After Cairo I decided to see Alexandria which many Egyptians had recommended to me. Alexandria is a big city, like Cairo, but situated next to the sea. What I liked most about this city was the local market and the incredibly fresh and tasty market food. Again, more Egypt pictures, this time from Alexandria: Fish [...]

1. Cairo pictures
2. New pictures from Istanbul
3. In Cairo
4. Kruger park pictures (2nd part)
5. Pictures from Lisbon, Portugal (part 2 of 2)

A lot of people continue east after Egypt/Dahab and most of them go to Petra. There are one-day-tours from Dahab for example for the people who want to do it the easy way. These cost a bit more then 200 euro and will let you stay in Petra a total of 3 (!) hours. Instead [...]

1. Divemaster in Dahab, Egypt
2. Military action in Dahab, Egypt
3. Egypt needs your money
4. Mount Sinai, Egypt
5. Dahab festival

One of the secrets of budget travel is to go through cheap airline hub airports. This is airports that are well connected with a lot of low budget airlines and destinations. From these airports you can expect to find cheap flights to 10+ destinations in other countries for under 100 euro one way. In some [...]

1. Graffiti – street art with a message (part 1 of 2)
2. Why frequent flyer bonus programs is a scam
3. Graffiti – street art with a message (part 2 of 2)
4. The Sacromonte caves in Granada
5. Egypt needs your money

Everybody here in Egypt are hoping for the tourists to come back. The locals are trying to spread the message that Egypt are now safe to be in, but everywhere you hear the same story: that people are afraid of traveling to Egypt. The economic crisis is a fact, specially in the cities that are [...]

1. Sharm El Sheikh to Dahab
2. Scuba diving in Dahab
3. Dahab festival

Two days ago I went to El-Tor to extend my Egyptian visa. This was even easier and cheaper then I thought. To start with, if you are in Sinai, take the bus from Sharm El-Sheikh to El Tor, which will take about one hour and cost around 1 euro. Then, take a taxi for less [...]

1. Sharm El Sheikh to Dahab
2. Bus Sofia <-> Istanbul

Yesterday was the last day of the Dahab Festival. This is a one week event with two festivals taking place at the same time, the Dahab International Festival of Water Sports, Culture and Desert Adventure and the Dahab Bedouin Festival. The idea of them both are to make the tourists come back to Sinai/Dahab, but instead [...]

1. Dahab sunrise
2. Sharm El Sheikh to Dahab
3. Scuba diving in Dahab
4. Disasterpeace psytrance festival near Cape Town, South Africa
5. Festival of Virgen del Rosario in Fuengirola

I meet people almost every week that I fall in love with. It can be very chilled out relaxed people, or people with interesting life goals and missions, or just very individual people that are fun to be around. At the same time as I am very greatful for the chance to meet all these [...]

1. Brainfood Soundsystem

When travelling in some Arabic cities (and other places also of course) you need to be well informed or to be awake all the time, not to get tricked. This is sadly also the case in Sharm El Sheikh when you want to go to Dahab. It starts when you arrive at the airport (if you [...]

A lot of times I fall in love with a city within the first days. So was also the case with Brussels. This city is really multi cultural and hosts a lot of interesting and individual people. Also it’s very green, both with some beautiful parks and a lot of planted trees in the streets. [...]

1. 5 days of improvisational travel
2. Veliko Ternovo + status update

Last weekend (in double meaning) on Gran Canaria I spent camping on a hidden nudist beach with a friend. Because of the easter holidays just starting the beach was full of tents and people. What started as a problem when our tent broke ended up as a perfect solution sleeping under the stars and full [...]

1. Scuba diving in Gran Canaria
2. Gran Canaria to Tenerife
3. Gran Canaria & backpacking
4. Carnaval de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
5. Cuatro Puertas, Telde – Gran Canaria