This blog shows texts, tables and information about my travels.
Main trips:
- 2009-10 Next Stop: Where? – one year to the East, mostly by train and using CouchSurfing
- 2016-17 Next Stop: Where? – one year to the West, by bicycle, to where Europe ends and cross South America from the Atlantic to the Pacific
This is the list of countries (based on internet domains) where I’ve been so far. Without date where I’ve been more than two times.
- Albania (2023 — Going East)
- Algeria (1998, 1999 – both for Sahara Marathon with the Western Sahara refugees)
- Andorra (2017 – Next Stop: Where? by bicycle)
- Argentina (2016 – Next Stop: Where? by bicycle)
- Armenia (2023 — Going East)
- Australia (2005 – Sydney and Camberra after traveling in South Korea)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia (2012 – 2 weeks in the Balkans by train)
- Brazil (2006, 2010, 2016 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Bulgaria (2008 – 2 weeks experience with Eva)
- Cambodia (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Cameroon (2011 – 2 weeks experience with Eva)
- Canada (1992 – Quebec, Montreal, Otawa and Toronto with my mother)
- Cape Verde (2006 – week with parents. New year just before boarding the plane back)
- Chile (2017 – Next Stop: Where? by bicycle)
- China (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Croatia (2012 – 2 weeks in the Balkans by train)
- Denmark
- Estonia (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Finland – (2002/03 – Lived for 1 year in Oulu and several trips after… , 2014 – Cross country week in Killopää, Lapland with Eva)
- France
- Gambia (2007 – New year trip with my parents, 1 week)
- Georgia (2023 — Going East)
- Germany
- Gibraltar (??)
- Greece (2023 — Going East)
- Hong-Kong (2008 – China Outlands, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Hungary (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Iceland (2006 – just for Björk concert in Reykjavik, 2015 – 9 days experience with Eva)
- Ireland (2007 – Long weekend with Eva)
- Italy
- Israel (1994 – One week with my grand-mother Ruth)
- Japan (2007 – Two weeks with Eva, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Kosovo (2023 — Going East)
- Latvia (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Luxemburg (2013 – 3-week bicycle trip in Europe with Eva)
- Macau (2008 – China Outlands, 2009 – Nextstopwhere.com)
- Malaysia (2007 – One week with Luis Ramos, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Monaco (2023 – 2-week bicycle trip with Eva)
- Montenegro (2012 – 2 weeks in the Balkans by train)
- Morroco (1986 – My first flight! One week with my parents)
- Mozambique (2001 – Mozambique, Two-Oceans marathon and Kruger Park)
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia (2023 — Going East)
- Norway (2006 – Very Large Databases conference in Trondheim, 2019 – Ski week in Lyngen)
- Poland (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Portugal
- Romania (1999 – AIESEC Extreme sports program, one week)
- Russia (2003 – Trip for Erasmus students from Finland, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- San Marino (2019 – 3-week bicycle tour from Bern)
- Serbia (2012 – 2 weeks in the Balkans by train)
- Singapore (2007 – End of trip to Malaysia with Luis Ramos, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Slovakia (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Slovenia (2012 – 2 weeks in the Balkans by train)
- South Africa (2001 – Mozambique, Two-Oceans marathon and Kruger Park, 2015 – Kruger, road-trip and Anne/Giovanni wedding with Eva)
- South Korea (2005, 2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Spain
- Sweden (2002, 2008 – both times weekend in Stockholm from Finland, by boat)
- Switzerland
- Thailand (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)
- Taiwan (2008 – China Outlands)
- Turkey (2013 – 10 day trip with Eva to Istanbul, Bursa and Bergama, 2023 — Going East)
- United Kingdom
- United States (1992 – East coast with my mother, 2000 – Hawai and Honululu marathon, 2010 – Next Stop: Where?, 2014 – 3 weeks road trip with Eva)
- Uruguay (2016 – Next Stop: Where? by bicycle)
- Vatican (2007 – trip to Rome with Eva)
- Vietnam (2009 – Next Stop: Where?)