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.
7
Countries visited
6
Field notes published
121
Days on the road
Featured
From the journal
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
Where I've been
Featured countries
CA
Los Angeles, United State
Los Angeles is the second largest city in the US and the anchor of the west coast. The West LA area is what people typically imagine when thinking about California - palm trees, open sky and beaches. I was fortunate to live in the Santa Monica area for a couple years, so I know first hand that there are endless places to go and see.
West Asia
Turkey
Bosphorus mornings and hot-air balloons over Cappadocia.
Caucasus
Georgia
Wine, mountains, and the warmest hospitality in the Caucasus.
Latest
Recent field notes
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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