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The hypocrisy of the West |
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| A spotted backpacker with a “Free Tibet” t-shirt looks condemned when we tell him that the next destination of our journey is Myanmar. He would never go to a country with a dictatorship. <more> | ||||
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Bangladesh, misfortuned for ever? |
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| It is hard to believe, but there was a time, way back in the past, that Bengal (of which a big part is present Bangladesh) was a very prosperous area. <more> | ||||
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A huge difference! |
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| The funny thing about border crossings is that you often enter a complete different world. That is also the case with the two neighbouring countries, India and Bangladesh. <more> | ||||
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On Safari with the Nepalese |
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| At 15:00 o’clock are we waiting to jump on our elephant to start our elephant safari through Chitwan National Park. Yesterday, we already saw a One Horned Indian Rhino. <more> | ||||
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Culture Shock |
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| “Men pushes pregnant wife out of vehicle”, “Woman burns herself after in-law taunts” and “Gurwaras to adopt unwanted girls”. These are three headlines from the last two days’ newspaper. <more> | ||||
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From movie star to police escort |
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| When we are at the Dussehra festival in Kota (see also the article about the Dussehra festival), we witnessed the fact that India is a country with different faces. <more> | ||||
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Lack of respect in Ladakh |
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| Not just for once, but time after time we are astonished by the extreme amount of ignorance that some of our fellow western tourists display. <more> | ||||
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Hello, I am Tibetan |
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| “Hello, my name is Hank. I am Tibetan”. Tibetan? But you look so western. “That is correct. I am born in The Netherlands, but I know already for eighteen years that I am Tibetan”. <more> | ||||
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Scary moments 2: Quetta |
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| You probably know them as well, the movies with a second episode, whose story is almost the same as the first movie. We also have a second episode on our story “Scary moments in Tripoli”. <more> | ||||
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Squat or not? |
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| Everyone travelling to France twenty years ago, stopped just before crossing the French border to visit the toilet. In this way, a visit to the notorious French toilet (squat toilet) was postponed. <more> | ||||
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Pop star for one night |
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| Weddings; you hate them or you love them. For the bride and the groom this is the best day of their live, at least that is what they say. I doubt it if this is true. <more> | ||||
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Racists |
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| You probably know them as well, the mostly Western African men with beautiful shining teeth, typical African costumes and with a scale of products that they offer. <more> | ||||
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A roaring security officer |
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| We are on the airport of Vladivostok and are waiting for the nine hours lasting domestic flight to Moscow. Before we booked the flight, we seriously considered if we should take the plane. <more> | ||||
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The chicken clucks |
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| I can finally leave the village, and the good part of the story is that I do not have to walk myself. Jean-Pierre, picks me up at my legs, and while I am hanging upside down, we start walking. <more> | ||||
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Stress in the Sahara |
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| It is sweltering hot. We sit in a small hut on a bush taxi station in Mopti, a Malian city in the Southern part of the Sahara. We sit and wait for transport to the city of Djenné. <more> | ||||
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Shakira |
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| The wheels of the plane lose the contact with the runway. This is the moment that I can’t go back anymore. Did I make the right choice? Do I ever see my family again? <more> | ||||
