We are stuck in Greenland, for our fifth day in a row. Appropriately, we broke thru some sea-ice to get unstuck from the harbour and sail around some icebergs to enjoy another day in arctic paradise.
Stuck in Greenland
Photo Highlights
Photo Highlight: Stonehenge
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the so-called 8th Wonder of the World, and one of the world’s most baffling prehistoric monuments
Photo Highlight: Minsk
Everything’s pretty in green and white under a blue sky
Photo Highlights: A Summer of Riding in Iceland
the calm before the storm – an empty sheep coral waits for the round up to arrive in Oxafjordur, Iceland
the lose herd is one of Iceland’s signature horse tour characteristics
a rider poses over Jökulsá á fjöllum glacier river
Heading into Mývatnssveit
my second Kjölur group under Langjökull glacier
Photo Highlight: Leaders of the DPRK
The image of current leader Kimg Jong Un won’t be seen until after he passes away… but his father and grandfather, previous leaders and the liberator of North Korea, are present absolutely everywhere. In every village, on every highway, and behind every square, one can find their larger-than-life portraits and people regularly bowing down to them to pay their respects. Even I was forced to do it twice.
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il
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Photo Highlight: Moscow Kremlin
The Cathedral square is just that, a square full of gold domed cathedrals
Ivan the Great Bell tower
Photo Highlight: Port de Pêche, Nouakchott
the Mauritanians, the fishing boats, and one praying muslim at the Port de Peche, Nouakchott
Photo Highlights: Food and Drink in Ethiopia and Sudan
It’s hard to remember everything I’ve done or where I’ve been, but the food has been a memorable part of this trip. Eating only with your right hand and drinking coffees while being choked out by burning incense has become a daily affair, and the places and people I’ve shared these moments with are just as unforgettable.
the street kids in Hirna offer to share their dinner
a local coffee shop in Old Harar, and two of my new travel buddies
morning coffee in Bahir Dar
a typical injera spread
sharing some injera and shiro with our hotel cook
a fried fish lunch, fresh from Lake Tana
a woman prepares her incense at her open-air coffee ‘shop’
Sudanese ful, a fava bean concoction eaten with bread
a coffee ceremony in Khartoum after a traditional Sudanese lunch
Street food in Sudan: fried and sugar coated donuts
my couchsurf host in Khartoum prepared raspberry pancakes and french-pressed Ethiopian coffee
Photo Highlight: Polar Swim
I always love going to Nautholsvik whenever I’m in Reykjavik, no matter what time of year or no matter how cold it gets. This time it was -10°c.
A little dip in January in the freezing North Atlantic seemed like a good idea, until it came time to get in the water after walking barefoot and half naked across an icy beach
Photo Highlight: Grotto Jeita
Grotto Jeita near Beirut. You’re not allowed to take pictures inside. It wasn’t me
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