When the idea of circumnavigating the globe hit me, it haunted my thoughts and got me pumped up for first few weeks or so. But then I started to realize what that would mean. Plenty of stuff gets in the way of our dreams. Pretty soon all I felt was not only excitement, but also...
The boat from Venice to Alexandria crossed my route with Janek. Africa had got under his skin, and while I was to circumnavigate the globe, he was on his way to Sudan in his epic Land Rover Defender. Our common ground was a love of adventure, so we gathered together to share meals and memories...
I visualized the trip for months. And now here I was – crossing the Adriatic, the Ionian and the Mediterranean Seas on the boat from Venice in Italy, through Syria, to Alexandria in Egypt. My dream had become a reality, but for the first week or two I was mentally worn. I carried a lot...
Any given moment can change the course of your life. For some people it might be a conversation, while for others a new relationship, a drama, or a sudden moment of self-discovery and shift in the perspective – I don’t have to live like this anymore. My breakthrough had come in August 2009. I was...