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Posted on January 19, 2015August 15, 2019

First bribes payed

If you have paid € 100 in bribes for using your own car, you know that you really are in Africa …

About my journey from Amsterdam to Sydney

Since April 2018 I'm traveling from Amsterdam to Sydney overland, for five years and visiting 40 countries along the way. Read all about it in this blog post.

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Today 10 years ago I started my overland journey f

Today 10 years ago I started my overland journey from Amsterdamse to Cape Town 🚙🏕️🌴🐘🦓🐊🦁

Couple of nights camping in Zeeland

Couple of nights camping in Zeeland

The old zeppelin hangars of Riga, constructed duri

The old zeppelin hangars of Riga, constructed during communist times, are now the location of the central market

Overwhelming brutalist Soviet architecture in Viln

Overwhelming brutalist Soviet architecture in Vilnius, Lithuania

Couple of days camping and hiking in the beautiful

Couple of days camping and hiking in the beautiful nature reserve Drents-Friese Wold

These days 79 years ago two atomic bombs were drop

These days 79 years ago two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the targets. The bombs ended the second world war in the Pacific and Asia and destroyed these two cities and all life in a 3km radius from the hypocenter, the point directly below the nuclear explosion.

Quite impressive the visit these cities exactly these days and see the preparations for the memorials being made

Reflection of Kyoto Tower in Kyoto Station

Reflection of Kyoto Tower in Kyoto Station

Doing something different in Takayama than visitin

Doing something different in Takayama than visiting temples. Visiting the Retro Museum with games, music, toys and much more from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Played some early versions of Mario and Pac-Man

Matsumoto Castle, due to its black colour also kno

Matsumoto Castle, due to its black colour also known as the crows castle

Almost 100% visibility of Mount Fuji 🗻, that do

Almost 100% visibility of Mount Fuji 🗻, that doesn't happen very often. Previous two occasions of seeing Mount Fuji failed. Last year due to cloud coverage and in 2010 because I fell asleep in the train after a long night going out in Tokyo 😂. Due to climate change Mount Fuji peak is no longer covered in snow during the summer months

Exploring the backstreets of Zōshigaya and Ikebuk

Exploring the backstreets of Zōshigaya and Ikebukuro

Artwork in Berat, Albania A woman with a book and

Artwork in Berat, Albania

A woman with a book and a pen has the power to move nations.
A woman with a mind and voice has the power to change the world.

Theater of Korça

Theater of Korça

Back in the Balkans

Back in the Balkans

Today I'm at the @devakantiebeurs stand of @djoser

Today I'm at the @devakantiebeurs stand of @djoser_reizen to share my enthusiasm for travelling and tell my story as a tour leader

Amsterdam Light Festival

Amsterdam Light Festival

Hotel with a view

Hotel with a view

Like many former communist states Albania also has

Like many former communist states Albania also has a mother overlooking the capital

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