Category: Travel and Culture
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Bilbao: A good place
I have travelled to many places and liked many of them, but Bilbao felt strangely warm. More like a place to live than just to visit. Since it was November and in the north, I can’t say it was a typical Spain trip, but the city’s reserved warmth — more serious than Spain’s Mediterranean coast,…
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Exploring Riga: A Journey through Melancholy and Warmth
It was my second time in Riga. Unlike my first visit, this time I was greeted not by the sun, but by gray clouds. I had planned this trip simply to get away from mz surronding for a bit. But as the clouds and the cold Soviet architecture welcomed me, I wondered—had I made a…
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Addressing Global Inequality: The Power of Small Gestures
In 2021, I used my birthday as an excuse to start a small aid campaign. Together with friends, we donated books to a village school in Mardin, Turkey. It was the beginning of my small gestures time to time. Our motivation was justice. Not every child was as lucky as we were. Not every child…
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Medellin – Travel Notes-2
3.Gün We started our third day in Medellín with a visit to the Escobar Museum.A traveler we met at our hostel said he wouldn’t visit the museum out of respect for the local people, and that he wouldn’t spend money there. I don’t quite see it that way. The topic of Escobar is a major…
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Medellin – Travel notes
Day 1 When we landed in Medellín, the taxi fares gave us a bit of a shock. But as we headed toward the city center, that surprise faded. The distance was much longer compared to Bogotá, and we also used a toll road. The journey itself was much more scenic than in Bogotá. As we…
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Insights from Bogotá:
In February(2023), I traveled outside of Europe for the first time. The destination: Colombia—specifically, Bogotá and Medellín. After watching countless documentaries, films, and series about the country, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited. In this post, I’m taking a break from my usual focus on personal growth and instead sharing raw, real…
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Conserving the Amazon: Challenges and Responsibilities
The Leaf-Cutter Ants and the Vanishing Lungs of the Earth One of the permanent workers of the Amazon is the leaf-cutter ant. In forests where trees can grow up to 90 meters tall, they form a bridge between the canopy and the forest floor. After humans, they create one of the most complex animal societies.…
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An Orange Tree, A Palm Tree, and a Love That Defied Death
Legends, stories, heroes — as I mentioned before, we’re continuing in the same vein. This time, I’ll tell you about a love story from Seville. You could call it their version of Romeo and Juliet. The story takes place in the Santa Cruz district. This is a lively area that tourists often visit, where you…
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Exploring East Germany’s Propaganda Machinery
NOTE: Everything mentioned below is real and has actually happened. There are no hidden references or innuendos. I had passed by this place many times before but never went in, partly because of its location and partly because the sign looked like a tourist trap. But this time, due to the rain, I decided to…
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Is Travel Worth It? Key Reasons Not to Go
In my previous post, I talked about why we should travel and what travel brings to our lives.This time, let’s look at the opposite: why not travel? Although we often call the 21st century the age of technology, at least in its first half I think it is more accurate to call it the age…
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