Hostelling @ Lake House, Larnaca, Cyprus, January 20, 2019
This is to remember in the future what my life was like at hostels. Although this particular hostel is different from others in that it doesn’t have bunk beds, many aspects of my life still happen on this narrow platform – I sleep, sit and rest, write, and plan future travels. And in this particular instance, I was air drying my hair too. On my left where it was not photographed, there was another bed accommodating an Australian bike rider. Travelers are drawn to hostels mostly...
Arrival @ larnaca, Cyprus, January 18, 2019
Only about 30 minutes of flying takes you from Lebanon to Cyprus, an EU country which is closer to Asia. I will stay here for about a week, enjoying the warm island weather until I fly to Jordan. @ larnaca, Cyprus, January 18, 2019
Last dinner in Lebanon, with Dareen’s family @ Beirut, Lebanon, January 17, 2019
Last dinner in Lebanon I’ve already stayed for two weeks in Lebanon and my experience has not always been ‘smooth’ here. For one, I had some amount of bad luck. I was sick the first few days, my laptop finally died giving the concern that I might lose some of the interview footages, and the country experienced very unusual stormy weather for almost two weeks. For another, the interaction with people was not too easy. The driving style here is one of the most aggressive I’ve...
Arrival @ Beirut, Lebanon, January 3rd, 2019
At first glance, Lebanon has different ways of doing things that make me have different perspectives. For one thing, I had to write down my father’s name three times in two days 🙂 I’m excited to be in the Arab world for the first time. @ Beirut, Lebanon, January 3rd
the power of hooking up people @ Aeropark, Barcelona, Spain, January 2, 2019
While I’ll be gone and backpacking from Lebanon to Egypt, my car will rest in a parking lot in Barcelona. In fact, it started having its vacation from a month ago, when I flew to Korea. Today I dropped by the parking lot to swap some contents in my backpack and to do some car maintenance work. Understandably, I found the battery totally discharged, but my portable jumpstart battery could not start the car either. The battery was not too young anyways, so I started to...
2018, you were good @ Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain, December 31, 2018
2018, you were good People say happy new year to one other. Fireworks are shot into the sky. Many people party until late into the night. People seem happy but happiness has not been something that could best describe what I feel around each year’s end. It is the time to say goodbye to a good old friend, i.e., the year itself, and I am not too excited to throw a party right after I see my friend off. Well, the years may be just some...
Interview with Frankie Martinez, August 2017, Part 3
It is my great pleasure to publish an interview series with Frankie Martinez, filmed last year in New York. Mr. Martinez is widely regarded as one of the most innovative Latin dancers of our generation, but I’m certain that the video is no less inspiring to those who don’t practice dance. Because, I believe, it is about a person’s earnest life journey to purse the values he believes in. There are 3 videos in total and each one lasts about 40 mins. This is the 3rd...
I hit the road again @ Incheon International Airport, Korea, December 28, 2018
I hit the road again About a month passed since I came to Korea for a ‘break’ from travels. The reason for visiting Korea was simple. When I was in Brazil in August this year, my father either wrote or spoke to me, “I miss you.” and that was when I knew I needed to see my family and I booked flight tickets right away. It had been 1 year and 10 months since I last visited Korea. Some of my friends wished me that I...
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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