EXPLORING THE PRESENT: Primarily passion is exploring remote territories. He visited 120+ countries of six continents. His special interests are volcanoes (7 volcano summits), Middle East, Central Asia and countries less visited such as Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Sudan, Papua New Guinea, Somaliland, Djibouti, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Vanuatu, Mali, Comoros etc.. He travels independently, with friends, his son or recently also as an freelance travel leader for adventure tour companies.

EXPLORING THE PAST: The latest passion (and freelance profession) is archaeology with focus on pre-Islamic Arabia. He is conducting research (PhD in Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology, Naples University L'Orientale, Italy) on stone monuments called triliths distributed throughout the Southern Arabia. He is writing archaeology texts, participating in archaeological expeditions ... and having some real discoveries!

CAPTURING, SHARING & INSPIRING: One of his passions is travel photography and video. He had already 13 own photography exhibitions. His photographs are seen in books and magazines, but also stolen as postcards on streets of Sanaa... Recently, he jumped into social media with own Twitter and Instagram (roman_adventurer) accounts beside his own web site. He want to inspire people to visit less-known or visited places, and by this, to support local economy.