Posts from year 2010
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A cold New Years Eve in Budapest
Budapest in December doesn’t mess around with the winter cold, it punches me in the teeth with it. The Danube carves through the city like a frozen artery, and the wind slices through my jacket like it’s tissue paper.
Walking across America
Many of us have watched Matt Harding dance his way around the planet, proving that questionable choreography becomes strangely compelling once you add enough countries.
A journey through Iran
Imam Khomeini Airport was not exactly a party zone late in the evening, and the passport control was extremely tedious, but here we are. Rolled out of the airport and found ourselves thrust into the belly of Tehran’s traffic beast.
The magic of green screen
Sometimes movies inspire us to travel. We see some sun-drenched street, a suspiciously perfect beach or a shabby little bar where interesting people drink interesting things, and immediately think: I want to go there.
Father of fractals
The mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot died today of pancreatic cancer at the age of 85. Most people probably have no idea who he was.
Warsaw from above
From up high, the view of Warsaw stretches out like a history book thrown open mid-sentence. The five-star hotel InterContinental Warsaw offers a good look at the city. It’s the tallest hotel in Poland, but it’s overshadowed by another nearby building right outside my window.
Report from Døgnvill festival in Tromsø
Just saying the name Tromsø feels like a mouthful of cold wind and reindeer fat. Tucked far above the Arctic Circle, this Norwegian outpost isn’t the kind of place you’d expect to find thousands of music lovers losing their minds to global headliners.
Tromsø and beyond
The Troms County is a place of beauty. Perched at 69 degrees north, far above the Arctic Circle, its rugged coastline faces the Norwegian Sea, wrapped in polar light.
Review: Adventures of a Continental Drifter
Elliott Hester did what most of us occasionally fantasize about while staring blankly at an Outlook inbox. In 2002, he sold everything he owned and disappeared into the world.
Review: Imperium
Ryszard Kapuściński died in 2007, but fortunately left behind the sort of books that make you want to pack a bag, buy a questionable train ticket and disappear somewhere inconvenient.