Hidden beneath jungle vines and red earth, the ruins of San Ignacio Mission tell a powerful story of faith, encounter, and fragile coexistence. Walking among these ancient stones in northern Argentina, I followed the footsteps of Jesuit missionaries and the Guaraní people, where belief, culture, and history once collided - and where their echoes still linger in the silence today.

Alaska hit me like a breath of cold, wild freedom in 1997. I had travelled far north, from Anchorage all the way to Kotzebue - a small city of just over 3000 people, sitting on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. It felt like arriving at the end of the world, where the wind carries old stories and the horizon never seems to end.

I sometimes think back to that day on the Sepik I Papua New Guinea and laugh. If I were a poker player, I would want the crocodile look. No emotion. No giveaways. Just that steady, unchanging curve that says nothing and suggests everything.

Before rock music, mental illness was something people whispered about - or didn’t mention at all. But rock changed that. It brought emotion out into the open. It showed that even the strongest, loudest, and most admired artists could feel broken inside. 

Travelling through the ancient heart of the Inca world changed how I see everything. I walked these sacred paths like a curious detective, trying to piece together clues left in the stones. 

And it was even in the fog. This day I walked the slopes of Haleakalā in 1987, in the volcanic landscapes and sub-tropical rain forest, the fog wrapped everything in silence – included me. I wondered, could it be something interesting to observe there?

When you stand before the Peace Palace, you feel it: this is where nations come to argue not with weapons, but with words. In The Hague stands the Peace Palace, one of the city’s most iconic landmarks in the Netherlands - lies on the North Sea coast, in the province of South Holland. 

In life, just like in football, rejection can feel like the end. But for many, it’s the beginning of something greater. Some of the world’s best players were once told they weren’t good enough. But instead of giving up, they used rejection as motivation. They found strength in failure, and that strength helped them rise.