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Travel plans for 2021
Again this proves to be a challenging year to travel. In the sense that it requires testing and advance planning to go anywhere. However,...
Leon de Leeuw
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Travels through 2020
Not an easy year to travel. Or at least, not when you don't want to dig in and do some research.
Leon de Leeuw
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The call of adventure
Living abroad, you partly or completely have to reinvent yourself. Mostly if you go alone. The advice 'just be who you are' doesn't fly...
Leon de Leeuw
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Why NOT to quit your job to travel
It happens to many of us, the sudden urge to let it all be and leave on a trip. To travel for months or years on end. Why not even...
Leon de Leeuw
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Don't be afraid to travel alone
At first, I traveled alone because I had no other choice. I grew to love it. Traveling alone has become my standard. It does not bother...
Leon de Leeuw
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Hiking trails in Bulgaria - What makes it the thing I love most?
Ever since I came to Bulgaria, I’ve been exploring its trails. There are many leading into the hills and onto steep mountains. All over the
Leon de Leeuw
6 min read


Reasons to go travel alone
Traveling spontaneously Little is more exciting making a coffee and start preparing a good trip. The good part is that you don’t need...
Leon de Leeuw
7 min read


Klisura: One of my first trips in Bulgaria
It was late in January 2015. I zipped up my backpack with just a toothbrush and a shawl in it and left for the central station. I took...
Leon de Leeuw
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How I came to love Eastern Europe and traveling through it alone
I was born a traveler. As a small boy, I read through guidebooks in stores and wondered about places far from home. On the weekends, I...
Leon de Leeuw
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Traveling alone through the Balkans as an introvert
At age seventeen I learned about introversion. A lot of things hit home. I understood that I was not the strange guy I perceived myself...
Leon de Leeuw
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