All posts tagged: UNICEF België

Friends of the road – Nepal

In each and every country it’s the same old story… I actually do not want to repeat myself, but I can’t help it that I meet so many nice people. People who I want to thank for their generosity, people who I want to introduce […]

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Achter de schermen (NL)

22 Januari 2018. Het was nog vroeg toen ik me door het duistere Kathmandu begaf. Ik passeerde de indrukwekkende Bouddha Stupa. Rondom, in wijzerzin, prevelende monniken en nonnen. Ik was op weg naar de bushalte.

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Wild animals (EN)

“To whom can I donate my tent? It’s not completely ruined, but no longer sufficiently reliable for the extreme conditions in which I often camp. I can certainly please some homeless person or perhaps a sherpa or … maybe you know someone?” That was the […]

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Wilde beesten (NL)

‘Aan wie kan ik mijn tent schenken? Ze is niet stuk, maar niet meer voldoende betrouwbaar voor de extreme omstandigheden waarin ik vaak kampeer. Ik kan er zeker een dakloze mee plezieren of een sherpa of… ken jij iemand?’ Het was die vraag die ik […]

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Treasures (EN)

I melted. Despite it being barely fifteen degrees. I felt the warmth. The warmth he had for his country. I heard it in his words. His beautiful words. The words of an eight-year-old boy who proudly spoke to me in English: “We are poor, but […]

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Schatten (NL)

Ik smolt. Het was amper vijftien graden. Ik voelde de warmte. De warmte voor zijn land. Ik hoorde het in zijn woorden. Zijn mooie woorden. Woorden van een achtjarig kereltje dat me trots in het Engels toesprak: ‘We are poor, but rich in nature!’. Wijze […]

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Friends of the road – India

[‘Friends of the road (Vrienden van de weg)’ bestaat enkel in het Engels, excuses hiervoor] ‘Namaste!’ In an overpopulated country like India, it’s normal to meet many people. But I had no idea that many of them would be so kind to me. I would […]

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‘More’ mere (EN)

“After October fifteen, the government is no longer responsible for what can happen on the road to Chandra Tal. This is because of the extremely cold climate and unexpectedly heavy snowfalls. Tent camps have broken up. No one is there anymore.”

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‘Meer’ van dat (NL)

‘Na vijftien oktober is de overheid niet meer verantwoordelijk voor wat er kan gebeuren op de weg naar Chandra Tal. Dit door extreme koude en onverwachte hevige sneeuwval. Tentenkampen zijn opgebroken. Er is niemand meer.’

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Explorer of the year (EN – NL)

[Nederlandse versie onderaan] Somewhere at the end of December, not only my mailbox was pleasantly surprised, but me as well. Full of disbelief and blushing cheeks I got to read that Bikepacking.com, the American website for everyone who likes cycling through mountains and valleys with minimum […]

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