STEBO'S BLOG

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I am Stephen. I was born in Dublin, Ireland, I now live in Rotterdam, the Netherlands since 2003. I love cooking, travel and learning new languages.

Asia Tour 2026 - Day 25/25 - 3rd September - Going Home

Hotel Corridor We had ordered a taxi for 05:30, it was still dark and I was incredibly hungover. Luckily I had pre-packed everything the day before and put the last few items in my hand luggage. The receptionist had two little breakfast packages for us too. Our bird It was dark for most of the drive, we exited the city and drove across the undulating steppes to the airport. When we arrived at the airport the sun was just rising. For some reason our Turkish Airlines flight wit

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 24/25 - 2nd September - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - City 15/15 - Country 9/9

The Market Entrance It was decided that a day at the market was on the cards. After breakfast we walked 3 km to the Narantuul Market with its beautifully decorated gate. Then market was huge, selling clothes, school stationary, household stuff and what not. Carpet-land More interestingly, they had lots of carpets which in itself was spectacular as they were hung on either side of the aisles and above the aisles making for a very colourful and special experience. Traditional

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Asia Tour 2026 - Day 1/25 - 10th August - Rotterdam, Nederlands - City 2/15 - Country 1/9

Rotterdam Airport Our check in at the airport was not as smooth as I had hoped, they needed to check out visas for Azerbaijan which were dated 11.08.2026 the following day, they figure out eventually that we would actually be arriving the following day so they issued our boarding passes and we proceeded to security. Whiskey and wine in Rotterdam Once in the airport I ordered whiskey and wine just one drink before joining the long queue for passport control. They announced tha

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Oct 8, 20251 min read

Schiedam - Day 1 - Thursday 28th August 2025 - Balkan-Georgia Trip - Day 1/34 - City 1/20 - country 1/11

Too Many Bags Since the weekend I had been endlessly cleaning from the previous party on the saturday. I also needed to get my hair cut...

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Mar 29, 20201 min read

Day 0 - Rotterdam, Nederland - 01 September 2019

Day 0 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands - 01 September 2019 What can I say? Everything is better organised than before. The place is clean and theere is no food left over. I went out for food at La Borsa. I ordered Italian bruschetta and pizza quattro formaggi. I had the feeling that the food was as tired as I was. After a while I went out and had two white wines in bar Strano with Edgar. I am pretending to the world that I am so interested in this big trip when all I want to to i

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