DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN
Explore the World, Without the Tourism Brochure
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DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN isn’t another travel blog selling luxury resorts and Instagram perfection. It’s real travel: incredible places, strange discoveries, spectacular failures, questionable decisions, and the occasional what the hell am I doing here?
Expect brutally honest travel guides, epic photography, fascinating history, and practical advice learned the hard way, with a healthy respect for protecting the places we’re lucky enough to explore.
Explore the world, without the tourism brochure.
Where DO YOU WANT TO GO?
Forget the tourist traps. The best adventures are hiding just beyond them.
Dive into epic destinations, honest travel guides, and unforgettable experiences that will have you planning your next trip before you finish reading.
Asia55Entries
Oceania5Entries
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Because the best travel stories rarely start with “we made sensible choices.”
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Whale Sharks in Bali: Pack Your Shit, They’re in Sumbawa
Searching for whale sharks in Bali? Minor problem: there aren’t any. Pack your shit and head to Sumbawa, where the adventure involves cold showers, a 4AM wakeup, a three-hour Gilligan’s Island boat ride and dozens of idiot tourists launching themselves into Saleh Bay the second someone yells “whale shark.” It’s rural, chaotic, completely ridiculous and absolutely worth it.
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Hunting the Northern Lights: Chasing the Aurora
Some travel experiences aren’t just about the destination; they’re about the moments that make you stop in awe, overwhelmed by the sheer majesty of the world. Chasing the northern lights, nature’s most jaw-dropping light show, is one of those experiences that has failed me spectacularly over the past decade. Multiple trips to Iceland and Alaska …
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Northern Lights Kirkenes: 7 Failures Later, Holy Shit
After three failed attempts in Alaska and four more in Iceland, I was beginning to think the Northern Lights were personally avoiding me. Then I headed offshore from Kirkenes, Norway, into the freezing Arctic darkness for attempt number eight. Apparently, all I had to do was leave the fucking land.
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Lewotobi Laki-Laki: The Volcano That Wants You Dead
Most volcanoes become tourist attractions. Lewotobi Laki-Laki became a disaster zone. Join me as I venture into the shadow of one of Indonesia’s most explosive volcanoes, walking through villages devastated by ashfall, lava bombs, and an eruption that changed thousands of lives forever. This is Lewotobi, uncensored.
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Komodo Village: Where the Neighbors Occasionally Eat Goats
It’s commonplace to visit villages in rural Indonesia with stray dogs and even monkeys. Komodo Village has Komodo dragons, because apparently normal neighborhood wildlife wasn’t interesting enough. Welcome to Kampung Komodo, a small fishing village buried inside Indonesia’s Komodo National Park where people have spent generations sharing their backyard with the largest lizards on Earth. …
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