Gambia is essentially one giant wildlife park. The country is primarily made up of the Gambia river, with the country extending 300 kms from the atlantic coast inland, and with a few kms of land on either shore of the river. This means that the country is overflowing with an array of tropical animals. A … Continue reading Easy ways to meet wildlife in Gambia
In Senegal I had the option to either take a short flight down to the southern Casamance region of the country, OR taking a 15 hour overnight ferry. For a guy with an adventurous heart the choice was obvious! Ferry it was! The Casamance region is the very southern part of Senegal that lies below … Continue reading Ferry adventures in Senegal
This year I've started getting really seriously into running. It started out as a simple means to lose weight, and I expected it to quickly end like so many of my previous attempts at picking up running; in failure. But this time, somehow, it clicked and I got hooked on running and now actually not … Continue reading Yerevan Half Marathon 2019
Siem Reap, Cambodia, is - obviously - mostly known for Angkor Wat and the other temples in the area. But the region has more to offer. Just a few short kms south of Siem Reap city is the northern shore of the largest lake in all of south east asia. This lake is named … Continue reading Sunset dinner on Tonle Sap Lake
Khmer Rouge & Choeung Ek / Killing Fields It is no secret that one of my reasons to go to Cambodia was rather morbid - a interest in the dark parts of human history has brought me to many sites of horrible tragedies and massacres. Cambodia was the site of unspeakable cruelty, inhumanity and genocidal … Continue reading Horrors of the Khmer Rouge
The return to South East Asia Last year my summer vacation brought me to South East Asia for the first time (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar), and I fell in love with the culture of the region. So it was pretty much a no brainer for me to make a return this year. I went off for … Continue reading Singapore
This is a continuation of my experiences doing a solo roadtrip through the entirety of Jordan. The first episode covered me journey through the south of the country, click here to read that first! From the previous post, I've just arrived back in Madaba and had a late dinner before hitting the hay for the … Continue reading Roadtripping Jordan: The north (2/2)
