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Book Recommendations – December 2011

December 12, 2011

Shantaram Verdict:  strong recommendation Shantaram is about an Australian guy, Lin, who escapes prison in his homeland and on his way to Germany, makes a stopover in India where he ends up spending ten years of his life. In that timeframe, Lin achieves more than many of us do in their lifetimes. He works at [...]

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When People And Places Match Your Values

December 8, 2011

It first happened in Copenhagen when I was meeting a young Lithuanian girl whom I originally got to know few days before.  We made plans to meet up near the train station at exactly eight o’clock.  As usual, I was running fifteen minutes late and didn’t think that was much of a big deal.  I [...]

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Why Latin America Sucks: The Dark Side of Latin America Nobody Talks About

December 2, 2011

I could write about how “enlightening” it is to travel through other countries, how the cultural immersion somehow “changed me” as a man for the better, how the people are “mysteriously” nicer and friendlier compared to America, or how being outside my comfort zone somehow changed me for the better and made me a stronger [...]

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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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