.. that are mostly just names and spaces on the map. What’s been apparent is that there is so much about parts of the world which are often misrepresented to us by western media. I’m struck by the friendliness and welcome extended by people in the poorest parts of the world, where visitors are rare — let alone engaging Dutch women on a motorcycle called Frankie. The most tense part was Noraly’s crossing of Afghanistan and her relations with the police and military at endless checkpoints.