Introducing Vol 8 – How Are You? Issue

Stories for this volume were gathered from pre-Covid travels until October 2020. Resident contributors Daniel Herszberg recounts his journey in Afghanistan; Sammi Lim reminisces her motorcycle travels in France; and Thibault Charpentier documents snapshots of the Paris lockdown.

In her poem, Hajar Manaf articulates her feelings about being tucked away in Singapore in times of the pandemic. British-Malaysian Julia Merican expresses her thoughts about belonging (and not belonging) to places she calls “home” across continents.

We’re trying something new in this volume by featuring family travels. Lorenzo Morandi chronicles the road trip he took with his family in Southern Italy last summer and we are publishing it bilingually – in English and Italian! (We missed Italy a little too much this time. Ciao!) Shaleen Syed documents her travels in Borneo, alongside her husband Obe and their six-year-old son, Isaac. 

For interviews, we had conversations with Elora Hardy, who is in Indonesia, Ibrahim Nehme in Lebanon and Basira Yeusuff in South Korea. Elora enlightens us about her design philosophy and style for her sustainable architecture projects in Bali through IBUKU. Ibrahim tells us what it was like running The Outpost magazine as a one-man show while life has an idea of its own when running its course. And last but not least, Chef Basira dishes on the story behind her Seoul dining establishment with her quick wit and entertaining quips.

With this volume, we get personal. We hope these sincere stories could provide inspiration for your next travels, post-Covid. We, too, can’t wait to book our next flight ticket!

But for now, enjoy Musotrees Vol. 8 – How Are You? 

Dec 1, 2020

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Malaysia & Indonesia Issue

In Volume 7, we could only characterise a sliver of the energy and synergy of Malaysia and Indonesia, but we hope that we were able to invoke positive emotions, poetic memories, and unbridled interest in our readers’ minds and hearts. 

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Sensory Issue

This issue warmly welcomes you with a self-finding journey in Jordan as well as understanding the Caracas crisis and falling in love with the Venezuelan Angel Falls. Your senses will also be in for a surprise as we explore the relationship between food and emoji – it could be your Eureka moment!

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Chemistry Issue

The Chemistry Issue highlights the sustainable process of growing mushrooms in the extreme conditions of Cairo, the different seasons of Edinburgh and the Colombian culinary. It documents mind-boggling experiences in big American cities like New York and San Francisco as well as the mind cleanse in humble cultural cities of Nairobi.

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Home Issue

With different elements of home, we portray a beautiful Danish interior from Copenhagen and a rustic Russian living style. Swiss travellers shared with their re-imagination of "home" on the go - from Auckland to Queenstown and municipalities of Rio de Jenairo and Sao Paulo from a French perspective.

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Enterprise Issue

In this issue, we explore the theme of Enterprising, where we present stories of journeys and success. We sourced stories from Marrakesh and Fez, Auckland, Prague, Galle and Dubrovnik. We spoke to entrepreneurs such as Frederik Frede, founder of Berlin's creative digital powerhouse Freunde von Freunden and more.

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