Emerald Stories · 4 published
The honest middle ground: regular trips, real opinions, and the parts of travel nobody photographs.
I'm launching a small-group travel company with my best friend Mirjan: Alaya Tours. Here's what it is, the trips we're running, and where we're headed first.
After weeks of crossing borders and rivers, a quiet morning brought a simple thought: the more I travel, the more I realize I am not moving through nature. I am made of it.
Myanmar is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. It is also one of the hardest. This is what I found when I went in late 2025.
Wandering Emerald isn’t a ‘top ten things to do’ website. It’s built around one belief: that a place is more interesting when you understand it. A welcome note from Merald.