Don’t the words just sound fantastic, heavenly even: Water Palace. Imagine yourself calming down in a palace surrounded by mirroring water. Where the smooth and relaxing sound of falling water…
“Show me your hands! They are all blue, how come?” “Because you Dutch, me Hmong.” It took us 13 hours to arrive in the mountain village of Sapa. A long…
When you travel in Vietnam, always keep your eyes and ears open! You don’t want to miss out on once-in-a-lifetime experiences like the one in this story. We visited the…
I am staring at a blank laptop screen and mesmerize about Vietnam. Vietnam, both the name of a beautiful Asian country as well as the name of a scar in…
We travel back to the year 806. Near a tree by a river an Anglosaxon monk turns his head to look back at where he came from. His eyes follow…
Entering Kathmandu, Nepal. Entering a country of ancient traditions, impressive to some but strikingly painful to others. This story is about encountering local traditions while you travel. You might not…
We were unprepared for Khajuraho. We did prepare for the amazing Taj Mahal in Agra. And we did prepare for the ghats on the shores of the Ganges in Varanasi.…
I was honoured to receive an invitation to share my experiences for the Life Lessons series, a project hosted by Abubakar Jamil in collaboration with Farnoosh Brock. This post will…