was in Tunisia was in 1996 with my parents. This time I was just passing going through the capital Tunis, spending two days before going to Libya and two days after. My couchsurfing hosts took me to a town called Sidi Bou Said where all the buildings were painted in the same...Read More
Annaba Lighthouse After a night in Annaba, exploring the Saint Augustine Cathedral, the Lighthouse and the “Corniche” promenade it was time to move on to Tunisia which was just a two hour taxi drive away. When I arrived at the border I was expexting a quick stamp before moving on into Tunisia, but no. After...Read More
The third biggest city and a spectacle in the North, Constantine is a natural fortress created by the river Oued Rhumel which has carved out a deep gorge making it the perfect city for defense against intruders. There is remarkably little to see, considering how long and interesting story the city has, but there is...Read More
It was not the first time a couchsurfing host had offered me to stay for free in a hotel instead of on his couch, but in El Eulma my host had an uncle who was running a hotel and said I could stay there. School for boys on the left and school for the girl...Read More
My couchsurfing host in Algiers was the nicest and took two days off work when I visited and told me that he could take me anywhere I wanted with his motorbike. One place I had planned to visit by public transport was Tipaza, just 70 kilometer from the capital, but I am glad I didnt...Read More
Algiers must have been one of the Worlds most beautiful cities at its height during the French colonial times. Most of the city is painted in white, giving the city its nickname “leblanche”, but some places it looks as if there has been no paint applied since Algeria got its independence in 1962, and the...Read More
