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Journey so far

23 cities · 16 countries · 34,449 km logged

Movement

Indices of movement

Between stops

34,449 km

0.86x the equator

Stories

45

23 cities

Countries

16

Furthest north

Stories by place

Dispatches from Turkiye

All (45)Portugal (7)Finland (7)Switzerland (6)England (3)Germany (3)Austria (3)Ireland (2)Turkiye (2)Netherlands (2)Denmark (2)Czechia (2)

66°30′09″N

Rovaniemi, Finland

Hungary (2)
Scotland (1)
United States (1)
Slovakia (1)
Italy (1)
cities
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Istanbul // Turkiye24 Dec 2023

cities · first times · food

Both Sides of Istanbul, Then Home

“Hagia Sophia's dome, a modern mosque at dawn, then a ferry across the Bosphorus.”

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airports
Istanbul // Turkiye23 Dec 2023

airports · budget travel · getting lost

A Delayed Night Flight to Istanbul

“Crossing from one forgotten edge of Europe to another on a delayed night flight from Helsinki.”

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