HeyJaredTarek's Journal
Going to places, doing things, meeting people, exploring, experimenting, learning, unlearning, questioning, reflecting, writing and trying to figure things out.
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Sarajevo (opens the original)
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When I was at school, we used to often pray for various places with large Muslim populations. Bosnia was one of those and while I knew at the time something bad was happening there, I didn’t really know much more than that. Still though, the words Bosnia, and Sarajevo were etched in my mind at a young age and I have always been curious about this place in Europe with such a large Muslim population.Earlier this year, I had spent some time in Croatia and Montenegro and have gotten to finally under
Kenya (opens the original)
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I think many people go to Kenya primarily for safari. Indeed, safari was definitely one of the main things I wanted to experience in Kenya, but I had wanted to go to Kenya for over 15 years now ever since I made friends with a bunch of lovely Kenyans back in Sheffield and Liverpool during my student days. And even if I didn’t meet them with everyone’s life going in different direction since then, it was nice to finally visit their country.Travelling to Kenya was ok, but I’d never been on a longe
Permaculture in Portugal (opens the original)
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I feel like every time I visit Portugal I am in such a different place in life. A few years ago I was hear and I was so distressed I was regularly unable to sleep. I remember going for a run to ‘make myself feel better’ (didn’t work) and I remember carrying around an at that point unopened box of SSRIs. The last time I was here I ran a marathon (in Porto). To be honest things were yet again not great but I did manage to complete the race.This time I arrived to Lisbon off the back of a few weeks
Kayaking in Sweden (opens the original)
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A few days before starting the hike in the Balkans, I’d spontaneously decided to continue the physical challenge theme and head over to Sweden for 5 days of kayaking on Stockholm’s archipelago along with camping on different islands, lots of sauna and experiencing midsommar celebrations in Sweden. Midsommar, which is celebrated around the summer equinox time is Sweden’s most significant cultural holiday and is as important as Christmas in Swedish culture.Thanks for reading, please c
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