A Blitz Through Europe – Impressions from Visiting Over 20 New Countries This Summer

November 22, 2011

This summer I did some unconventional traveling.  After mostly living in countries, I blitzed through twenty countries in about four and a half months. It was a huge change from my usual travel, which entails actually living in a place few months or years at a time. Spending a summer in Europe was always on [...]

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How To Hit The Ground Running In A New City

November 16, 2011

Life is too short to live all your life in the same city, same country or even in the same continent.  In the past four years I’ve setup camp and lived in various cities for an extended amount of time.  I’ve stayed anywhere from one month (Copenhagen, Denmark) to almost two years (Rio de Janeiro, [...]

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The End Game: The Last Push Into Eastern Europe

September 7, 2011

[Note: this post is a bit overdue as I’m already in Eastern Europe] It took me many years of constant travelling, living and discovering the world to realize I cannot be and will never be a citizen of the world. Three years ago when I was living in Argentina I had this crazy idea of [...]

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Is Latin America Really Dangerous?

August 1, 2011

The beauty of the Internet is that you can, easily, from the comfort of your own home, get first hand impressions from people about particular topics.  Anything from how dangerous a certain part of the world is, to how easily do the women put out, and anything in between.  People love shortcuts, and would rather [...]

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The Beauty of Travel On Your Own Terms.

July 28, 2011

When I was passing by Colombia’s coffee region few months ago I met an Indian guy who’s been to Colombia six times in the past ten years. He explained that he loves the country, and since he’s been there before he’s comfortable with the environment, knows where to stay and where to party. To me [...]

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Burned Out in Colombia: Rethinking Long Term Living

July 19, 2011

LIVING NOT TRAVELING I’ve been trying to write this post for a while now.  While each iteration helped to solidify my thoughts, it’s only after a month of writing I was able to really put these thoughts on paper (or in pixels). Years ago, I used to backpack and I loved it.  However, recently as [...]

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