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Erik Chistov~Around The World

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A look into my instagram feed.
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Today is exactly 10 months since i started my Around The World trip. I have been to so many places and i have seen so much for this time , it can be written in the books, and one day - it will be. ⠀⠀⠀ 10 months, and we keep moving. So far so good. Of course i had a lot of ups and downs, but life would not be as beautiful as it is without “downs” , so you can appreciate the “up” side. ⠀⠀⠀ For 10 months i have visited 8 countries , and it doesnt go according to my plan. I would say - completely nothing goes as planned , but it gives it so much spicy feeling, so it is better this way for sure. ⠀⠀⠀ One day i will make a big conclusion about everything , but for now i just want to say a huge “Thanks” to every single one of you, who supports me mentally through this journey, especially when i have hard times. Support matters and i do appreciate it. ⠀⠀⠀ 10 months . 300 days out of comfort zone and exactly 1 year since i left my lovely Iceland and quit my job . Woah, time just flies like crazy. Dont waste it , we only live once , guys ❤️
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I remember that day, when we went to this beautiful waterfall with my fellow friend and stumbled across the group of young Indonesian students. They were making some sort of school project. ⠀⠀⠀ Considered it as an option, i asked the guy to sit on a rock, and enjoy the sunlight leaks dropping on his face. It was a magical moment for both of us. For me- creating such stunning images , for him, to be a center of attention. It was a funny days. Hopefully to come back one day. Kinda missing that Bali vibe .
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Sometimes you need to see it from another perspective, and you will change your mind seeing the real beauty.
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Rainbow stairs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When i cane there , it was a mid day of weekend. Arrogant it was to think, that there will be no people. ⠀⠀⠀ And of course, we had thousands of locals and tourists visiting this place that day. ⠀⠀⠀ What left me speechless is that as soon you approach upper temple, you will find out a huge amount of garbage being on the floor, in trees, all around. ⠀⠀⠀ People coming to pray and worship, but at the same time they are leaving mess all around. How would i call it? I dont know. I just know, that it is very common for Asia compared to Europe where i came from. How do you like wide angle shot ? 🙏🏾🙋🏾
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So i am driving around North part of Vietnam. Stopped today in a city named Phu Yen . Honestly , it feels like i am in a sort of ghost city or isolated from the world place. Why? Let me explain. ⠀⠀⠀ All starts with hotel choosing . I checked booking and agoda - nada . Complete zero . Only few places in google maps . Hm, okay . Found a motel , which really is so cool and huge and looks like a proper 3-4 star hotel . ⠀⠀⠀ Move on . I would say i am the only one white guy in the city . People loosing their jaws when seeing me , like “who is that bleached dude with tattoos?”⠀⠀⠀ Moving forward . I am hungry, looking in google maps for the place to eat. Want some wester food. Came to one location - place doesnt exist . Came to another - doesnt exist . Ended up in local place. ⠀⠀⠀ Ordered some french fries . Through google translate got Informed , that it is not a season for potatoes , so they dont have it. I am done . Where i am ? ⠀⠀⠀ Images from my heart loved Bali.
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Can you spot an aligator in one of these images , or maybe in a few ? Take a closer look , write down in the comments if you have spotted this fella 🐊
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His name is Vito. He is 48 years old hard working man from Java, Indonesia. ⠀⠀⠀ On every day basis he is going inside the crater of Ijen volcano to pick up sulphur (yellow stones which you see in a carrying cage) . ⠀⠀⠀ At once he is able to carry on his shoulders around 70kf of sulphur, hiking up from crater of volcano. ⠀⠀⠀ These hard working people dont wear mask, they just use some tissues or peace of clothing to cover mouth and nose , and not always, i would say. ⠀⠀⠀ Me and my friend tried to go down with them, but we couldnt even breath through the respiratory mask, and also smoke gets into your eyes, so it is difficult to see anything. ⠀⠀⠀ Vito is getting paid around 300k rupees, which is just above 20usd a day. To earn such amount , he needs to go twice to the very bottom of the crater and pick up heavy sulphur . After that he needs to put it on a carrying cage and bring it down from volcano peak. Takes almost whole day of hell hard job. ⠀⠀⠀ Vito says , there is no opportunity for him to have another job in this area, and this is the only job he can get nowadays to earn this amount of money. ⠀⠀⠀ Hats down to Vito and every sulphur picker in Java.
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Scroll the last image and you will see my everyday face impression 🤣⠀⠀⠀
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