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Free as a Bird - Accidental Symbolism in At Tiri, Lebanon

This is one of the strongest photos I've ever managed to capture with my modest skills. Sitting bored in guard duty in the dusk of Southern-Lebanon, I was rando...

El Classico de Uruguay - one of the bitterest football rivalries in the world

A day, when the whole Montevideo stood still. Instead of the common people, the only ones roaming the streets were police officers, LOADS of police officers. It...

Amazing skies in Lebanon

So, a couple of years ago, I served a year as a squad leader in the Finnish Defence Forces in UNIFIL peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon. As well as long day...

Svalbard Islands - The Kingdom of Polar Bears

I have always been intrigued by the possibility to travel as far away from civilisation as possible. Svalbard Islands, located only 1000 km from the North Pole ...

Madrid - Three La Liga games in 48 hours

European regions where it is possible to see 3 top-flight matches during a weekend are far less common that one would think: London, Madrid & Istanbul. With a b...

Montevideo Marathon 2018 - What goes on in your head during the 42km?

For couple of weeks ago I got one of the unusual ideas I tend to get: Why not run the Montevideo Maraton in two weeks? I have previously ran two marathons, both...

Calm before the storm

A hasty panorama of what the locals are expecting to be the biggest storm of the year gathering over Montevideo. Let’s see if all the roofs will be in olace tom...

Escaramuza Libros - When a fairytale bookstore meets an amazing restaurant

Anyone with interest in either bookstores or good food knows, that both can be amazing experiences. You can literally spend hours in either one being amused by ...

Tierra del Fuego - Amazing two day hike to the Laguna del Caminante

Tierra del Fuego and especially it's national park offer amazing landscapes for trekking. However my best trekking experience started barely 3 kilometres from t...

Penguin colony in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego - Far from mass tourism

The southernmost part of South America, known as Tierra Del Fuego is a natural miracle in itself with steep mountains rising straight from the sea, hiding turqu...

Cabo Polonio - The ultimate South American getaway

Located on a sandy cape declared as a national park in 2012, Cabo Polonio was originally an escape for the ones fleeing the modern society in search for a more ...

Celebration at the Copa Libertadores playoff Club Nacional - Banfield

As a football fan from Finland I am grown up with half-empty and silent stands. But even on my trips to England and Spain I have never experienced such an atmos...

Punta del Diablo, Uruguay - the finest beaches around

Pictures from a weekend trip to Punta Del Diablo. A laid-back former fishing village now popular among surfers and backpackers thanks to it's amazing beaches. T...

Helsinki -> Montevideo

Around a week ago I changed the snowy landscape of Finland to the midsummer of South America. Been quite busy the first week exploring Montevideo, which btw is ...

Orienteering in the Rauma archipelago

The freezing weather has reached eaven southern Finland. On sunday, the sea-ice was strong enough to carry people, and there was a orienteering course created o...

Supporting my local club, Rauman Lukko

The Playoffs in the Finnish Liiga are getting closer and the fight for the last playoff-places is tough. One of the most traditional clubs in Finland, Rauman Lu...

Mid-winter sun over the Bothnian Bay

A bright winter day in the Finnish Kemi harbour on the shores of Bothnian Bay...

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Long story short: each and every one of us has dreamt of reaching the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Although, I’ll never probably make the sh...

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Time to sum up the things I’ve learned during the last couple of days: Wednesday: Coctails were invented in the US during the prohibition era 1920-1933. The alc...

Chianti, what's with the Black Rooster?

If you've ever picked up a bottle of Chianto Classico, you may have noticed that there is a usually a black rooster pictured somewhere on the label. This has no...