
Robert Dacešin, a travel writer from Banja Luka who has explored more than half the world, barely made it back home in 2020. Just as he stepped onto Cuban beaches, the coronavirus began spreading globally. His return to Banja Luka suddenly became almost impossible.

“If you survived Brazil, you’ll survive Chile.” That’s what they told me. And in Santiago, my bag, which contained my phone, was stolen almost instantly. I reported everything to the police, but they couldn’t do anything - they said around 300 phones disappear there every day. I asked them to file a report, and they asked for my passport. I handed it over, but they couldn’t find Bosnia and Herzegovina in their system. Botswana was there, as was Burkina Faso, but not Bosnia.