Because of the tour starting very early in the morning, we decided to arrive one day early and spend the day in Johannesburg. As we had the whole day to ourself and nothing on the agenda we asked our airport transfer jouffeur to drive by Johannesburg city center so that we could have a quick...Read More
Trip summary: This was an organized trip with Dragoman where I traveled from Buenos Aires to Rio with an overland truck Countries visited: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay Click here to read about this tripRead More
Trip summary: On this trip I flew with United Airlines through the Northern Pacific Islands Countries visited: Philippines, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, USA (Hawaii) Click here to read about this tripRead More
Trip summary: This was an organized tour with G Adventues going from La Paz to Buenos Aires with different kinds of transportation Countries visited: Bolivia, Chile, Argentina Click here to read about this tripRead More
Trip summary: On this trip I travelled from Moscow to Beijing with the Trans Mongolian Railway Countries visited: Russia, Mongolia, China Click here to read about this tripRead More
Trip summary: This was an organized tour with Drifters called Southern Circle, with a duration of 24 days Countries visited: South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mosambique. Click here to read about this tripRead More
Our flights had been booked with a two night stopover in Doha and me and my brother had been looking forward to the activities and sights that the city had to offer. We had been planning our short stay for a long time and had decided to spend the first day at Villaggio shopping mall...Read More
Kuwait was a country that I had been looking forward to a lot. Not because there was a lot of things there that I wanted to see or do, but because I had gotten in touch with a local guy on couchsurfing who was going to host me and show me around in Kuwait City....Read More
After two hours of waiting in the immigrations queue, a tall dark Eritrean guy came up to me asking “are you Jorn?”. I knew who he was and said “yes I am!”. He was the driver of the Norwegian Embassy in Riyadh who had come to pick me up at the airport. A few weeks...Read More
Many rhumors on the web has it that a Saudi Arabian visa is one of the worlds hardest visas to get a hold of. First of all tourist visas are extremely rare and only possible to get if you purchase an organized tour by a government approved agency in Saudi Arabia. The country...Read More
As I landed at the airport in Manama and turned on my cellphone I received a text from my couchsurfing host telling me that he couldn’t host me for that night. That meant that I was alone in a new country with nowhere to stay. Knowing that a hotel would be too expensive for my travel...Read More
