Rob with kite runners in Kabul, Afghanistan © Rob LendonMeet community-level Pathfinder Rob Lendon, whose weblog asecondlife.co.uk takes you down the highway less-travelled, utilizing exploration to inspire individuals to be extra adventurous and, crucially, glad!
Give us the low down in your weblog
My weblog is a artistic outlet for me to share my images and musings on my travels. I are inclined to journey to less-popular locations, many understand as harmful. It’s not a standard journey weblog in that the articles deal with storytelling, with the intention to encourage individuals to journey relatively than present a sensible information to the locations.
Describe your journey type in three phrases…
Relaxed, impulsive, adventurous.
An unbelievable portrait shot of a Sufi at a mosque from Rob’s travels in Herat, Afghanistan © Rob LendonWhat locations are in your bucket record for 2019?
South America has remained untapped for me, specifically Bolivia and Patagonia. However I additionally need to practice within the martial artwork of Kun Khmer in Cambodia, go to Antarctica, stroll throughout Iceland, climb one other mountain, stroll one other camino and spend a while consuming wine in Alsace, France. It’s going to be a busy 12 months. I are inclined to resolve final minute and go the place my temper takes me, so could nicely find yourself some other place utterly.
The sundown reflecting off Mount Everest’s peak © Rob LendonInform us about your most unforgettable journey reminiscence…
I’m lucky to have many, however I believe trekking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal was essentially the most important. It was on this journey that I realised what was vital to me, and it gave me the push to begin travelling full-time. There was one unforgettable second specifically after I was strolling alongside an open plain with snow-covered mountains rising excessive above me on either side and I simply felt so fortunate to be there in that second. I perceive why it’s a non secular place to the locals: the mountains are rock- and ice-hewn cathedrals in honour of mom nature.
Why do you’re keen on journey running a blog?
It provides me a cause to journey past the apparent. It’s surprisingly straightforward to get complacent about your travels if it’s the one matter you do, and whereas I don’t need to view my travels purely as work, running a blog does present a much-needed focus at instances.
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