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FAQ

Q: How many countries have I visited?
To this day have I been to 97 countires

Q: What Camera do I use?
I’m currently using Olympus OMD EM1
But I have previously used Pentax k100 and K20d, Canon Eos 60d, Canon G11 and G16

Q: Whats my favourite place?
This is question impossible to answer, I have been a lot of amazing places, the best beaches I have seen is in East Timor, Friendliest people have I meet in Iran, Pakistan and Nepal
My favourite city´s are Lisbon in Europe, Kathmandu in Asia, Esfahan in Iran is by far the most beautiful city anywhere in the world, Cape Town in South Africa is amazing, and I do also like Mexico City a lot.

But in General, do I find Iran and Nepal to be the two best places to travel around.

Q: How can I afford it?
I work a bit while traveling, and I go home once a year to Norway to work for a few months

Q: Whats my budget? 
I never have a set budget, I like to live the good and eat good, and I prefer flying to long bus journeys. I try to do it as cheap as possible but never a set budget for each day. But it’s normally easy to live for less then 20Usd a day

Q: What do I pack?
I have already talked about that in the posts What to pack for a long trip and What to pack for a Europe Trip

Q: How many language do I speak?
I’m fluent in Norwegian, Swedish and English, and I understand a bit of Chinese and Spanish. From my travel, an experience is English more than enough, even in China and remote places in Africa and Europe, some people ALWAYS speaks some English, but sometimes they are just to shy to do so.

Q: Have I ever been in Danger?
I have had weapons pointed at me sometimes, I have also been in a few car/bus accident and I have been on a capsizing ferry in Indonesia

Q: Have I got robbed?
Yes, I have got all my stuff was stolen, passport, wallet, camera, laptop etc. Yes, EVERYTHING. But I have gotten more stuff stolen from other travelers in Hostels around the world, especially in Thailand and Australia

Q: Do I get lonely?
No, even I prefer to travel alone do I always meet other travelers, even in the most remotest places in the world, don´t believe you will be more lonely traveling around etc, Afghanistan then you will in Thailand. And the more remote you travel the more welcoming are the locals.

Please leave a comment if you have more questions and I will add it to the question list

Rachel Applefield

Friday 5th of July 2019

Hello, I just randomly discovered your blog while researching Algeria as a travel destination. The blog is wonderful, though I do wish I could be your proofreader ( sorry, I am a teacher and grammar/writing conventions nerd 🤓).

What I wanted to ask is if you, and others like you ever worried that the beautiful pictures and videos you publicly posted would end up negatively altering the places you go. Would exposure and publicity inadvertently end up changing those places into the very places you try and avoid? My tendency is to conceal gems I find, but I suppose it is selfish of me to want to keep a place pristine at the expense of remaining poor so that I alone can enjoy solitude and the absence of mass tourism.

Curious about your take.

Ola Zurek

Sunday 1st of July 2018

Chris ! Thank you very much !!!

Ola Zurek

Wednesday 20th of June 2018

I am going to Peru in few weeks and I would like to find out more about that bus that you took to the top, since most of the people write about long hike up. I am taking my kids with me they are ok with hiking but I don't think they will be happy about 4 hrs up :)

Christian L.

Thursday 21st of June 2018

Hello Ola. The company I used is called https://www.exploorperu.com/ i can highly recommend them:)

Anita

Monday 21st of May 2018

Hi Chris,

What do you do for work? I also have a website, but, due to work I have not had the chance to go on nearly half the amount of trips. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Christian L.

Tuesday 22nd of May 2018

Hello. I work for a big German medical company, I use absolutely all my holidays on traveling, plus I take a lot of unpaid holidays.

Merelles

Friday 20th of April 2018

Hi. Really liked you Syria trip. What’s the best way to get to Syria these days? Contacts for visas etc.

Thanks

Christian L.

Friday 20th of April 2018

Heey. You need to have a local contact inside Syria, but it seems to be getting easier now that the situation on the ground is improving.