Whether you travel often or not at all, not many things are more terrifying than ending up at a police station in a foreign country where almost no one speaks a word of English. Yet, I seem to often have the bad luck of ending up at a police station in a foreign country due…
After having spent the last 7 months stranded in Nepal, I was craving seeing a place that was not surrounded by mountains. One of the easiest places to get to from Nepal was Turkey; so as soon as the airport opened I booked one of the first flights out to Istanbul, where I spent the…
When I first set myself en route to Nepal, little did I know that I half a year later I would still remain stuck in this country during one of the world’s longest lockdowns. And while I’ll admit that even with all the restrictions that come with a strict lockdown, it wasn’t very hard to…
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit at the start of the year, one of my first thoughts was about whether I was going to be able to go back to my work teaching at university in China. Unfortunately, the longer this went, the more it was sure that I was not going to make it…
When covid-19 first hit the entire world, I had just begun what was supposed to be a 6-week-long holiday taking me from South America and then back to Asia. I never expected that the pandemic would eventually force countries to close their borders, thus prohibiting me of going back to my work as a teacher…
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, is a place where most travellers coming into the country will spend at least some time in, whether a few days after arriving or prior to leaving. However, not many travellers will choose to spend more than a few nights here. Despite this seeming indifference from some travellers, Kathmandu has plenty…
After 4 long months, the Nepali government finally decided to lift their imposed lockdown as of July 22nd, and to restart domestic and international flights as of August 17th, giving many of us foreigners who have been stranded in Nepal for months a sunbeam of hope at the end of what was a very long…
It has now been 5 months since I stepped foot in Nepal, four of which I’ve spent in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the first few weeks were quite limiting in terms of movement, it did give me an opportunity to go over the hundreds of photos I took during the month I…
Only a crazy kook like me would hear the name “Death Road” and look for ways to bike it down. And that’s exactly what I did. The first time I had heard about the “Death Road” (Camino de la muerte) in Bolivia, I had already left La Paz and thus I was left with the…
Travel. One of the things that people who travel extensively is that “travel opens your mind”……. which is absolutely true. But travel also makes you witness some pretty fucked up things and makes you part of some pretty messed up moments. In fact, it is these messed up moments that I remember the most, more…
Well here’s a story I had never told anyone before. That’s not true. Well, not entirely true. In fact, I’ve told some variations of this story to friends, family, and others. But I’ve never told anyone the full extent of everything that happened that night, partly because of I didn’t want to admit how my…
It has now been 4 months since I arrived in Nepal, out of which I have been stranded here for the last 3 because of the coronavirus lockdown that became effective countrywide on March 24th. To say that being stranded in Nepal for 3 months has been an inconvenience would be a huge understatement. In…
In early 2020, I finally decided to travel to a country I had long waited to visit: Nepal. The experience was an absolute blast. I spent one month travelling around the country and the next 3 months stranded because of the coronavirus lockdown living in the capital of Kathmandu. While the month I spent travelling…
Falling sick while travelling is a shitty experience, one that I’ve had to get used to in many of my travels. From falling stomach sick for a week in Gondar (Ethiopia) to that time I felt like I was dying from altitude sickness in Huaraz (Peru), I’m no stranger to being bedridden while abroad. This…
I still had a few days short of a week left on my Nepal visa. The last couple of days in Chitwan had been nothing short of great, and the more time I spent in Nepal the more I wanted to stay for longer. I still didn’t know where I would be heading after Nepal,…
