My most memorable experiences ⋆ Victor's Travels

Ate at the cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world (Hong Kong)
Saw 100.000 people doing gymnastics in sync at the Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea. See photo below.

The biggest show I’ve ever seen: The Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang, North Korea

Hands down the best sushi I have ever eaten. Ditto for the Ramen, Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki and Udon noodle soup. Oh Tokyo..

Went to the DMZ between North and South Korea
Slept in a capsule hotel in Tokyo
Took the bullet train all around Japan
Cycled from New York City to Miami (see photo below), Amsterdam to Hamburg, Amsterdam to Trier, Amsterdam to Poznan and Amsterdam to Le Havre

I made it! I simply cannot describe what went through my head after cycling 2.500 km (1.550 miles) and arriving in Miami Beach.

What else can you do in this crazy white desert called Salar de Uyuni?

Been on an island in the Amazon river
Visited the Panama Canal
Jumped on a 6-day cargo boat trip visiting 15 San Blas Islands in between Panama and Colombia
Been asked to strip naked at the Colombia-Venezuela border crossing at night
Survived a lunatic minibus ride from South to North Guyana
Saw the Northern Lights in Tromsø, Norway
Participated in a week-long English language immersion program as a teacher at a beautiful country castle in La Alberca, Spain
Lived in Collective Sunshine for 2 months in Stockholm, Sweden. On another occasion, I got locked out of one of the rooms for 3 days. See photo below.

The beautiful tenants (at the time) of Collective Sunshine.

I hitchhiked 1000+ km in Alaska, USA

Nearly got into an F-5 (highest class) tornado in Kansas with the car I was driving in.
Crossed Canada West to East, and USA East to West and North to South, all by land
Seen New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Los Angeles, Anchorage (Alaska) and Austin.
Sat in a car and a bus for 6 straight days (Anchorage to Toronto) covering 7.000 km
Walked and drove over the Golden Gate Bridge
Went gold mining in North Pole, Alaska
Ate Bison (see photo below), Kangaroo, Moose, Aligator, Cricket, Ostrich, Alpaca Hamster and Springbok.

The Bison-dog (or should I say Hot-Bison?) I ate in Whitehorse, Canada.

Walked from Bondi Beach to Coogee in Sydney
Working as a Milkman at Aussie Farmers Direct
Cycled through Tasmania
Drove 14.000 km on several relocation deals in Australia and USA (including a 5-day 4000km drive from Perth to Sydney)
Seen every landscape imaginable in Australia
Seen Cape Tribulation and Cairns
Swam in a natural volcanic hot waterfall
Did a cliff bungee jump in New Zealand from 80 meters. See photo below.

Climbed mt Wellington (1.3km) and mt Terenaki (2.5 km) in New Zealand
Went sky diving in Pattaya, Thailand. I dreamt of doing this since I was a kid.
Got drunk with a Russian and traded shirts on the Trans-Mongolia Express
Slept in a Mongolian Ger with a -14 Celsius outside temperature
Played at a DJ gig in Ulan Baator in a pub run by a famous Mongolian gangster rapper
Massaged pigs and brushed cows at the Familie Bofkont sanctuary near Amsterdam, The Netherlands. See photo below.
Walked 4 x 50km near Nijmegen (The Netherlands) during the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse and earned a Royal Medal.
Ran a full marathon (Amsterdam Marathon)
Visited a Township in Hermanus, South Africa
Did a self-drive in Addo Elephant Park in South Africa and got charged by elephants 3 times
Had Kobe beef… in Kobe, Japan
Used the Shinkansen bullet train on many occasions in Japan

Gave a bunch of pigs and cows a good rub at the Familie Bofkont sanctuary near Amsterdam.

My most memorable experiences