Traveling without expectations

The Japanese habit of omakase (お任せ) when you’re ordering at a restaurant pretty much means, “I’ll leave it up to you”, inviting the chef to be surprising and innovative in the selection of dishes. I try to apply the idea behind to everything between how I plan my holidays, how I pick my runs, how I pick my food, how I explore cities and how I travel in general. And as I travel 200+ nights per year for both business and leisure (mostly hiking), that’s a lot.

Travel in COVID times?

Travel changed. For now and quite possibly for forever. But wherever you are, make sure you are there. Here are my ideas and tips to make the most out of your non-traveling travel time.

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Travel inspiration stories?

When you open up your mind, you experience more. Like that one time I walked solo through the desert. Or my Kilimanjaro story. How I became friends with a bedouin. How I ended up as a karaoke DJ.

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Open up your mind?

Say yes more. Prepare better. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Talk to locals. Have the chef or waiter order food for you. A few of the simple things you can do to experience more.

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Some of my favorite omakase travel memories

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Hiking the Amalfi Coast between Amalfi and Sorrento (Italy)

Every spring, my brother Sem and I go hiking somewhere in Europe. Over the years we have developed…

Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls trail solo hike (Iceland)

After many years of different hikes, the Laugavegur and Fimmvörðuháls trails in Iceland probably rank as the most…

Running the New York City Marathon

The deal was simple – if I would run the New York City Marathon, my dad would pay for it. The idea of spending time in New York, visiting all the places I knew from the movies and running my first marathon -all paid for by my father- was the best motivation for a 22-year-old. So this is my story on running the New York City Marathon.