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Category AsiaPosted on March 26, 2013

Turning 28 Abroad and Reflecting on Success

As I sit here in a small internet cafe on a blustry Turkish day in the small coastal town of Bodrum, I find it hard to believe that I'm already celebrating my 28th birthday.  I suppose it isn't the most remarkable of birthdays.  It's not one that signifies becoming a man, earning new rights, or on…
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Category BackpackingPosted on February 6, 2013February 6, 2013

Live Better: How I Seek Inspiration

A few years ago I made an internal decision:  I was happy dedicating myself to my career and to "growing up" but that I was unwilling to simply blindly conform to what society told me I was supposed to do.  Perhaps the…
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Category EuropePosted on November 25, 2012

Please Don’t Segregate Me!

It's one of the fundamental but often overlooked or ignored pleas that international students make. As a full degree student (someone doing an entire MA program here in Denmark) one of my biggest concerns and top prior…
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Category AsiaPosted on October 8, 2012

Oops – Was That a Social Norm? Sorry Dubai!

You know that moment when the doors close, the hustle/bustle/rush of getting on to or into somewhere passes and you you look around only to realize you're not where you should be?  It's an awkward moment.  One I genera…
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Category AfricaPosted on October 1, 2012October 1, 2012

Travel Fears: Africa – Disease, HIV and Light Hypochondria

I began this series of posts with a piece exploring the topic of race.  In this, the 2nd in the series, I will continue to share the concerns, uncertainties and revelations that led up to and culminated in my visit to …
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Category AfricaPosted on September 18, 2012

Travel Fears: Africa – Revelations as A White Traveler

This is a hard and somewhat scary post to write. In part because the ideas and realizations I want to share are difficult to communicate and convey and in part because if I fail to convey them properly I'll come across as a complete asshole.  Still, I think it's worth it because I think the realiz…
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Category BackpackingPosted on September 10, 2012April 23, 2013

Avoid Wrecking Your Study Abroad Experience

The bartender leaned across the dark stained wood that marked a bar that had heard and seen the drunken adventures of revelry makers for decades.  In a thick Irish accent he rambled off, "What'll ya' take darlin?" with…
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Category AfricaPosted on August 24, 2012

A Photographer’s Late Night Musings

As I start this post it's 2AM on a Friday night.  I've opted to stay in, distracted - or dare I confess lost in editing photos from my recent trip through Zambia.  I've got a half empty glass of 15 year old Scotch and …
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Category Human InteractionsPosted on June 13, 2012June 13, 2012

Advice to Graduates: A Reading List To Become a Literate Global Citizen

I offer this advice to recent university graduates. The final months of university and first few months after academic life winds to an end are intense. You learn a lot and you find yourself adapting and trying to filt…
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Category BackpackingPosted on March 4, 2012

An Unexpected Introduction to Istanbul

I swallowed hard with an expression that was no doubt a mixture of delight and annoyance as I suppressed that small lump clawing its way up into my throat as the airplane descended the final few thousand feet before bo…
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Alex Berger

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In 2007 I set out on a three-month solo trip through Europe, in 2011 I re-located to Copenhagen. I’ve been authoring VirtualWayfarer ever since with a focus on sharing stories, musings, and advice through a visually and narrative rich format. I’m also the author of Practical Curiosity: The Guide to Life, Love & Travel and the inventor of the MistDefender lens cloth.

I document my travels on a Sony A7RV and iPhone 16Pro.

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