Backpacking Kyrgyzstan: Lakes, Mountains and DonkeysKyrgyzstan had been sitting on my wish list for years, and finally we made it. Looking like it was named by someone who fell asleep…
Backpacking Kazakhstan: Introducing the ‘stansCentral Asia is one of those regions most people from the West never visit and rarely hear about.Sacha Baron Cohen may have put Kazakhstan on the…
Mixed Feelings on the White Island (Ibiza) The first time I ever flew on a plane, I was eighteen years old, back in 1995. It was also the first time…
Welcome to couch surfing Many years ago, while sitting alone in a bar in Luxembourg, a Dutch couple approached me and asked, “Are you a couch surfer?” I had absolutely…