Growth, ponderings and adventures
I recently took a 5-day long weekend trip to London with two main goals - see as many musicals as I can and eat as much delicious food as possible, two things I absolutely love. Overall, I think it was a very successful trip on both sides. On the show side, I managed to see [...]
The Hoge Veluwe National Park is locally well known, but deserves more attention from tourists. It’s a beautiful area where the landscape changes constantly, and where you can spot all sorts of wildlife. This is my experience camping in Hoge Veluwe for one night.
Maybe you read my last post about my general impressions of St Petersburg. Maybe you didn't, in which case you can head there right now from here. In just one week, I feel that I saw so much in this city that one post isn't enough to tell it all. So here's a second one, [...]
I guess there are many reasons people may have prejudice towards Russia, the biggest being politics, history, and hear-says (media <3). These probably all contribute to the fact that not so many pick it as a holiday destination. Add the extra struggle of a visa application (and its cost), and why would you want to [...]
This post is the second (and last for now) part of my blogposts on traveling and money. In the first one, I talked about how you can travel for cheaper and find good deals. Go check it out. This one won't be about traveling on a budget, but about my travel budget for the seven weeks [...]
Day 46: Surf requires patience If there's one amazing thing about waking up at 5.30 for surf, it's to be able to witness the sunrise. The colours in the sky and on the ocean are something I have never seen anywhere else. It's a light, pastel-toned rainbow of pinks, blues, purples, yellows and greens, and [...]
Day 41: Snorkelling in Gili islands I had heard that the Gili islands are a great place for snorkelling, and especially if you want to see sea turtles. I booked the island-hopping snorkelling tour that my hostel offered. Our boat had a glass bottom, meaning a sort of glass window on part of the boat, [...]
Day 36: Ubud's only club Some days you just feel exhausted. Not your body, but your mind. It was one of those days. I felt like talking with people or planning a trip was too much of an effort and that I needed time for myself instead. There was a Hindu celebration happening in town [...]
Day 31: From Kuala Lumpur to Bali The previous night around 3-4 am after getting home from the club, definitely not yet completely sober, I decided to book my flight to Bali for the next day. I knew I would go to Bali in the next few days, but the prices of the flights had [...]
Day 26: Siem Ream and its Old Market As every time you take a night bus, you arrive to your destination super early. Usually that means no possibility to check in, but I had already missed two nights of my booking because of the detour to Koh Ta Kiev, so my room was ready for [...]
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