My photography is heavily focused on capturing a ‘beautiful mess’. Give me a broken wall, add some colours to it, dot some leaves around and I’m in my element! For whatever reason, my eye is always immediately focused on imperfections. They fascinate me. In my photography, but also in life,...
When I researched on the Vietnam – Laos border crossing bus (or vice versa from Vietnam to Laos), all I could find was doom and gloom stories about how dangerous it was, how long it takes, how it should be avoided at all cost. I was advised to splash out...
Hoi An. You make my heart beat faster. I’m in love with you. Ever since I first wandered through your old city, I knew, every other town I will visit in future will have a hard time competing with you. It was love at first sight. I never wanted to...
Three months into my perpetual traveler existence and these feelings never surfaced in Nepal nor in India. So, when I arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon as it is still called by many locals), I was disappointed. I had read so many great things about the city –...
This one evening, I was happily minding my own business – about to order my dinner at this street food stall, looking forward to half an hour of uninterrupted simply being with myself, when this dutch woman sits opposite of me. Eurgh. Really…what is it with people? I would never...
Staying on Koh Tao for a week was magical. It is truly a magnificent island. Koh Tao is the perfect compromise between Koh Phayam and Koh Phi Phi. You still have the party scene, but on a much more relaxed scale then on Koh Phi Phi. And you can easily...
Koh Phi Phi is one of those places that either love or hate. It’s a bit like Marmite. My first impression was a bad one – especially after coming from Koh Phayam. I had found my perfect Paradise Island which was quiet, secluded and had everything I liked and imagined...
Koh Phayam is an island near the Myanmar border and was the first ever Thai island I have visited. I had read accounts of the place being too quiet – a bit like Thailand twenty years ago. I wasn’t sure when I read the review, why that would be a...