https://belvi.tours/journal.html First-person travel writing from the places Belvi travels: Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Rwanda, the Gulf and Europe. en Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 https://belvi.tours/journal/the-corner-table.html https://belvi.tours/journal/the-corner-table.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 A short manifesto about the rituals we build wherever we go. On becoming a local in three days, and why the point is not to see more, but to see one thing properly. https://belvi.tours/journal/iceland-in-november.html https://belvi.tours/journal/iceland-in-november.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 Day three in Iceland, in November. Moss and sulphur and wet wool. Black bread cooked in the ground at Laugarvatn, coffee held with two hands. https://belvi.tours/journal/three-restaurants-el-gouna.html https://belvi.tours/journal/three-restaurants-el-gouna.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 Three tables in El Gouna, on the Egyptian Red Sea. An Italian at the marina, a pizza place near the beach, and one address away from the resort. https://belvi.tours/journal/breakfast-ohrid.html https://belvi.tours/journal/breakfast-ohrid.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 A Monday morning on Lake Ohrid, in North Macedonia. Warm bread from the old town, homemade ajvar, coffee that takes its time, and a fig tree in front of the terrace. https://belvi.tours/journal/canal-side-cafes-amsterdam.html https://belvi.tours/journal/canal-side-cafes-amsterdam.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 A quiet morning on an Amsterdam canal: hand-written menus, coffee without asking, a barge drifting past, and the city teaching you what slow feels like. https://belvi.tours/journal/cappadocia-before-dawn.html https://belvi.tours/journal/cappadocia-before-dawn.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:23:46 +0000 Four thirty in the morning, a cave hotel in Cappadocia. Tea before the climb, the silhouettes of the fairy chimneys, and the other balloons like fireflies in the far valleys.