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San Pedro – A Prison Like No Other

Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon

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Fake Police Scam or Corrupt Cops?

Drugged, Abducted and Robbed in Russia

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El Qasr – Another Amazing Oasis

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FMLN Guerrilla Base – Perquin, El Salvador

Playful kids near the Sankore Madrasah, an Islamic university, this established Timbuktu as a scholarly center in Africa.

Twisting the Story of Timbuktu with 21st Century Tales

Travels in Troubled Lebanon (2024)

Traveling for Fun,

Knowledge & Freedom

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- TRAVEL ADVENTURES & CRAZY STORIES -

Love & Tequila Amid the Sun + the Moon

Fake Police Scam or Corrupt Cops?

San Pedro – A Prison Like No Other

Get inspired by 36 years of perpetual nomadic life - traveling overland in 140+ countries & regions > READ MORE

'ON THE ROAD'

LATEST POSTS >>> more in the BLOG-zine

El Qasr – Another Amazing Oasis

Al Qasr has a desert oasis fairytale feel to it. Built in the 12th century in an Islamic style on the ruins of a Roman settlement, it sits amid the Dakhla Oasis in Western Egypt.

FMLN Guerrilla Base – Perquin, El Salvador

At the rebel FMLN mountain base of Perquin, a ex-guerrilla tells me his experience of the Salvadoran Civil War.

Twisting the Story of Timbuktu with 21st Century Tales

History spliced with satire - contemporary silliness - makes this take on Timbuktu, different.

Travels in Troubled Lebanon (2024)

"Last week, a guest was kidnapped," said the guy at hotel reception... Impressions of traveling around Lebanon in January 2024 during the Gaza War.