A journal by Al Majdoub
The road is a language.
I'm still learning to speak it.
Field notes, countries visited, and photographs from a life lived between airports, dunes, and old cafés.
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Countries visited
6
Field notes published
121
Days on the road
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Turkey
Cappadocia: Sunrise Above the Fairy Chimneys
What it's actually like inside the balloon basket before dawn.
6 min read
Morocco
Sahara Nights: Sleeping Under a Million Stars
A camel-back journey into the Erg Chebbi dunes and the silence that changes you.
6 min read
Japan
Kyoto in November: A Slow Walk Through Autumn
Momiji season in the old capital, from Arashiyama bamboo to hidden tea houses.
7 min read
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Turkey
Cappadocia: Sunrise Above the Fairy Chimneys
What it's actually like inside the balloon basket before dawn.
6 min read
Morocco
Sahara Nights: Sleeping Under a Million Stars
A camel-back journey into the Erg Chebbi dunes and the silence that changes you.
6 min read
Japan
Kyoto in November: A Slow Walk Through Autumn
Momiji season in the old capital, from Arashiyama bamboo to hidden tea houses.
7 min read
Georgia
The Tbilisi Wine Diaries
Eight thousand years of qvevri wine, one nomad, and a lot of khachapuri.
5 min read
Vietnam
Lantern Season in Hoi An
The old town at full-moon glow — and where to find the best banh mi.
4 min read
Portugal
Lisbon by Tram 28
The best €3 tour of the Alfama, told stop by stop.
5 min read
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