Without purpose there is no meaning. Objectives we set for ourselves are guiding our minds towards something, they are the fuel that allow our hearts to keep pumping. But if we have none, then what’s left in our thoughts are […]
Landscape
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”—A. Einstein SOUTHERN JAPAN FIRST WEEK IN JAPAN For our first week in the land of the rising […]
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” —Sun Tzu JEJU THE ISLAND Jeju is a Korean island, located some 100km from the southern tip of Korea. The […]
“One of history’s few iron laws is that luxuries tend to become necessities and to spawn new obligations. Once people get used to a certain luxury, they take it for granted” –Yuval Noah Harari CROSSING SOUTH KOREA THREE CITIES For […]
“Alone, it’s just a journey. Now adventures, they must be shared”—John D. Payne NORTH VIETNAM A SEQUEL AS AN END As I said in my previous article, two weeks in Vietnam is a bit short, there’s so much to places […]
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”— Lao Tzu THAILAND ON THE ROAD AGAIN In the first part, […]
“La beauté de la nature nous touche parce qu’elle est quelque chose de grandiose qui nous dépasse. L’homme vient de la nature et y retourne. A la vue d’un paysage que nous ressentons comme beau, non domestiqué par l’homme, non […]
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire”— Gustav Mahler ORBADEN HEADING TO THE SWEDISH COUNTRYSIDE On the 22nd of July, Stockholm sky was slightly clouded. In the morning, I stored my backpack at the hostel […]
“A nation is not defined by its borders or the boundaries of its land mass Rather, a nation is defined by adverse people who have been unified by a cause and a value system and who are committed to a […]
Hiking through Corsica, one of the hardest trek in Europe, known as the GR20. A trek as beautiful and wild as it is difficult.
Introduction On a cold winter evening, a friend and I decided to explore Europe further east. The idea was to take a plane to Vienna, and then, using the local train to move to Bratislava and Budapest, following the Danube. […]
A brief history In the seventh century, Edinburgh was a stronghold. When the English captured it they called it Eiden’s Burgh (Eiden’s fort). Then it went back and forth between the Scots and the English, for centuries (sharing a small […]
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