The newest country in Europe just turned ten years old. Well, for most of us it is a country in […]
What To Do In Baku
“Big cities seem to me like destinations, walled-in stopping places, with nothing beyond their monumental look of finality breathing `You´ve […]
From Tehran to Baku – more than your average bus trip.
Monday 5 am. The bus had stopped on a back street. I had just checked my gps and realized that […]
Tehran – A Love Affair
I recently wrote a piece (soon to be published) for an online magazine about my last trip to Iran. In […]
The reconstruction of Tabriz
The train station in Tabriz, Iran. The time is 5,20 pm on a Sunday and I´m waiting to get on […]
Tourist in Iraq
– Iraq? What? You have a death wish, or what? Reactions like this one, or very similar to it, has […]
Only hate the road when you´re missing home
I still haven´t figured out why people dread travel days. I love travel days. Especially the long ones. Not just […]
Tourist in Afghanistan – part 2
It´s Friday. The sun is shining from a blue sky, as it has done every day but one on this whole […]
Tourist in Afghanistan – part 1
Have you decided where you´ll be going on your next vacation? Interested in a country with a lot of sun, […]
The Karakoram Highway part 2 (of 2)
I can proudly announce that I have now travelled the entire length of The Karakoram Highway or the KKH. And […]
Busy going nowhere 