An Icelandic Road Trip – Part 4

I was exhausted after such a long and active day, so I decided not to set an alarm for the following morning. I needed the sleep and thought to myself, breakfast will not go anywhere! I woke up a little later than my usual, but I didn’t fuss about a lost hour or two. I …

An Icelandic Road Trip – Part 3

I woke up the following day to an inviting sunny weather and clear skies. It was my last day in Reykjavik as I was heading towards the south coast. I enjoyed my last breakfast at the hostel, which was always great by the way, and bade them adieu. I didn’t have a set plan regarding …

An Icelandic Road Trip – Part 2

Renting a car in Iceland is not for the fainthearted and the internet is filled with horror stories about driving conditions and rental scams. It doesn’t come cheap either and that, sometimes, forces people to go for compact cars to save money but that’s when they end up in trouble! You can’t expect a compact …

An Icelandic Road Trip – Part 1

I have always been a winter person, even those extremely cold winter days in Egypt were still pleasant for me. Two years into my time in Kuwait I found myself missing the winter season terribly. Despite what people think, I didn’t really believe that the cold a Gulf country like Kuwait offers during its wintertime …

24 Hours in Amsterdam

I had the opportunity to pay the city of Amsterdam a quick visit en route to Iceland in 2017. I had one day to explore the city and here is how I spent my time, what I did and where I stayed. Please note that most of my ventures were sponsored by the precious recommendations …

Visiting RAK

After spending a couple of days in Hatta, Tobias and I headed to our last stop of a week spent going about the UAE. Our stop was a city that’s considered to be the historical capital of the UAE and is located within the 4th largest emirate. We were off to the city of Ras …

Cuttlefish

  Ever wondered where the color sepia originated from? Sepia is a reddish-brown color that was named after the unique brown pigment a cuttlefish releases from its siphon when alarmed Location: Musandum, Oman Camera: Olympus TG-6  

Visiting Hatta

When one thinks about a country like the United Arab Emirates probably the first few things that come to mind are the glamorous city of Dubai, Burj Khailfa, all the shopping malls, and the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. But besides all the glitz a city as glamorous as Dubai can offer, there is more …

 Symmetrical reflection! Fuji X-T20, f/13, 13 sec., ISO 200, 18-55 Fuji lens Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Abu Dhabi, UAE

The Land of a Thousand Islands – Finale

It was amusing to be welcomed to the hostel by a curious yet friendly receptionist. He probably didn’t get to meet a lot of Middle Eastern veiled Muslim females who travel solo before, so he was quite curious about me. I get that a lot and it never bothered me, on the contrary, I always …