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BEST OF 2017 – INDIA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, ISRAEL & JORDAN
When looking back at the end of each year I‘m amazed how much can happen in only one year. Imagine someone would have told you one year ago about everything that‘s about to happen, the people you are going to ... -
ROAD TRIP FROM PERTH TO MELBOURNE – SAMPLE ITINERARY
Australia: The land of kangaroos, vastness, beaches, adventures, backpackers, road trips and so much more. Together with Alexa, one of my best friends, I went on an epic road trip from Perth to Melbourne last November. We had about three ... -
BEST OF 2016 – ONE YEAR IN AUSTRALIA
2016 was full of exciting adventures, meeting new and old friends, seeing incredible sights, and exploring life’s endless possibilities. However, the year didn’t start off too well for me. How it all began… The minute I arrived in Australia, I ... -
ROAD TRIP THROUGH AUSTRALIA’S OUTBACK
Australia always signified total freedom and adventure for me. Before I came here, I dreamed of buying my own little hippie van, driving around this vast country, stopping wherever I wanted and just living day by day. Somehow it all ... -
HITCHHIKING TO RAINBOW BEACH
The past two months I’ve slowly hitchhiked my way up from Melbourne to Brisbane. Sometimes it was easy and other times it was rather difficult to get a lift. There was this one time when I had just put down ... -
INDIA: YOU CAST A SPELL OVER ME
Someone once told me you either go to India to search for something or to get lost. Without hesitation, my first reaction when I was asked why I decided to go, was that I’m searching for something, not even sure ... -
BANGKOK: SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT
So here I am. More than three years later I came back to the city where my first real solo backpacking trip started: Bangkok. Much has happened since then. I did my exchange semester in Hong Kong, my internship in ... -
CAMINO DE SANTIAGO – IMPRESSIONS AND REFLECTIONS OF A PILGRIM
“Why did you walk the Camino de Santiago?” This is a question I have been asked many times. Even though this is very personal, I still would like to share some of my motives and impressions as a pilgrim in this post. ... -
THE FOUR MOST COMMON QUESTIONS YOU GET ASKED AS A HITCHHIKER
One-hundred-fifty-eight. That’s the number of rides I hitched since last year September. One-hundred-fifty-eight vehicles. One-hundred-fifty-eight adventures. One-hundred-fifty-eight stories. And so many questions. Ever since I got addicted with this mode of transportation, people look at me skeptically, sometimes even horrified, ... -
BEST OF 2014 – SOUTHERN AFRICA, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND & ITALY
New Year’s Eve at Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town (SA) Usually I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Eve since I feel that expectations are often set too high, places are too crowded and everything is overpriced. But not this ...