The Top Ten: Indonesia

Indonesia is your Neverland. Heaven on earth, this tropical paradise lavishes you with its lush landscapes and encompasses you with warm turquoise waters wherever you end up. 5 minutes is enough time to turn your eyes into heart shapes and send you head-over-heals in love with this country from when you step off the plane in Bali, and you’ll forgive the

6 Months!

Right now I am sitting in Vondel Park. I rode my bike around this huge place, found a nice spot to sit in front of a river and sat down in an ant’s nest. And then I moved under a tree and touched some

Blessed, I am

Right now I am sitting in our garden house in Lunteren, a village in the heart of the Netherlands. The only sounds I hear are car engines humming by the front door, the chickens clucking, kittens purring and Passenger playing

More Setbacks and Time to Kill.

Right about now I should be on a 16 hour overnight bus headed west to Jogja. Of-course, nothing ever goes to plan when it comes to Indonesia

Gunung Batur

Ubud, Bali. 2 AM.

Gunung Batur is Bali’s baby volcano. Standing 1,717m tall, it’s last eruption in 2000 renders this volcano still active, yet tourists continue to flock to hike it’s rocky terrain and witness

Southern Bali and the Highs of Travelling.

If anything, the past few days have taught me not to let my expectations shape my

Northern Bali and Unmet Expectations.

Stop 3:
While it was sad to leave, my time was up in Ubud and Tulamben was calling. Since cancelling my trip to Papua, I decided to hire a scooter and make my way up the east coast of Bali to the most northern point of the island,

The Adventures Begin! Finally!

Understand me. I am a spontaneous person. I don’t plan things, I often don’t research

Gone Solo and Gone Hospital.

February 22. The comrades leave.

It was a repeat situation of exactly two weeks before, when I waved mum and Jed goodbye one last time through the glass separating Bali and the rest of the world. As the last two of my school friends made their way through