A traveler climbs into a taxi on Senegal’s infamous Route de la Corniche and experiences a ride through Dakar he won’t soon forget. “Bonsoir,” said a man’s voice to my…
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Lorenzo Gaertner
Lorenzo Gaertner
Having been born in Cape Town, South Africa to German/Italian parents, then raised in the UK before moving to the Netherlands to study, Lorenzo has never felt tied to any one country. The hours he spent as a child poring over atlases and drawing flags sparked a lifelong passion for travelling, and he is always on the lookout for unique and authentic travel experiences that he can relay through his writing. But, although he relishes the freedom of moving around, he admits that his mixed ancestry does make it hard to know who to support at the World Cup…
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“After the heat, the first thing that hit me was the silence. I couldn’t miss it. There was nothing to absorb sound. No trees, no buildings. Just orange sand stretching…