I had booked flights so that my last nights in Lebanon would fall on a weekend in order to experience the famous nightlife of Beirut. I asked a local Lebanese girl to show me around, which she said that she happily would. Not did I know that she would drive me and my friends from...Read More
I was warmly welcomed by my couchsurfing hosts Jen and Pat when arriving in the Worlds second oldest city, Byblos. They were also so kind to introduce me to the Lebanese cooking and introduced me to the history, politics and situation in their country. On the second evening thousands of people had shown up to...Read More
Just After an hour drive from Limassol I reached the UNESCO World Heritage city of Paphos. The city was much more quiet than the other Cyprian cities I had visited, probably because it was as far West as possible, far away from the capital and the charter flight destinations. From early morning I started exploring...Read More
In 1974 Cyprus was attacked by the Turkish, and hundreds of thousands were forced to move from their homes. This has still left a lot of houses empty until the day, like one of the districts of Famagusta which has been sealed off and left completely empty, like a ghost town. Churches, beach hotels, restaurants...Read More
My honesty of telling the immigration officers at Tel Aviv Airport about my travel plans to visit Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine resulted in a fifteen minute questioning in front of the immigration queue, before the officer sent me to have another thirty minute questioning at her supervisors office. The fact that I had a beard,...Read More
I had arranged a couch surf at a small village outside of Larnaca called Kiti, where there were not much more than a few small shops, taverns and a beach small enough for tourists to keep away, but the next morning when I headed to Larnaca I felt like I was in the middle of...Read More
The “To Sua Ocean Trench” (picture above) in Upolu, Samoa is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Together with it’s neighbor island Savaii, this country has some of the most impressing waterfalls, cliff walks, blowholes, caves and beaches of the island nations in the Pacific. Still there are some countries in...Read More
The view of Auckland from the boat to Rangitoto Island After Samoa I was back in Auckland for another two days to meet my Irish friend Kelly who I had met onboard the Trans Mongolian Railway a couple of years ago. Kelly was working as an architect during the day so I was off to...Read More
When walking out of the arrivals terminal in Apia I saw someone standing there looking at me with a big smile. It was Frankie, an Irish who I had been traveling with earlier when island hopping in Fiji, Just randomly arriving in Samoa on the same flight as me. Being two also meant that it...Read More
Leeroy the legend, his friends and us The biggest island in Samoa is called Savaii and according to everyone we have met so far it is also the most beautiful and real Samoa culturally. Me and my Irish co-traveled Frankie got to experience that for both the better and the worse. When we arrived at...Read More
After having just finished my journey with Stray in Wellington I was on a bus to Napier. I had contacted some friends of friends who said I was welcome to stay with them. Carol and Bruce were in their early forties and had a beautiful house on the country side with two dogs and a...Read More
Hawkes Bay and its surrounding areas has some of New Zealands most stable climate and is therefore an ideal place to grow wine grapes. Tour operators running wine tasting day trips are plentiful, but renting a bike will save you money which instead could be used for the two to ten dollar fees that most...Read More
“Hoy! Im about to run some tours, do you want to join?” Im running out of countries. That is the reason why I decided to start going back to my favorite destinations, and this time I want to bring others! So far there is only one tour confirmed: a 4 month trip from Norway to...Read More
