I can’t think of a more adventurous and eventful year in my life than 2016. I had already been hitchhiking for the past 5 months in the Balkans and Turkey, but 2016 marked my entrance into the crazy and wondrous world of Asia. From being hosted by an entire village in the mountains of Armenia for New Year’s Eve, and later nearly stuck in a snow storm the day of my birthday, sleeping in the 2nd largest...

Being interrogated by the Iranian police is never fun. But it gets even less enjoyable, when you have an American passport concealed in your backpack and you know the serious accusations you could face if it was ever found. So when the imposing officer started searching every corner of my bag, I was sure I would be spending the night in jail...                ...