I remember the days traveling around China, pre-google translate and pre-google maps. Getting to your next destination by train meant comparing the caracters you had in your guide book with those on the train schedule. And sure, it happened that one was off just a little bit and I ended up in a very different city than I had intended …
A short blog for you on surfing in Itamambuca, Brazil. Back in my days working at the Belgium-based NGO WeForest, one of the projects I was working on was the Mata Atlantica (the Atlantic Forest) in the state of Sao Paulo, in Brazil. Brazil: despite having lived on and off in Latin America for 9 years, I never managed to …
How to take your bicycle or surfboard on a plane with you?
Visiting markets and eating exceptional lunch at the Roma Market during a 6-hour layover in Mexico City.
San Antonio is the boho and coolest neighborhood of the city of Cali. Here are some ideas on what to do.
General information on traveling to Cuba, what to save on, and what not to save on.
Traveling alone as a woman, with these tips you can also do it, stay safe and enjoy it!
I remember back in University, one of my teachers told me that her favorite part of Spain was the north. I was rather surprised: not Barcelona? Not the warm and exotic south? But the rainy and chilly north? Didn´t we already have enough of that in the Netherlands? Is there really a paradise to go surfing in Northern Spain? But …
So, I am a huge fan of bucket lists. I make one every month, every 1st of January and also long-term ones. I am not saying that everything I have on there needs to happen for real, but I feel like they give me some sense of direction and have definitely come in handy when making decisions. One of these …
The Carretera de la Cabra (the Goat´s Road, in English) is one of my favorite climbs to cycle at the Costa Tropical. And I´m not alone in that, the Vuelta a España actually came by this route as they were going up to Granada last year (2018). As it is the old road from the coast to Granada city, it …
