The long hangover: returning from an around the world adventure
I came back four and a half months ago. These four months have felt longer than any of the year that preceded them. The reason is simple: I’m back to routine.…
The other top 10 countries to visit in 2019
So Lonely Planet has already decided which countries you should visit this following year. And their selection is great, it’s not that we don’t…
Alive in the desert: when nothing is everything
Colombia is a vast country that can boast of all sort of things. It’s a magical place, like his best author, Gabriel García Márquez, would suggest in his many…
How we should write about traveling
The last days I have been thinking a lot about what to write next. I have been going over my diaries and pictures and found quite some adventures that haven’t…
Cambodia is no country for old men
That Cambodia is no country for old men has a double take. The first is dark but necessary. Not even Anton Chigurh, the hired assassin imagined by Cormac…
Pack your reading partners
Travelling around the world is best accompanied with a reading partner. I’m talking about books, of course. And this is a backpacker’s dilemma. They don’t fit…