When I went to Iran for the first time, I met a lot of worried responses, mainly because of how skewed and plain wrong the media portrayal of Iran is. Especially my parents had a lot of worries on my behalf. On one account they might have had a valid concern, on the worry that … Continue reading Identity and traveling
Armenia is probably the country that I've explored the most, relatively speaking. It is not a very big country, at a mere 29.700 square kilometers, which makes it even smaller than my own tiny country of Denmark, so having explored almost every corner of the country is not as impressive a feat as you might … Continue reading Best of Armenia
Beware that this article is written almost 3 years after this trip, so some details are very likely to be blurred, or missing. In 2015 during a trip to Armenia, I had a chance to visit the breakaway republic of Nagorno Karabakh (known as Artsakh in Armenia). Historical background It's a disputed Armenian enclave … Continue reading Nagorno Karabakh, and my worst travel-illness yet
Little background on Muscat April 2018 I had 4 days in Oman. A fairly anonymous, but on the rise, tourist destination, which until recent decades (and the crowning of Sultan Qaboos) was a poor and underdeveloped country, but is now quickly establishing itself as the next great tourist spot. The capital Muscat is increasingly modern, … Continue reading Cruising through Oman
I just came back from a 3 day trip to the country of Moldova. A country that is not just one of the least visited countries in Europe (only beat by the micro-nations Liechtenstein and San Marino), but also the world. The world bank ranks it as the 18th least visited country in the world … Continue reading A weekend in Moldova
Disclaimer: This is a commentary piece i wrote in the wake of my visit to the West Bank and Jerusalem in september 2017. It is not strictly a travel-commentary, but also includes political and social commentary, but it still encompasses a lot of my experiences in Palestine. I tried to get it released in newspapers, … Continue reading Commentary: The Palestinian University in Jerusalem
During my trip to the Republic of Moldova, my main interest wasn't actually going around Moldova, but rather visiting one of the last true communist states in the world, which is located right here in the heart of Europe. I am talking about Transnistria. Transnistria is a unrecognized break-away republic that is officially recognized as … Continue reading A day in the Soviet pocket of Europe
