Good news. And bad.

Some things have happened the last couple of days. For some of you these things might be really good, but for some of you probably not. Not very bad, but I don't think you will open a bottle of champagne and have a big, big party... Anyway.

A week ago I received an offer I couldn't refuse. The editor of the "travel part" for the swedish website N24.se send me an e-mail and asked if I wanted to run a travel blog at their site. This is really good for me because it's a great opportunity to write for a bigger "crowd", the bad thing is that I'll write in swedish.

For those of you who understand swedish, you'll find the new blog here: http://nyheter24.se/bloggar/resebloggar/fran-kiruna-till-kapstaden

I'm not sure if I'll have enough energy or time to run two blogs at the same time, but I'll really try to do some shorter updates here now and then, just to keep all of you english-speakers updated.

And now over to the last reports from Mr. Magnusson and his travel from Kiruna to Cape Town. I left Beirut a couple of days ago, heading back to Syria and Damascus. Was a bit bored in Beirut, but it was really nice to just relax for a couple of days. Back in Syria again, a country I'm in love with. The situation is a little bit hard for me because there are a lot of things which I'm not very happy about. The fact that it's a dictatorship and some of the social consequences from the religion is not really what I like, but I'm not able to hide my feelings. The people are so friendly, the atmosphere is so great, the food couldn't be better, it's easy to travel around in the country and there's a lot of things to see and do. I'm one of those who love to walk around in a new town for a couple of days, both Damascus and Aleppo are really good for that, but there's also a lot of beautiful landscapes, some great old castles and ruins, the sea and a lot of other things.

Did spend three days in Damascus this time (I'll probably go back for a couple of months when it's possible) and just had a really good time! But everything has an end, and so my time in Syria. On the road again, this time to Amman, Jordan!

One night in Amman before it was time for one of the big highlights of this trip, Petra! It's crazy, go here! Because of that I had a couple of lazy days the last weeks I'm full of energy at the moment, which is perfect over here in Petra. Except of the main sites there are a lot of fantastic mountains for some soft climbing, and I like it! Will stay here for two nights before I move on again. Seven hours of total freedom today and another ten-twelve hours tomorrow.

Heading back to my hostel now for a big dinner and a calm night. Although I'm young and have been saving energy the last days it's a tiring activity to climb mountains in 30 degrees and a burning sun...

Love love!