Samer Kawar … has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture

Samer has managed to work full time as an architect as he chases 193 Samer shared with me that he’s driven to travel by FOMO and YOLO. The fear of missing out and you only live once, pushes him to ... read more

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Four. Today was going to be a bit low key compared to the previous, action-packed, day. I crammed down some sort of egg creation ... read more

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Three

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Three. I awoke to darkness, and today was going to be an exciting and busy day. I gobbled down a quick breakfast of eggs and tea ... read more

A Guide: Seven Days In Oman

A Guide: Seven Days In Oman. Oman is the Quiet Man of the Middle East. Think about, you don’t hear much about it compared to its neighbors. War in Yemen and Syria. The ongoing violence in Iraq. ... read more

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Two

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day Two. The morning was grey. I tapped on my phone and called a car using my Yandex app (Russia’s answer to Uber). It was only ... read more

Vanuatu’s Heart: Full Of Love Or Hate?

Vanuatu’s Heart: Full Of Love Or Hate? In my quest to travel to every country in the world, I visited the remote Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. While on the island I had a health incident which I ... read more

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One

Five Days At The Russian Cosmodrome Baikonur For A Manned Space Launch Day One. My afternoon flight from Almaty touched down at the Kyzylorda domestic airport. I had landed in Kyzylorda, a city founded ... read more

Kazakhstan – 118th Country

Kazakhstan – 118th Country. To see where I have been so far, check out my map as I count down the final 93 countries on the road to all 193 UN countries. Kazakhstan is my 118th country. Check out my ... read more