I literally booked my flight to Karachi just hours before it departed, not knowing anything about the city. The flight from Muscat was a steal at just 70 dollars, but far (20hrs+) from the cities that I had originally wanted to visit in Pakistan. Karachi is one of the Worlds biggest cities, with over 12...Read More
As there was practically nothing to see in Salalah than the beautiful mosque, we continued our journey up towards Muscat. The drive up was about 12 hours with not much more to see than desert and camels, so we needed to break up the journey, which we did by doing a couple of walks from...Read More
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
