I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend. Malik Bendjelloul backpackbuycamera share on social
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore? Malik Bendjelloul basicallycbsexplore share on social
The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting. Malik Bendjelloul interestminuteperfect Change image and share on social
Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes. Malik Bendjelloul beverlydrivehill Change image and share on social
There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away. Malik Bendjelloul artcrumbledeco Change image and share on social