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"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
Selected
JOURNEYS
"Travelling - it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller",
by Ibn Battuta.
Our journeys are bold and ambitious, and perhaps the flagship of this homepage.
Although we are also trekking and island nerds, our journeys are sorts of trailblazing travel expeditions which are unique, challenging and adventurous, and thus they epitomize our spirit within adventure.
Often, the regions, countries and places we visit during our journeys take on an exotic quality. What matters is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. Often, we might have to overcome a bit of hardship and logistical challenges since our journeys most often don’t run smoothly. This is all part of the fun.
In our view, a journey is something you would recommend to others. To us, what really matters, is to get away from the established routes and seek something that little bit more special and authentic. We are not talking about the ultimate expedition, but to move away from the familiar, out of the comfort zone, where everyday situations and events take on an exotic quality.
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part II
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
From Europe to the Himalayas along
THE HIPPY TRAIL
Part III
TravelTwins.dk
Exploring the less beaten paths of the world
- look, read, dream, travel!
Jakob & Anders in Gudhjem on the island of Bornholm, summer 2024
Exploring the less beaten paths of the world
Meet Anders and Jakob, two Danish travelers (born 1982) with endless curiosity about remote regions and a big passion for exploring the less beaten parts of the world. We have toured across many continents and oceans with little less than a bag of clothes in the one hand and a camera in the other, and we would love to share some of our experiences.
As the homepage name suggests we're twins, and we've always liked playing around together with different projects. That is why we’ve decided to make this homepage together to inspire and engage fellow travelers. Surf around our pages and get stimulated. We are happy if we can add value to your next travel itinerary.
We've both been to 100+ countries and, collectively, we have travled across more than 140 countries and territories. However, this homepage only chronicles selected pictures from selected destinations. We focus on people, nature, landscape and adventure photos from less beaten parts of the world as well as a few classics.
It is not our mission to tick off countries from a list. Although we strive to visit new places, we tend to return to the same places. For instance, this is why we've spent four months in India, five months in Indonesia, etc. When we visit a country or region, we strive to select unique places where typical selection criteria are: remoteness, word-of-mouth-uniqueness, people & culture, and gut-feeling when looking at an atlas. Proximity to either climbable high mountains and volcanoes or world-class dive sites has an additional pull.
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If you have a question regarding travel planning or certain destinations please feel free to contact us.
Anders: andersmadsenpedersen (at) gmail (dot) com
Jakob: jakobmp28 (at) hotmail (dot) com
All pictures are of course © Anders & Jakob Pedersen.
A bit of history:
Hiking in the Vogeser Mountains, France - a special place that we would return to more than 6 times in the 1990ies.
Trekking in the Rockies, Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
On a longer trek in Sarek National Park in Lapland - one of the last wilderness areas in Europe. We started doing week-long trekking tours outside Denmark on our own from the age of 16.
Scaling Mount Glittertinnen in Central Norway during a private expedition.
Fintuning our SCUBA-diving skills during a couple of months in Thailand - here at Koh Tao. Since then, we've dived in probably more than 50 different countries/ territories - from Iceland over Iran to South Africa.
Looking a bit scared of the shark diving that we were about to try out! During our Indonesian traverse and a long travel across South East Asia in 2004.
The first of many travels across the Philippine archipelago during the next 10 years.
2 months in Iran & Kurdistan, and climbing the highest point in the Middle East, Mt. Damavand
Trekking on Mount Kenya and visiting national parks across Kenya, during autumn.
Traveling around South of France. The highlight was the wedding of our friends living in Montpelier
Across the Rwenzori Massif on the border between DR Congo and Uganda.
Preparing a SCUBA-dive during a sailing trip across the Cote d'Azur, France - in early spring.
Before a cold-water SCUBA-dive to the "Kontiki Wreck", off the island of Funen, Denmark, During an unusually warm Sunday morning in September.
Traveling in Saudi Arabia.
Island hopping and trekking in the northern Atlantic across the Shetland Islands with four of our six kids.
Traveling in Iraq, here at the prison used by Saddam Hussein, in Sulaimanyeh
Back in Iraq - this time traveling from Baghdad to Basra - here at Ur, the oldest known civilization in the world, together with their private guard and driver
Traveling during two weeks across 10 islands in the Turks & Caicos archipelago together with our families respectively
Hooking up at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Anders and his family is visiting Jakob and his family, whom moved to and resided in New York from 2022-24.