I have born as an adrenaline junkie. Doing adventures is in my blood. It is simply who I am. For me, my home is in Finnish Lapland. There I have lived most of my life. I really love Lapland and for me it is a very special place. I graduated as a wilderness guide from vocational college of Tampere in Finland. I have always loved adventures and I remember that I have been doing different adventures since I have been a kid. But after all these years, riding my bicycle around the World is one of my favourite.
I wanted to cycle around the World. I saved money for two years by working and living in a van in Helsinki, Finland. The van was very tiny and it didn’t have running water neither heating.
In August 2018, I finally sold my car and most of my belongings, and cycled off into the World with my ex. We cycled till Gambia a got stuck there because of the pandemic for a year. When it was possible again, we came back to Finland and crossed the Finland from Helsinki to Rovaniemi in the middle of the winter. I started my other part of cycling in Africa and flew to east Africa in order to continue my journey. I cycled solo from Kenya to Namibia.
Traveling for so long, means it is a lifestyle, and I love it. Discovering new places every day, meeting the most wonderful people and ending each day by pitching my home in a new, wild campsite. It is all an adventure, and it is all so exciting and inspiring that I cannot imagine it will ever get boring.
Crossing countries by bicycle feels like that I have discovered a whole new planet. I also enjoy living an ecological lifestyle which it is possible for me now. I eat from nature as much as I can: berries, nuts, fruits, mushrooms, herbs and the odd roadkill deer. The bonus is that being ecological also most of the time means being economical.