Mikael Strandberg

Guide and Producer of documentaries, Expeditions, Photos, Books, Blogs

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

I never thought I would become my mother.

Then, outside my daughter’s football training in Malmö, I suddenly saw the chain:

Hedvig.
Me.
Dana.
Maybe Eva too.
An essay about what we inherit, and what we pass on without knowing it.
https://t.co/RuIJ5Vjlef

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Bruised, overfed, tired and back on the road with people who understand me.

From Istanbul to Georgia and on to Baku, this latest Defender X leg became a piece about friendship, aging, borders, the Caucasus, and why the road still matters.

https://t.co/4CP3UqC2WZ #DefenderX

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

I sleep worse now.

Not because anything dramatic has happened in my own life, but because the world keeps pushing its way into it. I wake after five hours, pick up my phone, and start reading the news. Trump. Putin. Ukraine. Gaza. Threats.

https://t.co/8WzC595kkJ

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Jag går upp klockan tre varje morgon.

Inte för att jag vill.
Utan för att jag måste få ihop livet som ensamstående pappa.
Resten av dagen tillhör mina döttrar.

Här är sanningen om hur det faktiskt ser ut
https://t.co/82N6meFWUW
#singlefather #fatherhood #parenting #dadlife

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

El Darién isn’t a border. It’s a green wall between Colombia and Panama where the road ends. We went in anyway.
https://t.co/OL0aId5H4W
#ElDarien #DarienGap #TravelWriting #Bikepacking #Adventure

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Hur jag tränar vid 64 för att klara nästa expedition. Mindre ego, mer hållbarhet. Återhämtning som träning.
https://t.co/pGddS4IqTm
#träning, #äventyr, #expedition, #uthållighet, #styrketräning, #löpning, #cykling, #friluftsliv, #berg, #mountaineering, #alpinism

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Five hours sleep. Smooth roads. Great hotels. Still: deep head-tiredness.

Defender X leg to Istanbul, convoy life, filming, hard drives, Bulgaria detours, and why this kind of travel can drain you more than hard expeditions.
https://t.co/JQfA5aecBC
#DefenderX #Overland

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

7–8 hours Reims → Munich. Highways and gas stations, then a perfect Munich night: beer hall, cigar lounge, cognac, team talk. Defender X rolls on. Budapest next.

X hashtags

#DefenderX #DefenderXExpedition #Documentary #Filmmaking #OnTheRoad #Munich #Budapest

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Back on the road with Defender X. London → Istanbul now, then aiming for London → Sydney. Two cars with names. Eight people.
Full story: https://t.co/2YD8V8B7Fm
#DefenderX #Overlanding #LandRoverDefender

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Imorgon flyger jag till London. Defender X drar igång igen: London → Sydney (först 1 vecka till Istanbul för att “relocate the vehicle”). Två bilar med namn: Princess & The Mothership. Jag skrev en bakgrund
https://t.co/1ZeLuEi2V3
#DefenderX #LandRoverDefender #Overlanding

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Ecuador: the country that climbs.
Border sharks → banana roads → Cuenca → Chimborazo (6,310m) → the Napo River, where the jungle dream breaks.
New Substack: https://t.co/75FG9AtmjI

#Ecuador #Bikepacking #BicycleTouring #TravelWriting #Chimborazo #Advent

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

I found a worn photo of me at Machu Picchu. 17 years old, first trek, so hungry I couldn’t even boil pasta—yet I felt freer than ever. That’s where it began: learning to get lost.
https://t.co/g2hiagjiVP
#TravelWriting,#Adventure

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Att få gå vilse https://t.co/kdpnpXv7H6

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Då kunde man resa och försvinna ett tag. Ingen mobil. Ingen blå prick på en karta. Bara du, leden och dina misstag. Här är texten om hur allt började för mig.

https://t.co/jBhvZrcozs

#resande #vandring #nyfikenhet #attgåvilse

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Peru: one week in the high Andes—pure sublimity—then heat, dust, and the mental grind that breaks you. New story: “Sublime, Then Savage.”
https://t.co/q5EkCJGtuY

#Peru #Andes #CordilleraBlanca #CallejonDeHuaylas #Huaraz #Huascaran #Alpamayo #BicycleTravel #Bikepacking

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

120,000+ reads.

A letter to my daughters: war logic is back, climate pressure is rising, and strongmen are testing the rules.
How do you tell your kids the truth—without giving them despair?

https://t.co/NQD8mned41

X hashtags (2–4 max):
#Climate #Geopolitics #Democracy

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Peru: the heat that breaks you — and reshapes you.
https://t.co/XneDxtrmvP #Peru #Andes #BicycleTouring #TravelWriting #Memoir

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

At 24 (1986–87) I cycled into the Atacama. Camanchaco wind, rationed water, desert routines — and the desert changing me.
https://t.co/EPtyLqlG8G

#MikaelStrandberg, #Substack, #AdventureWriting, #TravelWriting, #Storytelling, #Memoir, #NarrativeNonfiction, #Exploration

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

Året 2025 https://t.co/HdqKE3HbuG

[Mikael Strandberg @Explorerglobal]

I was 24 when I started cycling Chile→Alaska (1986–87).
Part 1: CHILE — true events & dialogue, tightened from my book På Cykel från Chile till Alaska.
https://t.co/zeNLPHM17D