Upper Mustang It was early September 2019, somewhere on the coast of the Italian island of Sardinia, when together with…
Around Annapurna
While staying in Pokhara and Jhong (Lower Mustang) for a couple of weeks I had my share of mornings and…
Los Angeles to Tierra del Fuego
Los Angeles to Tierra del Fuego In late 2014, as a result of a crazy love story, together with Yusti…
Huayhuash
Cordilliera Huayhuash We were already travelling for a year when we finally hit Peru’s Corilliera Huayhash. A mountain range less known…
El Mirador
El Mirador Many years ago and a continent far away I watched a National Geographic document about a newly discovered…
Semien
Semien Mountains Ethiopia was never a place that called be, but when I found myself changing jobs in the beginning of…
Inferno
Danakil Depression I am both stingy, have a hard time digesting the YOLO bullshit and dread organized tours. And all…
Somaliland
Somaliland Somaliland is the only part of Somalia that one can visit on a tour different than the one depicted…
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan Here I was. Working for Deutsche Bank, having one month of holidays in August and a desire go…
Mongolia
Mongolia After having spent some weeks in the saddle in the mountains in Afghanistan few years back I was sure…
the Wakhi
The Wakhi The Wakhi people form a small ethnic group (100 000 ppl max) of substistance farmers living more or…
the Kirghiz
The Kirghiz There are around 7000 Kirghiz nomads living in Afghanistan since early 1920’s. That is an important date. The Russian…
Moto Himalayas
Moto Himalayas I can’t recall now how I got that idea, probably it was boredom as usual, but after landing…
Ajmer
Ajmer Sharif Dargah Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a tomb of XIII century mystic Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Sijzī – one of the…
Karelia
North Karelia While not full arctic night experience spending New Year’s Eve in Eastern Finland with five hours of light a…