- TRAVEL DIARYCyprusMoments Together (Friends)

Florence and Sebastian (France and Chile) @ Larnaca, Cyprus, January 29, 2019

On one of my last days in Cyprus, I had to pleasure to be invited for a dinner with these experienced travelers from France and Chile. More than the attention-grabbing title, ‘cross cross-continental hitchhikers’, I was curious about their unique life stories such as what led you to start this, and what keeps you going. The ‘why are you doing this?’ question is one that I get asked almost every other day from people I meet, but I also ask the same question to other travelers with...
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Listening to Jinyoung and Seona, an overlanding couple from Korea, December 2018

Until now, I have not met any other overlanders (people who travel overland, usually in motorized vehicles) from South Korea. While posting questions on one of the biggest overlanders’ forum online, PanAmerican Travelers’ Association, I ‘ran into’ Jinyoung there. Soon we figured that our itineraries across the Americas were very similar but not so much so that we could not actually coincide there. After several attempts of coordination, we could finally meet in one of the least expected places, Korea, when we were both having ‘breaks’...
- TRAVEL DIARYCyprusDaily Notes

Quiet nights @ Larnaca, Cyprus, January 28, 2019

Quiet nights One thing I learned in Cyprus is that it can get really quiet at night. For sure, it depends on the season and the place, but I think Cyprus in winter is usually very quiet at night. In this particular neighborhood where I am staying in Larnaca, there is almost nothingness in terms of sound in the streets. Every other day around midnight, I come outside to workout at the front patio. The only thing I can hear is the noise made by my...
- TRAVEL DIARYCyprusDaily Notes

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...
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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...