Bandung & Tangkuban Prahu volcano
During my stay in Jakarta with my friends Bram and Ivon we went a weekend to Bandung and its surroundings. Bandung is quite a big city where many colonial landmarks have been preserved. The Bragaweg...
View ArticleSelamat datang di Silimalombu
I was a little bored of being the tourist all the time, so volentering on an ecological farm seemed a good idea to me, also because in in everyday life I do a kind of similar work. Via the...
View ArticleVolunteering in Silimalombu, Indonesië
I apparently was arrived in onion-season, because almost immediately after my arrival in “Ratna’s place” I was asked to help preparing onions to make them suitable for sale. Actually the onion-work...
View ArticlePatan, Nepal
Back in Nepal again, but I wasn’t really in for a stay in Thamel, the tourist district of Kathmandu. Patan seemed like a good alternative and via the internet I had found Sanu’s House in Patan, which...
View ArticleThe Road Not Taken
The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;...
View ArticleNepal: Bhaktapur & Thamel again
A friendly man on a motorcycle asks me where to go. “Bhaktapur”, I reply. “I can bring you, doesn’t cost anything, I must go there anyhow”, he replies. It seemed to me more attractive to take the bus:...
View ArticleLadakh: from Rumste to Tsomo Riri
we wandelen langzaam bergopwaarts, af en toe moet ik stoppen om m’n ademhaling een beetje tot rust te brengen. Ik heb het gevoel dat ik nog niet echt aangepast ben aan de hoogvlaktes van de Himalaya’s,...
View ArticleLadakh: the highest motorable road of the world
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View ArticleLadakh: Markha Valley Trek
With our backpacks packed we (Tomer, Vincent and I) leave our guesthouse in Leh. We intend to have a few days trekking in the mountains, but have no idea where to go. In a restaurant, where we have our...
View ArticleKrabi & the Andaman sea
The rain is pouring from the sky, it’s clearly: it’s the rain-season in Thailand. Together with Henry and Sabine we try to entertain ourselfs on the cozy balcony of the Nature View Guesthouse. It looks...
View ArticleKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
After a long night on the train I arrived in Kuala Lumpur Central Station and bought a metro ticket to China-Town, there should be numerous guesthouses and hostels. I chose the Backpackers Travellers...
View ArticlePatan, Nepal
Back in Nepal again, but I wasn’t really in for a stay in Thamel, the tourist district of Kathmandu. Patan seemed like a good alternative and via the internet I had found Sanu’s House in Patan, which...
View ArticleSabah, Borneo Malaysia
Kota Kinalabu … in one way or another, I imagined the city was than it was diiferent than in reality (however not in a negative sense): I did not acquire a lot of information about this little town and...
View ArticleSilimalombu, Lake Toba, Sumatra (again)
After a brief stopover in Kuala Lumpur I arrived in Medan, the capital of Sumatra. From the airport I walked to my guesthouse, the same guesthouse I had a year ago. It felt like I was here yesterday...
View ArticleLaos (the 4000 Islands)
After a long train ride, with a few stopovers in Hat Yai and Bangkok, I arrived in Nong Kkai, a border town near Vientiane in Laos. With a group of fellow travelers we took a Tuk Tuk to the border for...
View ArticleThe ruins of Angkor, Cambodia
The 4000 islands in Laos are beautiful, but four days lazing is a bit too much for me, so I decided to take a bus to Siem Reap in Cambodia. A longtail-boat would pick me up at for about 8 o’clock in...
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