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Took life toll on him, or does he lie like print? |
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| It is already after six o’clock in the evening when Peter joins us for a beer. We are sitting in the restaurant of a low key beach resort on Bohol and just witnessed a great sun set. <more> | ||||
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There are simply too many of us |
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| Humanity has the characteristic to think that everything can be managed in the way it wants. However, the problems regarding the climate change could be an issue that is too large and complex. <more> | ||||
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The warmth of the sleeping bag |
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| During the decision process of the countries and regions that we are going to visit, we always take the climate in consideration. Before we started with our journey, But we're not always right. <more> | ||||
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Wanted: Assholes |
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| It is October when Delta Airlines flight 25 arrives at the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta. Atlanta is just a stop over for us, because we are with the family of Edwin on our way to Florida. <more> | ||||
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China’s ‘celebration’ |
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| We are watching with open mouth of astonishment, on October 1st 2009 in our small hotel room in the Taiwanese capital of Taiwan, the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the PR of China. <more> | ||||
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Considered travelling: stop the herd behaviour |
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| The Lonely Planet travel guides are a big success. These travel guides are available for almost all our earth’s destinations and are mainly used by budget travellers. <more> | ||||
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Rascals? |
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| Fully prepared, we travelled to Vietnam. A few weeks ago that we even considered skipping Vietnam as a travel destination, after hearing so many negative stories from other travellers. <more> | ||||
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There is a lot to learn from them |
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| Gradually we are accepting in the west that we do not have certain things under control anymore. Poverty, degeneration, criminality, etc, are things that we have over time accepted. <more> | ||||
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Travel fatigue |
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| Approximately a month ago, we have met a friendly Russian – American couple. Already eight months on the road and full of enthusiastic stories about the things they have done in this period. <more> | ||||
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Ecotourism in the purest form |
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| Indonesia has a big problem regarding the preservation of their flora and fauna. The Indonesian forests are still cut down in a high speed. <more> | ||||
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Tim |
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| The tires of his white UN-jeep give off smoke. Tim is in a hurry. Not because he is too busy with his job at the United Nations in Timor Leste, but because he has to be in time for a date. <more> | ||||
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Gula-Gula! (Candy!) |
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| The islands of Nusa Tenggara still sees relatively few tourists. Most travel books describe these islands as an area where it is still possible to visit the real traditional villages. <more> | ||||
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We got a phone call from Jakarta |
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| Sometimes we have a day that we are out of luck, and sometimes we have several of these days in a row. The time we spent in Ambon was great, but the days in Ternate are long and tiring. <more> | ||||
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The backpacker |
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| The time that a backpacker was somebody who travelled the world with his or her backpack in search of unknown destinations and adventures, is a long way behind us. <more> | ||||
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F*cking guide books |
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| Today will be a magic day, if we can believe the travel guidebooks at least. We are at the most important tourist place in Laos: Luang Prabang. <more> | ||||
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Sex flight |
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| It is generally known that the Philippines is one of the most famous destinations for western men for sex holidays. This becomes especially visible when you take a plane to the town of Clark. <more> | ||||
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Marty Mouse |
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| It is around 9:30 pm when we are laying under the nice and warm quilt in our small room in the Kha Yai National Park in central Thailand. <more> | ||||
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Pelan-Pelan (slowly-slowly) |
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| If you ask people in the West about what they can easily miss in their daily life, they probably mention the everlasting hurry. Indonesians do not have that feeling. <more> | ||||
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The two of you … get out of my bus! |
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| We are prepared for the worst. We are on the train station of Surabaya and will travel today to the village of Cemoro Lawang, to see the fabulous Bromo Volcano. <more> | ||||
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Clipping nails at the breakfast table |
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| Usually we sleep in the cheap budget hotels of which Indonesia is full of, but sometimes we end up in a midrange hotel. This was the case in the Sumatran city of Bangko. <more> | ||||
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Sputter pooh |
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| No bigger delight than malicious delight is a proposition that you will only endorse when you aren’t the one who is suffering. I will share my experiences with you. <more> | ||||
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The earth is being ruined! |
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| The earth is being ruined! This is a phrase that we used several times last months when we were talking with each other while travelling through Southeast Asia. <more> | ||||
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They are big, and very difficult |
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| Shit, not again! It happened to me almost six months ago, and now it happened again. A part of my tooth broke off. It happened in India before, and now it happened in Myanmar. <more> | ||||
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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> | ||||
