Life: Re-evaluate. John McClane style.
An old man died today, he was 116. His advice was to eat light and live long. He did not smoke and he only ate until 80 percent full, which […]
An old man died today, he was 116. His advice was to eat light and live long. He did not smoke and he only ate until 80 percent full, which […]
As we do, we create a life in our heads that blossoms our thoughts, of which generally gives us hope. ‘I will one day’ we will say, or ‘if I […]
So as the light falls beneath the trees and the dark blankets cover the skies and after i stop trying to be poetic, i found myself wandering back home, past […]
age. a number. a feeling. a perception of value. we eat lamb because its young, tender and tasty, the older sheep sold off cheap. Its taste not comparable, its look […]
i’m in Gomshall. i went for a run today. i saw london from a hilltop. vintage cars came flying past with faces battling the wind. then there was me, finding […]
Visiting a Shamans house, our guide describes about what he does and the history of the shaman. I ask to stay and try the ayuaska plant that he talked […]
Sometimes all you need is a bus. The chance to connect, to observe and have time to reflect, especially when you might have a 35 hour long journey. Encounters on […]
Sometimes we all love a crazy night and sometimes we meet some crazy people and Bogota seemed the perfect setting to meet such a man. On my last night in […]
‘Mango’ His name is Mango Jerry. Sounds like a made up name and i’am positively sure it is, but it was the name that was given to me when I […]
Shards of water streamed down on us far to excitedly, so cramping ourselves under a bus shelter with some locals, we watched two of them making their daily business, offering […]
In the wake of sundown and a familiar situation again facing the possibility of a roadside sleep, fortune brings us a rusty bucket with wheels, with a a driver who […]
We meet Pablo at a football game, a game organised by his dad for a top Chilean and Argentine Football team to play a friendly. The Chilean team won and […]
Story behind the Photo You might assume, that an individual in the photo has been taken in for questioning, for perhaps say something like stealing a bar of sesame seed snaps. Well […]
The Story Behind the Photo. “Do you want to see something unusual”. My hostel host suggests to me. Sure was my response and in that very afternoon i was shipped off on […]
Chillán, The most populous urban centre in the central province in Chile. But not a single place to sleep…Hostel’s that is! On entering the outer stretches, an inconspicuous sign hangs […]
A sapping heat wilts away our desire to walk any further, as for no obvious reason, we didn’t have a direction, a plan or a desire for any particular thing. […]
A Bavarian restaurant sign hangs over us as we sit beside Ruta 5. A smog of fuel saturates our senses and whilst pondering about the Germans influence on southern Chile, […]
Footing our way on to ‘Ruta 5’ there was three of us. Gerrit, myself and Joao. Three international backpackers lowered my expectation of getting somewhere anytime soon. But when there […]
Lurking like a lion, two letters on a number plate signifies it was bought up north. I got that sickly feeling when excitement mixes with nervousness as I really hope this man […]
After a short stopover in Berne, I found myself once again at the mercy of fate. Taking the tram all the way to the furthest stop, which had been decided […]