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26/05/2023 Soaked to the bones
I woke up in my tent around 5:30am after a horrific night. Around 1am I got woken up by lightning and thunder, with the outer sheet not in place I was praying to the universe, to Allah and god for it to pass. I pressed myself to the ground afraid of the lightning. “It will…
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25/05/2023 Floating high, free falling low
I woke up in my hotel room at the petrol station around 5:30am. The spacious and cosy bed was holding me in his wings and made getting up incredibly difficult, hence I turnt around and decided to snooze a bit longer. Why not? What’s the rush? It will be hot in any case. When do…
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24/05/2023 9 months on the road
I woke up at the petrol station at Dhalm. My night was better than I expected it to be, around 5:30am I packed my belongings and walked over to the cafe, I sipped on Saudi cafe, while I tried to wake up slowly. Someone had made nasty comments on social media, a new experience I…
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23/05/2023 Iron will
I woke up on the carpet of my hosts families living room in Al Khurma. I was impressed when Naif sister came to wake me up at 5am. Drowsy was I sitting on the carpet in my Arabic pjs, trying to wake up. Suddenly Naif’s sister appeared with a tray of breakfast – eggs, yogurt,…
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22/05/2023 Living
I woke up at my campsite next to the highway, looking around I saw the colours of dusk painting the sky. Oh how I loved sleeping in the flynet of my tent. Content I prepared breakfast and cardamom coffee at 5:30am. ‘Maybe I don’t have the most picturesque campsites’, I thought to myself, ‘but maybe…
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21/05/2023 Nuisance
I woke up in my tent before sunrise. Rocks, rigid hills and scars tree were surrounding my tent. During the night I had woken up multiple times and every time I was pleasantly surprised, that there was still plenty of time to sleep. I felt more like myself, more at peace, less exhausted and sleep…
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20/05/2023 Inner and outer storms
I woke up on a mattress at Marco‘s couchsurfing host in Al SAR. Instead of rushing to leave early, I slowly prepared breakfast and coffee. I sat outside in my shorts and shirt, knowing that it would be seen as haram, forbidden by Allah, if somebody sees me like this. I was longing for freedom,…
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17/05/2023 Laughing out loud
I woke up at 3:30am, in a park just before the climb up to Al Hada, when my alarm went off, I pressed the snooze button and turnt around, I wasn’t quite ready yet to leave the comfort of my ‚bed‘ behind. At 4:15am I finally felt ready to get up. The world surrounding me,…
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16/05/2023 The universe doing its things
I woke up in my tent close to Al Burj at 4am. The crescent of the moon loomed above the desert hills on the black night sky. I stretched my arms, up high, gazing at the grey desert surrounding me. I started to prepare breakfast in the darkness. While I was brewing my cardamom coffee,…
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12/05/2023 Come on Madeline!
I woke up at Melanie’s and Olaf’s place at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) at 4:50am, I felt tired. Downstairs in the kitchen Melanie was already baking bread rolls and sweet pastries. I brewed cardamom coffee, sat down and ate Melanie’s delicious and freshly baked bread rolls. Mel and me got along…
Journey to myself 