When I came back home to Iceland after my backpacking trip around Central America, I had a lot to think about. I felt like the world was my oyster, I could do anything. I returned to my old job and realized I needed to do something different, tailor my life so I had the freedom […]
Before I started my three months journey I thought I knew how it would impact me. I was even a little afraid that I was too self aware for it to actually impact me. Once I got moving and met all the wonderful people on the road I realized my ideas were quite presumptuous and […]
I really don’t know where to start this blog, so many things come to mind, but here it goes. The week I spent in the USA Maine camp has been one of the most eventful weeks of my travels. After being able to relax for the two weeks between camps, my body felt much better […]
I just finished a week of intense training in the Caribbean and I had already started thinking about my next camp in USA, Maine. My final destination of this 3 months journey. My body was however feeling it, I had pushed myself past my limits. All my joints ached and I had no gas on […]
Just over two months ago I had started my journey in the El Salvador Globetrotters camp and now I was finally at my second camp in the Caribbean. I had travelled through Central America, hitting as many gyms as I could for two months, meeting people through Jiu Jitsu and others just on the road, […]
This morning I found myself shuffling my feet like a zombie through the airport in Saint Martin. I was exhausted after only getting 3 hours of sleep in the night, it wasn’t even 3 hours of good sleep. I could only blame myself though, I had gotten this idea that it would be funny posting […]
Little over two months ago, right before I headed for my adventure, I saw a post from John Boyle welcoming every globetrotter to drop by at his newly open gym Playa Venao Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. When I scrolled through it and saw the pictures of the gym and it’s location I knew this would have […]
I had met Diego when I trained at Santa Teresa and he told me he owned a hostel in San José and invited me to stay there when I would go. So when I show up in San José I go straight to the hostel. The receptionist was already expecting me and told me that […]
When I was making my way to Jacó I decided to stop at Montezuma and see the local waterfall. It was amazing, after an easy but beautiful hike we enter this paradise surrounded by rocks, plants and a waterfall which formed a peaceful little pond where you could swim in and cool down. Me being […]
Travelling between Tamarindo and Santa Teresa turned out to be much more complicated then I thought, it seemed so close on the map. So I booked a shuttle which went through all kinds of bad roads and over a few rivers. I had been talking with Carl, a fellow Globetrotter from Norway who was currently […]
While staying at Coco beach I asked about Tamarindo and I got the feeling it was kind of touristy town where people go to party, something that doesn’t really intrigue me for this trip. I decided to go there anyway because supposedly there were 3 or 4 BJJ clubs there. When I arrived my thoughts […]
When I crossed over the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica it was like stepping into a new world. A gate to another dimension filled with long lines, paperwork and more lines. I went from running after way too crowded chicken busess who are just reused american looking schoolbuses, to stepping into an air conditioned […]
After my incredible week in El Salvador I flew over to Nicaragua to truly start my backpacking experience. No safety net from a pre-paid organized camp where I don’t have to think about anything except enjoy. I had already did some research online about BJJ in Nicaragua and found out that there wasn’t much of […]
I had heard so many things about El Salvador, it was filled with gangs, crimes and over all a very unsafe country for a tourist. However the Globetrotters camp just looked too good to not go there. It was a Sunday night when I landed in El Salvador, a man greeted me outside the airport […]
For months I had gone through an rollercoaster of emotions, getting overexcited and then stressed out of my mind over my decision. I had decided to leave Iceland for a 3 months journey based around my love for BJJ. Of all places, I decided to travel through Central America, having my first stop in the […]
