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Kayak Trip Day 32: Langenlebarn to Vienna
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Montenegrin Sunsets (Kruče)
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Kayak Trip Day 31: Zwentendorf to Langenlebarn
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Springtime in Uruguay! (Lago Merín)
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Hitchhiker's Picnic in Tiranë, Albania
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Freecamping Amalfi Coast Before Traveling to Savona (Italy)
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Kayak Trip Day 41: Štúrovo to Dunabogdány
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Mudslides and Floods on the Road to Lima, Perú
Day 30 Stein an der Donau Zwentendorf 5
Kayak Trip Day 30: Stein to Zwentendorf
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Election Day in Albania—I'm Hitchhiking to Greece
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Yurt-Surfing in Andalucía, Spain
Hitch Sibiu to Timișoara Romania with a dog
Sibiu to Timișoara: A Fluffy Hitchhiking Companion in Romania
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Waterproofing my Backpack Before the Next Trip
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Tejeda, Gran Canaria: Freecamping the Canary Islands
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Butterflies + the Bolivian Border from Paraguay
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New Year's in La Paz, Bolivia
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That Mandatory Mostar Photo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Melaka, Malaysia 💕 Wandering around the dunes a Melaka, Malaysia 💕 Wandering around the dunes an hour before sunset at Melaka's little desert 🏜️ click link in bio for more (maybe better) pictures and info on how to get there . But these dunes aren't natural. Malaysia has a lot of land reclamation projects going on in its coastal areas and Melaka is no different . They built this peninsula near Klebang beach, probably for some condo/hotel/mall project. I don't know what happened, but I guess the funds ran dry . Nature didn't wait around. The wind blew the sand into dune shape and a few pioneer species rooted in it. And now it's an Instagram spot, I guess. Circle of life . #Melaka #Malaysia #melakamalaysia #melakacity #melakaunescoworldheritagecity #malaysiatravel #ig_melaka #ig_malaysia #igers_malaysia #dune #dunescape #sanddunes #landreclamation #melakadesert #klebangmelaka #pantaiklebang #lockdowntravel #instamalaysia #sheisnotlost #sanddune #sanddunesadventure #sandytoes #malacca #straitofmalacca
Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~know Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~knowingly~ visiting a place the Dutch colonized. Digging deeper out of my own free will in my 20s, I feel that my high school education glossed over this part of history, only to casually move on to WW2 . I wonder what Malaysian kids learn about this time---the time (kind of proudly) referred to as "the Dutch Golden Age" in my old school books. What was that education good for . Many of us travelers talk about all the stuff we learn. Maybe it's also good to unlearn things, get uncomfortable, then learn better . And also accept that no matter how much I despise Dutch nationalism and orange, I'm still benefiting from that awful history in many ways. One of those ways: having a powerful passport . Melaka was a stimulating city to visit. Here in this ruined church are gravestone slabs with old Dutch writing. And there was virtually no one around . Not having other tourists around is something I benefit from, but makes others suffer. During this pandemic, many people have lost income or jobs from the lack of tourists visiting the city's UNESCO sites . {Cue happy note to end this post on} . #Melaka #melakatrip #melakacity #melakamalaysia #homestaymelaka #melakaunescoworldheritagecity #melakariver #melakafood #unesco #straitofmalacca #visitmelaka #malaysia #ig_melaka #ig_malaysia
Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia 💕 Geotagging this Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia 💕 Geotagging this place is difficult because there's also a neighborhood in George Town named after this island 😅 [Edited to add: the geotag is now in the right place! 🏝️] . The only way to get here right now is by arranging a boat trip in Malay (or one of Malaysia's many other languages) with a fisherman, or by renting a kayak. You all know I love *kayaking 😃 . But I haven't kayaked much at sea. So I contacted my friend @chrismercc because he kayaked around Malta. The Strait of Malacca and the Mediterranean Sea aren't completely comparable, but he said kayaking to Pulau Tikus was very doable . So we kayaked there! It was amazing. If you want to know what things I encountered on this uninhabited island, you can watch the video I made by clicking the link in my bio . *And maybe some of you know I don't like 🐠 . #kayak #seakayaking #straitofmalacca #Malaysia #pulautikus #tikusisland #pulautikuspenang #penang #penangmalaysia #ig_penang #ig_malaysia #georgetown #georgetownpenang #rmcotravel #lockdowntravel #malaysiatravel #kayaking #kayaklife #kayakers #seakayakingadventures #seakayak #kayakmalaysia #paddleforever #paddlelife
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Melaka, Malaysia 💕 Wandering around the dunes a Melaka, Malaysia 💕 Wandering around the dunes an hour before sunset at Melaka's little desert 🏜️ click link in bio for more (maybe better) pictures and info on how to get there . But these dunes aren't natural. Malaysia has a lot of land reclamation projects going on in its coastal areas and Melaka is no different . They built this peninsula near Klebang beach, probably for some condo/hotel/mall project. I don't know what happened, but I guess the funds ran dry . Nature didn't wait around. The wind blew the sand into dune shape and a few pioneer species rooted in it. And now it's an Instagram spot, I guess. Circle of life . #Melaka #Malaysia #melakamalaysia #melakacity #melakaunescoworldheritagecity #malaysiatravel #ig_melaka #ig_malaysia #igers_malaysia #dune #dunescape #sanddunes #landreclamation #melakadesert #klebangmelaka #pantaiklebang #lockdowntravel #instamalaysia #sheisnotlost #sanddune #sanddunesadventure #sandytoes #malacca #straitofmalacca
Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~know Melaka, Malaysia 💕 this was my first time ~knowingly~ visiting a place the Dutch colonized. Digging deeper out of my own free will in my 20s, I feel that my high school education glossed over this part of history, only to casually move on to WW2 . I wonder what Malaysian kids learn about this time---the time (kind of proudly) referred to as "the Dutch Golden Age" in my old school books. What was that education good for . Many of us travelers talk about all the stuff we learn. Maybe it's also good to unlearn things, get uncomfortable, then learn better . And also accept that no matter how much I despise Dutch nationalism and orange, I'm still benefiting from that awful history in many ways. One of those ways: having a powerful passport . Melaka was a stimulating city to visit. Here in this ruined church are gravestone slabs with old Dutch writing. And there was virtually no one around . Not having other tourists around is something I benefit from, but makes others suffer. During this pandemic, many people have lost income or jobs from the lack of tourists visiting the city's UNESCO sites . {Cue happy note to end this post on} . #Melaka #melakatrip #melakacity #melakamalaysia #homestaymelaka #melakaunescoworldheritagecity #melakariver #melakafood #unesco #straitofmalacca #visitmelaka #malaysia #ig_melaka #ig_malaysia
Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia 💕 Geotagging this Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia 💕 Geotagging this place is difficult because there's also a neighborhood in George Town named after this island 😅 [Edited to add: the geotag is now in the right place! 🏝️] . The only way to get here right now is by arranging a boat trip in Malay (or one of Malaysia's many other languages) with a fisherman, or by renting a kayak. You all know I love *kayaking 😃 . But I haven't kayaked much at sea. So I contacted my friend @chrismercc because he kayaked around Malta. The Strait of Malacca and the Mediterranean Sea aren't completely comparable, but he said kayaking to Pulau Tikus was very doable . So we kayaked there! It was amazing. If you want to know what things I encountered on this uninhabited island, you can watch the video I made by clicking the link in my bio . *And maybe some of you know I don't like 🐠 . #kayak #seakayaking #straitofmalacca #Malaysia #pulautikus #tikusisland #pulautikuspenang #penang #penangmalaysia #ig_penang #ig_malaysia #georgetown #georgetownpenang #rmcotravel #lockdowntravel #malaysiatravel #kayaking #kayaklife #kayakers #seakayakingadventures #seakayak #kayakmalaysia #paddleforever #paddlelife
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