Sri Lanka
Land of smiles
Feel: good feeling, somewhat strangely void in farthest north
Memories: Eating curry and rice in a restaurant in Jaffna, motorbike across emptiness. queuing for free food, tuk-tuk
Nepal
Namaste
Feel: surreal, exploration every single day, one of the best in my travels
Everyday trek all merge into one, just amazing
Indonesia
Need to experience more
Feel: lonely, mix sometimes with some good surprises, but generally not deep
Looking out the window in a nice room in Jogja into rice fields
Philippines
Full of emotions, one of the deep friendships I’ve forged here
Feel: always longing to return, to touch base with friends
Last night in Tagaytay, the wedding, countless drinking and talking nights, riding Pol’s car home from work
Mongolia
Land of shit
Feel: wilderness, vast, nothingness, raw
Bayuderzeli?
Ger tent, waking up to extreme cold, far far away toilets, the sunrise over the sand dunes
China
Madness in form of people
Feel: overwhelmed, crushed in, some surprises but mainly can’t wait to get out
Lining up to the Mt Huashan
Burma
The untouchables
Feel: special, as if I have just manage to capture something while it was just slipping away
Mingalaba
Deadliest bacteria/virus ever – food poisoning and foot infection
Golden temples as far as the eye can see, all the sunrises and sunsets
Laos
The final frontier
Feel: at peace, happy and chill
Jeong
Cambodia
Just a tourist
Feel: lost at first, then Indiana jones and finally comfort
Motorbike accident and sitting in a cafe finishing a storybook about Laos with peanuts and beer
Thailand
Overrated, first place I ever fly to, Meditation was life-changing
Feel: always feel like I’ve been there a million times
“There is no time”
Singapore
Sim city
Feel: unreal
Japan
The future, the real Sim city
Feel: amazed by the mix of modernity and history, yet after a while, the taint of craziness emerge
Hitchhiking was one of the best decision, ancient trees had taken a part of me to the future
Turkey
Mix of east and west, not a myth
Food: one of my favourite!
Feel: like I own the place, relax and completely in control
Best fish sandwich under the bridge
Hungary
Friends from around the world
Feel: relieved to meet EC, just stopping by
Running from Buda to Pest
Bulgaria, Romania
Somewhat strange
Feel: in transit
Too many border crossings
Italy
Coffee, gelato, wine
Food: need I say more?
Feel: special, dreamy, touching the soul, question on what’s more to life
Deep talks in Padova, student home in Venice
Belgium
White, cold
Feel: an escape, frozen feelings
Icey landscape on the train, postcard-like Bruges
Netherlands
Work
Feel: lonely, need to escape, like an outsider looking in
France
A dream that was too real
Feel: reality casting a huge shadow
Stolen macaroons, broken veins from big business
Spain
Arts
Feel: need to return to explore
Gaudi, gaudi, gaudi
Portugal
Holiday with the family
Feel: a turning point in life
The bridge, the pact, the coin and the ring
Czech Republic
The Paris that was
Feel: romantic, touching the artistic side of me
First concert, old romantic bridge, told myself I must write again
Vatican City
Long queues
Feel: what?
Hong Kong
Virgin trip with friends
Feel: excited, my first foray into exploration and craziness
The friendly and generous old man
Britain
The beginning of everything, home
Feel: euphoria when realizing a dream, like my second home
The Swains!
Germany
My future home
Feel: secure, loved, happy
The Göbels
Switzerland
The Alps
Feel: like the little girl, Heidi
Snowboarding, snows, and rushing for the last train
Australia
As expected
Feel: touching base, making friends, losing a friend
Friends in Sydney, on the beach with Geoff
New Zealand
Untouched beauty of nature
Feel: not touched
Milford Sound, kayaking, under the rain in the vast lake
South Africa
Facing the danger
Feel: like a survivor
Chasing for my robbed phone, car accident and best nurses in the world
October, 2015