31 December 2017 Thagnak, a village in the Himalayas, 4682 meters above sea level, Nepal It’s New Year’s Eve, 9 pm. I try in vain to keep my eyes open. Struggling, knackered, I locate my manger for the night. The yak dung in the stove […]
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Santa Clause is in da house
Santa came early this year… If you read my previous blogpost, you saw I sell postcards in favour of The Girls Hostel in Spiti Valley, India. Santa decided to help the girls! Instead of selling the cards shown above for €15 each, he gives you […]
Silent Night (EN)
4:36 am I am in my tent, in the jungle, in Nepal. I like jungle sounds, sounds I can not situate. Sounds from which I think: is this a bird or an insect?
Friends of the road – Kazakhstan
[‘Friends of the road (Vrienden van de weg)’ bestaat enkel in het Engels, excuses hiervoor] I feel extremely spoiled meeting so many nice and friendly people on my way to Taiwan. Here again, in Kazakhstan, only spending twelve days, I could taste some of Kazakhs […]
Wild wheels (EN)
‘Atkoeda?’. Drunk question marks behind large, black glasses of a women’s vintage sunglasses looked blurrily at me. They adorned on the nose of a Kazakh on a motorcycle.
Friends of the road – Kyrgyzstan
[‘Friends of the road (Vrienden van de weg)’ bestaat enkel in het Engels, excuses hiervoor] Nobody told me before about the extreme generosity and hospitality of the Kyrgyz people. Nobody told me before that cycling through Kyrgyzstan would be such an overwhelming experience. It’s wonderful […]
Letter to my godchild (EN)
My dearest Louise, As promised, I owed you the first of March letter. March first has become August second, I am in Kyrgyzstan.
Friends of the road – Tajikistan
[‘Friends of the road (Vrienden van de weg)’ bestaat enkel in het Engels, excuses hiervoor] Although 33.2% of the Tajik population is poor and malnourished, they never doubt to invite you to their house for a cup of ‘chai’ (tea) and some bread with ‘Smetana’ […]
Tested and approved (EN)
[blog post for Grinta! cycling magazine] ‘Doroga normalne’ I hear myself babbling as I drag my bicycle over big rocks. A loud laugh escapes me. Some miles further on, I’m sprayed completely wet when cycling through melted snow that turns the road into a river. […]
What’s in a name? (EN)
Along the side of the road a handful of grazing cows, a Chinese truck, stuck and a bit further a herd of shy yaks. On that same road, a fully loaded jeep with on its roof a sheep, looking around. He likes it there. The […]
Friends of the road – Uzbekistan
[‘Friends of the road (Vrienden van de weg)’ bestaat enkel in het Engels, excuses hiervoor] As usual, in every country, I meet wonderful people. People who make the country memorable. People who deserve a place on my blog. People who deserve a special thank you. […]
Throwback Thursday #tbt (EN)
‘Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Tashkent. The local time is 1:30 pm. It’s fourteen degrees Celsius, it’s raining. Thank you for choosing Uzbekistan Airways. We wish you a pleasant stay.’
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