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What I’ve learned after three months as a digital nomad

I recently passed the three-month mark as a digital nomad and felt compelled to commemorate the occasion by shedding some light on my current lifestyle and reflecting on my experience so far.

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October 14, 2020October 22, 2020Posted inGreeceTags: digital nomad, travel

The hills are alive with the sound of no tourists

It might seem like a strange focal point in a place so heavily steeped in ancient history and mythology, but the high point of Athens for me is the hills (no pun intended). The lighter-than-usual tourist traffic (courtesy of the Covid-19 era) ain’t such a bad perk, either.

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September 29, 2020October 10, 2020Posted inGreeceTags: Athens, Greece

‘A’ is for anarchy

As a newly self-ordained digital nomad, I felt that my first order of business was to properly explore my Greek roots (being half Greek on my father’s side). 

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July 29, 2020July 29, 2020Posted inGreeceTags: Athens, Exarcheia, Greece

A foreigner’s guide to deregistering from Germany

As one would expect, transitioning into digital nomadism comes with its fair share of administrative obligations. Not my favorite kind of obligation, but it’s a minor inconvenience on the path to freedom.

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July 20, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inGermanyTags: Abmeldung, deregistration, Germany

Carnival of horrors

Towards the end of the gloomy winter here in southwest Germany, I’m usually starved for telltale signs of spring: tulips and daffodils, birds singing before sunrise, earthworms scattered on the sidewalks (which I try my best not to decapitate), and the fresh scent of dirt in the warming air.

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April 17, 2020April 27, 2020Posted inGermanyTags: Carnival, Fasching, Germany, Karneval

Mall rat

As maids swept and dusted my room and hung my clean laundry from the trek in a flurry of activity around me, I realized I would have a hard time getting used to this in my normal life.

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March 1, 2020April 23, 2020Posted inPakistanTags: lahore, Pakistan, punjab

Precious cargo

Along with the driver we hired, Hassan accompanied us on the ride back to Skardu from Hushe. Also in tow was a random teenager from the village who had slept in too late, missing his earlier bus to the city to write his exams that started the next day.

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January 6, 2020April 23, 2020Posted inPakistanTags: Deosai National Park, northern Pakistan, Skardu

Mashabrum

Situated on the immediate outskirts of Central Karakoram National Park, the village of Hushe (part of Hushe Valley in the Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan) is the stopover point for treks to Mashabrum and Gondogoro La.

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December 19, 2019January 20, 2020Posted inPakistanTags: Hushe, Karakoram, Mashabrum, northern Pakistan

The long-ass road to Skardu

Entering the airport arrival hall in Lahore at 5 am, I was met with a sea of multicolored salwar kameez and not-so-discreet gazes from curious onlookers. Once Maida and her family appeared outside to whisk me away (and snap me out of my red-eyed trance), we headed directly to her home.

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November 27, 2019July 30, 2020Posted inPakistanTags: Hushe, northern Pakistan, Skardu

Prepping for Pakistan

Following my trip to Ethiopia in March, I had originally thought that my second “big trip” of the year would once again be Africa (i.e., Republic of Congo, for an exciting documentary project I’m involved in), but alas, the filming has been postponed for the time being.

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November 20, 2019November 29, 2019Posted inPakistanTags: Pakistan, Pakistan visa

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Bonus mosaic: “School №54” (1967) #mariupol Bonus mosaic: “School №54” (1967)

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A small sample of the street art and Soviet mosaic A small sample of the street art and Soviet mosaics found around Mariupol. The murals shown in photos 2 and 8 by @sasha.korban symbolize a woman escaping gender-based/domestic violence and “Milana,” a 6-year-old girl orphaned during shelling near the city in 2015, respectively.

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The city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region of sout The city of Mariupol in the Donetsk region of southeastern Ukraine can be described as a “city of contrasts,” to quote Andrew, a local and fellow travel enthusiast who kindly hosted me while I explored his city. He was referring to the industrial landscape (two of Ukraine’s largest iron and steel plants lie on the outskirts of the city) juxtaposed with colourful historical and modern architecture, green parks, sports venues, and war-scarred and abandoned buildings set against the backdrop of the Azov Sea (the most shallow sea in the world). 

Mariupol isn’t one of the main cities tourists visiting Ukraine usually seek out (and those who know of it might be apprehensive to visit given its ~20 km proximity to the frontline), but fighting hasn’t taken place in the city itself since 2015, and I felt perfectly safe. The city is well organized (the bus and tram network is solid), and tourists can find information on sightseeing at the old water tower, an official monument of Mariupol built by German architect Viktor Nielsen in 1910. Nielsen designed other iconic buildings around the city, like the Continental hotel (now a center for contemporary art) and the drama theatre. Tourists can walk along a historical route marked by tiny statues of Nielsen (like the one in my photo) along the way. 

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Some selected scenes from wandering around Odessa Some selected scenes from wandering around Odessa 

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Just a girl admiring her giant saw in the Ukrainia Just a girl admiring her giant saw in the Ukrainian underground 😅

This saw was once used by miners working in Odessa’s catacombs to cut a type of rock called “coquina” into bricks. The rock is a mixture of limestone and seashells and is quite soft (and pretty). Much of the old city is built from bricks hauled out of these mines in the early 1800s. 

The tunnels are not one continuous system but together amount to around 3000 km, making Odessa’s catacombs the longest in the world. My guide Vanya and I entered through Nerubayskoe, a village just outside the city. 

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