The “capital” Espargos, in the middle of the island Sal is a small island in the Macaronesia Archipelago, part of a country called Cape Verde, around 700km West from Senegal. It has an all year warm climate and a very laid back “no stress” athmosphere, making it a popular destination for charter tourists coming from...Read More
Lisbon. What a great city. It has good food, good surfing waves, rich culture and lots and lots of beautiful sights. I got to spend three nights in the city and it was not nearly enough. For people like me who like to just walk around and explore, is the perfect place where you probably...Read More
I had been told that there was only one shared taxi leaving to the Southern city of Porte Alegre per day and that it would leave at 4am, so I got there at 3.30 am only to hear that the taxi had just left. Great I though as I was sitting on the roadside tired,...Read More
The market in the capital When my couchsurfing host came home from a night shift at the hospital, he just had a quick shower and told me that he was ready to show me around the southern part of Sao Tomé island. We picked up two israeli girls and a few minutes later we were...Read More
Sao Tomé city center is very run down Sao Tomé is the main island in the country by the name of Sao Tomé and Principe. The country has about 200 000 inhabitants and is laying right on the equator, in the “armpit” of West Africa. The cathedral is one of the few landmarks in the...Read More
Sao Tomé is famous for having the least bitter cocoa in the World and some really good coffee so a visit to the island is not complete unless you have at least had a taste of it. Coffee beans drying in Monte Café One of the best places to get an understanding of the production...Read More
Horacio Island behind Sofitel in Sipopo In Equatorial Guinea you need, in addition to your visa, a permit (which looks like this) to take pictures in the country. As soon as I got this, I set off on a trip around the island which took two days. First off we drove to Sipopo, a small...Read More
I had been unknowingly lucky to arrive in the turtle season between november and february where gigantic leatherback turtles were coming up every night to lay their eggs. I got in touch with Miguel from Enohatours who said he could take me for cheap, so we packed up a tent, sleeping mat and headlamp and...Read More
Malabo is this weird, fantastic place that reminds me of a mix of Kigali, Ashgabat and Luanda at the same time. Just like the last two countries mentioned, Equatorial Guinea has been one of the hardest visas for me to get, so I was so glad to finally be here. Before arriving I had so...Read More
Ive possibly found the weirdest place in the World; the National Part of Equatorial Guinea, located in the new capital, Malabo 2. The park is absolutely gigantic, but still super well kept and clean, just like the rest of the capital. Possibly beacsue of the around fifty people working there with watering, gardening, in restaurants...Read More
It has now been 13 years since I last spent New Years in Norway and I was not keen on breaking that tradition, so I joined a group of almost 30 friends from my home town (Finnøy/Stavanger) on a new years weekend trip to Gdansk, Poland. The city was packed with tourists also wanting a...Read More
Going from Syria to Lebanon was quite a change. The border just stamped my passport, and on the way to Tripoli not a single police officer wated to stop us to check our documents. Prices there were also many times higher than in Syria. The border with Syria My time in Syria has been absolutely...Read More
