Planning and preparing for the Drakensberg Grand Traverse
How do you plan and prepare for “one of the most difficult hikes in the world”, the Drakensberg…
Solo hiking the Drakensberg Grand Traverse through South Africa and Lesotho
“One of the most difficult hikes in the world”, the Drakensberg Grand Traverse. Multiple days in the mountains…
Faroe Islands, the land of maybe.
“The land of maybe”, he chuckled. That is apparently what the English called it during the second World…
Planning and preparing for the Peaks of the Balkans
Omakase is the art of letting go, of having an open mind. And planning and preparation seems to be…
Packing list for solo hiking Peaks of the Balkans
I started digiting my packing list in Notion during COVID times in 2020. I use the powerful connected…
Solo hiking Peaks of the Balkans through Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro
“Europe’s last true wilderness”, as BBC called it in an article. The Peaks of the Balkans trail in…
That time I got stuck in a hail storm on The Faroe Islands.
It had been an amazing day on the Faroe Islands. A full day of perfect blue skies As…
An introduction to omakase – traveling without expectations
I travel a lot. A lot a lot. Mostly for business. Frequently for some amazing hike somewhere around the world or while spending time with my family. But the red thread through my travel is omakase - the art of letting go of expectations. I strongly believe that if you travel with an open mind, when you leave your expectations at home, you experience more. That is the thinking behind this blog, omakas.es.