In 273 days I covered 32938 km crossing 22 countries to finally make it back home without taking a single plane! I’m quite amazed myself that I managed to stick to my only rule without any prior planning. It wasn’t easy though and I had to considerably change the initial itinerary I had naively drawn [...]

Arriving in Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, is a surprising experience. People most definitely look very different compared to Central Asia. Certainly a lot more European but not totally either. I was for example immediately identified as a tourist and locals spoke to me in English before I even said a word… Georgians speak very differently too! [...]

After leaving Uzbekistan, I went by train to the town of Aktau in Kazakhstan to catch the infamous cargo ship that would take me over the Caspian sea to Baku in Azerbaijan. This cargo ship is renowned for having no fixed schedule whatsoever. When I arrived in Aktau on the 2nd of June, the last [...]