with Future Thinkers Podcast team @ Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 11, 2019
with Future Thinkers Podcast team I first learned about Future Thinkers Podcast last year. According to the team, it is ‘a podcast about evolving technology, society, and consciousness’. One evening I was looking for discussions around the future of humanity, as it is my area of interest for future studies, and I ran into their program on a podcast app. I was excited to find out that they were discussing and asking about things I also ask about, so naturally I got curious about their stories...
Border crossing into Moldova@ Vama Leușeni, Moldova, June 19, 2019
Border crossing into Moldova Until the last minute, I was debating whether to enter Moldova or skip the country and enter Ukraine directly. Moldova is arguably the least visited country in Europe and I couldn’t find much information about the price of a vehicle insurance or the overall border crossing procedure. If the cost of the mandatory insurance turns out to be almost like a penalty for foreign vehicles, as was the case in Serbia with around 340 euros, I might have to consider going back...
with Natasha’s family @ Nis, Serbia, June 6, 2019
with Natasha’s family One of the good things about long-term travel is that you are less likely to be amazed by the ‘things to do in X’, because you feel you had done something similar in previous destinations. It is good news for me, because the remaining energy often goes to interaction with people or observing how the places make me feel, instead of remembering some facts about them. I stayed in Nis, the 3rd biggest city in Serbia, for about 5 days. In terms of...
Arrival @ Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 7, 2019
Arrived in Plovdiv, an ancient Roman city in Southern Bulgaria. It feels surreal that within hours of driving from here now I can reach Turkey or Greece, two countries that I have long considered ‘far and far away’. But my plan is to drive north, in the direction of the Baltic states. For the time being, I’ll soak up Bulgarian culture. @ Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 7, 2019
This website chronicles Leebong’s journey around the world for 2+ years, for the time being. To find out more, see The Travel & The Why.
To catch me, see Itinerary.
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