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Year in Review: revisiting Iraq and other exciting places in 2021

January 29, 2022

Collage 2021 Review

From hiking in a remote corner of Georgia to visiting Mesopotamia and Mosul in Iraq. Read here why this was yet another year of exciting travel adventures.

Year in Review: 2020 was a difficult year for travel (8 countries visited)

December 29, 2020

Despite Covid-19 ruining much of my travel plans, I can still look back on several exciting places visited in 2020. Here is a quick summary.

Year in Review: 2019 was an EPIC year for travel

December 29, 2019

Travel year in Review

I’m looking back on the most adventurous travel year of my life. Check out some of my highlights!

Year in Review: My Travel Highlights of 2018

January 30, 2019

From Poland to Pakistan, and from Andorra to Australia: 2018 has been another interesting year full of travel.

Year in Review: the 17 Best Places I Visited in 2017

January 14, 2018

Bethlehem

From Panama to Palestine, in 2017 I travelled to some fascinating places once again. Check out my year’s highlights and learn more about my plans for 2018!

Year in Review: Travel Achievements in 2016 and Plans for 2017

December 25, 2016

Africa 2CV adventure

While looking back on some good travelling in 2016, I am revealing my adventure plans for the upcoming year.

2015 in Review: My Top 7 Most Intense Portraits

December 29, 2015

Second in the series are some of my most intense portraits. I found these 7 photos worth some renewed attention.

2015 in Review: My Top 10 Most Stunning Pictures

December 25, 2015

This first article is about my most stunning pictures. After a tough selection I came up with the following top 10.

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Is this the tallest waterfall in West Africa? Who Is this the tallest waterfall in West Africa? Who knows, but it was surely one of the highlights of my visit to Ghana.

Well, actually they say this section of the Wli waterfalls belongs to Togo while the other part is in Ghana. Very interesting. 

I reached this place from Accra, about 5-6 hours of travel by public transport and a tough and sweaty 3-hour morning hike from the village of Wli.

Check my stories for some more info behind the scenes!

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I’m in Ghana! The first sub-Saharan African coun I’m in Ghana! The first sub-Saharan African country to declare independence from European colonial rule. It’s an amazing country, often seen as the perfect stepping stone into West Africa.

Have you been? Watch my stories for live content.

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“Influencing” My second visit to Egypt is com “Influencing”

My second visit to Egypt is coming to an end. What a fascinating country: great people, good food, amazing history and beautiful things to see. There are so many highlights, these Great Giza Pyramids are just one of them.

Ps. Laptop not mine, just used for posing. Don’t always trust what you see on social media!
 
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Siwa has been a highlight of my second visit to Eg Siwa has been a highlight of my second visit to Egypt. Located in the northwest, close to the border with Libya, it has a chilled and friendly atmosphere and hosts a vast range of interesting places to visit.

Have you been to this place, or never even heard of it before? Would you like to go? Let me know!

Ps. Check out my stories for more

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They see me floating. #egypt #travel #nomoreabs # They see me floating.

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I’m back on the road again for the next three mo I’m back on the road again for the next three months. Follow me as I travel through Africa, starting with a quick revisit to Egypt. It’s one of my favourite countries, for you too?

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“War does not determine who is right - only who “War does not determine who is right - only who is left”

Would you travel to Syria? Controversial or not?

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Syria street scenes. Pictures taken in Damascus, H Syria street scenes. Pictures taken in Damascus, Homs and Aleppo (2022).

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